Censorship of movies?

The first rating system which was put into place in 1930 is somewhat different from the scale we have now. Our rating scale which is divided up into five different categories of parental suggested guidance. NC-17 suggests that no children under age 17 should be admitted regardless if the parent is willing to let the child view the film or not. R rating is put into place to suggest that anyone under the age of 17 needs to be accompanied by a parent. PG-13 is set up so that anyone under the age of 13 needs to be accompanied by a parent if viewing the film. PG simply means parental guidance suggested, and the G rating is meant to say that anyone of any age is welcome to view that film.
The text states that these ratings are controversial because the enforcement needed to back these ratings up is not very strong. The infringement due to the ratings themselves is a completely voluntary censorship, which means some control issues for producers.
I remember being under the age of seventeen and wanting to see R rated movies in theatres. It’s funny because I remember my parents being uncomfortable with bringing me to see them in the theatres. But at home it was a different story. I recall seeing movies such as Stephen King’s IT and all the Friday the 13th movies before the age of 11 years old.
Besides creating a suggested level of censorship the current movie ratings create a societal standard that is suggested for parents to follow. Well some parents will follow the suggestion to heart and agree with it, others won’t. Some parents will just wait until the films come out on DVD rent it and watch it at home with their children, which in the end take away profit from the theatres. This rating scale is an attempt to create order of some kind, and also to some degree put into place to help prevent protests against the theatres for showing kids movies that they might not be emotionally ready for. In the end each family and child is different and it is the parent who creates the rating scale specific for their child.