When I started reading your post I was thinking "I'm sure she's being over protective - some parents just want to hide their kids from everything!" Then you said the movie was
8 Mile.

You are right. Totally inappropriate for that age. What kind of stupid mom held the sleepover? I'd whack her upside the head w/the CD case.

The more i'm thinking about this the more ticked i'm getting.

If i were you i would call the mother. What if the girls watched it AFTER the parents went to bed and they don't even know they watched it. NO mother in their right mind would allow the kids to watch this movie unless the kids did it without her knowing.

I keep thinking about the hand licking scene and cringing.

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Jodie....Wife to Andrew (1995)
Mommy to Riley (2000) and Wyatt (2003)

I do allow her to watch some R rated movies, but not all. Usually if it is R rated, I will prescreen the movie and decide if my younger girls can watch them but for the most part, there are really only a few that I won't let them watch. I really just think that as a parent that this was an inappropriate movie for the age group. In my opinion, it is fine if you want your child to watch that type of movie, but only with a parent in attendance. I just think this was a poor choice for a sleepover. I do know that kids this age are fully aware of what sex is, but they don't need to be watching it.

No, Mari, you should know me, I am definitely not the overprotective type. I only screen rated R movies for my younger girls. But, I just think this one was completely inappropriate for a pre-teen sleepover. I am not upset about it, but it just bugs me that another parent thought it was ok. They watched the movie while the parents were awake, it was just in the afternoon! The party started at 2pm.

They are????? My son just turned six and i can't imagine in four years he will be fully aware of what sex is. Aughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I won't be letting my kids watch R rated movies for a long time if that's the case.

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Jodie....Wife to Andrew (1995)
Mommy to Riley (2000) and Wyatt (2003)

Well my kids don't know much of anything about sex and they're 8 1/2 and 11 1/2. It just depends on the kid, the kind of questions they ask and how you answer them, what they're exposed to on TV, their friends, their school etc

ditto. I kept reading this post and keep getting really mad. I would be livid! I would definitely call the parents and say something. I also probably wouldn't let my child go there again until some ground rules are set. That's awful!

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Completely inappropriate!

8 Mile isn't even suitable for some adults

I think the lesson learned here is to ask parents what the movie is that the kids will be watching or simply ask what the rating will be!!!

I'm sorry that happenned. That is just not right!

You sound like you are mildly irritated, but if I were in the situation, I would be chomping nails and boxing some ears!!! Holy crap! That is a completely inappropriate movie and my child would not be going back over to that house. Ever. Sounds like the parents are idiots.

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I'm going to be Very lucky if I can get away with not telling my ds, 4.5 where babies come from until after he is 6. He started asking very poiginant questions just before he turned FOUR. He has not been exposed to anything - unlike some moms I Am the overprotective type! That and the fact that ds turns off most shows because it has something or other that bothers him, which is fine with me!! He is just very inquisitive, he already has asked me, "I need to know exactly what I need to do when my soul rises when I die" What can I tell the kid? I told him, "well, I believe that when you die, your soul rises, and you'll see a light at the end of the tunnel. That light will be Jesus, he'll take your hand and help you across to God". He sighed a sigh of relief and said, "Ok, at least now I'll know what to do"

Anyway, they say once they ask questions that if you want to be the person telling them about sex you'd better tell them. But at Four and a half?! I need to get him fully potty trained before I tell him about sex! He bugged me and bugged me to tell him Exactly where babies came out in a woman's body, I finally told him! As for the rest, he knows I'm holding out on him and I finally had to tell him, "When you are older I'll let you know. There are some things you don't need to know yet"!