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...Kimberly Thompson, associate professor of risk analysis and decision science at HSPH and co-author of the study, said that while the MPAA rating “does provide some insight into the film content,” parents “need to be calibrated with what’s in films today...
...they’re basing their expectations for what’s in a PG-13 film on their experience from a decade or so ago then they’re in for some surprises and they may not realize how much their kids are seeing,” Thompson said...
...Thompson and former HSPH researcher Fumie Yokota compared MPAA ratings and rating reasons for 1,906 films released between Jan. 1, 1992 and Dec. 31, 2003 with information about movie content from two independent resources, Kids-in-Mind and Screen...
...Thompson said such a system was possible and that “clearly there could be a board set up with representatives from all of the existing boards that would create standards and ensure their consistent implementation...
...Thompson, creator and director of the Kids Risk Project at HSPH, said she hopes the results of the study bring the attention of parents and physicians to the role that media play in the lives of children...