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Family-Friendly Media Reviews

  • CommonsenseMedia.org: Includes reviews of movies, tv shows, games, music, websites, and books. Allows parents to search for appropriate content by age and media. This excellent website is a one-stop shop for screening your child's media input.

  • Screenit.com: Uses a matrix of 15 factors ranging from Alcohol/Drugs to Violence to show what a movie includes. Also describes in detail what a movie includes. The site also has artistic reviews, allowing a parent to say, "Why would you want to see this lousy movie anyway?"

  • ParentPreviews.com: Grades movies on an A-F scale. Includes a list of video alternatives.

  • PluggedInOnline.com: Includes sections on the Positive and Negative Elements in a movie, as well as Spiritual Content.

  • KidsInMind.com: Grades movies on three scales: Sex & Nudity, Violence & Gore and Profanity.

  • Dove.org: Lists only approved movies. Includes age recommendations.

  • Grading the Movies

  • NY Times Family Movie Guide

  • Teach With Movies

  • ParentPreviews.com: Grades games on an A-F scale. Search by platform.

  • GamerDad

  • PluggedInOnline.com: Includes summary of an album's Pro-Social Content and Objectionable Content.

  • For music lyrics, just type in the name of the song (in quotes) and the word "lyrics" to Google.

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