I understand your reasoning behind the whole PG13 thing but the problem I see with it is that your kids are missing out on alot of good movies because of a flawed rating system. I say this because since the 'new' rating system went into place the majority of movie makes DO NOT want a straight G or PG rating on their movies because it tends to hurt the sales. Basically they either put one thing that minimully meets the standard to get the PG13 rating, or pretty much ask for the rating so the movie will "appeal" to the older audience and therefore draw a larger crowd.
Mom used to take us to alot of movies during the summer, when I was growing up. One of the local theaters had a deal where you brought in so many bottle caps and got in free so I'd collect caps all week and then have enough by the end of the week for me and my sisters to all get in for nothing. We'd see shows like Herbie the Love Bug, The Apple Dumpling Gang, Benji, etc, etc. At that time these movies were all G rated. Nowdays I have seen them on normal TV given PG ratings because someone was mean to a dog in the Benji, something was said in Herbie that whad a slightly adult tone to it (if you were an adult and knew what was being said), and there were guns used in the Apple Dumpling Gang. Not saying that these scenerios are exactly why the movies were given different ratings, but, given the way society looks at things like firearm use, etc, you get the idea.
Set down and just watch some of the old cartoons and you'll see what I'm talking about. What used to be considered 'slapstick' humor is now "mild violence", just the display of any type of firearm somehow requires adult supervision to watch. Heck, watch something like the Flintstones sometime. As an adult you can see all of the 'adult situations' that occur, and fly right over a childs head, but are there because the shows are actually written by adults, so as an adult you can actually relate to some of the things that were written into the show.
I guess what I'm saying is don't always judge a movie by it's rating because when it comes to the G, PG, PG13 ratings, there are really some pretty good movies out there given the rating for the higher age group more as a marketing tool to sell more tickets than as an attempt to keep kids from seeing innapropriate things. Heck most TV shows show more nowdays than any PG13 movie ever thought about showing, and unless you've got filters on every channel, etc, etc, ANY kid can watch whatever they want to.
The way I see it though, it's up to me, as a parent to make sure that what my kid sees is appropriate, and when they see something that is not (and they eventually will, I know), to know what they are seeing and why it's not appropriate. Seriously, they can't watch someone use a firearm in a movie but they can watch a mass murder and see the gory body on CSI, and the local news. They don't need to be exposed to the private, hetros3xual side of adult life but they can flip on the TV and watch the 'alternative lifestyle protests, parades, etc and see the perverse side of things, and be told it's "normal" without anyone rating that. In the end all I know is that personally, I don't need someone elses worthless rating system to teach my kid right from wrong because ultimately what they see, don't see, etc, etc is up to me and my wife, as parents, to do what's right.
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