I had to share about a website that has been an exciting discovery for our family. It is Vidangel.
We feel that what we watch and allow our children to watch should not go against what we read in Scripture. We don't want to watch things that glorify things that God hates. There have been a number of great movies that we have chosen to not watch over the years because they included using the Lord's name in vain, have shown sex outside of marriage as okay, have shown the occult in a positive light, have included many 4-letter words etc.
It feels like a constant struggle as parents to know the "right" thing to do in so many situations. I'm sure other parents will give me aloud "Amen!"
We typically screen movies by reading the reviews on Pluggedin .We have found this amazingly helpful, yet is often still falls short on modesty in movies. (and with 3 teenage boys in our home, this is a very real struggle that they ask us to help them with).
We decided to test out Vidangel a few weeks ago, when we received an email offering us a free showing of any Star Wars movie. That was prefect because none of our kids had seen a Star Wars movie yet. We set the filters (which not many were needed I must admit) for Star Wars 4. We were impressed with how nicely done the filtering was! For most of the things, we were not even able to tell what was taken out or when. As we progressed to Star Wars 5, 6, 1 and 2 we were increasingly thankful for the filters in many scenes. (immodesty and foul language).
The way it works is this....you "buy" the movie filtered as you wish for $20. You watch the movie and if you "return" it (press one button when you are done)....they refund $19 to your account and charge your card $1. If you love the movie and want to keep the filtered version....you just let them keep your $20, it's that simple. It has worked seamlessly for 5 movies for us now....
The filters are great....they are very specific so you can choose which individual word/scene you want to filter. If you want to filter the "S-word" but are okay with "H-words" then you can filter accordingly. You can filter or not filter violence---and they tell you each scene if you want to filter some but not all.
Anyway, check it out.....some of you think it's overkill...but I know many of you will appreciate the opportunity to protect your kids from junk in otherwise good movies! VIDANGEL
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