http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/tale+of+despereaux/default.aspxTags: tale of despereauxenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/12/31/spare-the-child.aspxWed, 31 Dec 2008 15:57:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:4254Hanna Rosin0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/4254.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=4254Emily , this is, as they say, a failure in the marketplace. Despite years of protest and battle, movie ratings still draw lines along the old Puritan boundaries and bear no relationship to the sensibility of an actual child. They measure nudity, or language,...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/12/31/spare-the-child.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4254" width="1" height="1">parentingmoviestale of despereauxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/12/31/scary-movies-for-kids.aspxWed, 31 Dec 2008 15:22:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:4252Emily Bazelon0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/4252.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=4252On a different topic: I took my 5-year-old son to see The Tale of Despereaux this week and then cursed its apparently kid-safe G rating when he found it really scary. I looked into the meaning of G for General Audience and learned that the promise of...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/12/31/scary-movies-for-kids.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4252" width="1" height="1">kids' moviestale of despereaux