Is taking your child into an R-rated Movie child abuse?
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Stephen Simon, a movie producer whose credits include What Dreams May Come and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure , was horrified recently when he noticed a mother who had brought her young son to a showing of the R-rated End of Watch in Tigard , Ore. "It was very violent and very profane from frame one. There were people getting beat up and shot," Simon said. "I thought this is child abuse ." Simon was so upset by the woman's choice that he confronted her and called Child Protective Services . Says Simon, "The woman [at CPS] told me on the phone I was absolutely right and this was a dreadful thing to do but then said there's nothing we can do and suggested I talk to the manager." Simon told United Press International that he's been calling some theater owners to ask them to have their ticket sellers talk to parents about R-rated films' content when they try