Don’t blame Deadpool, blame the parents

“Hide yo kids, hide yo wife, hide yo chimichangas”

I spent the night scrolling past Facebook posts by disappointed parents who had to leave the “Deadpool” movie because they brought their kids with them.

For Valentine’s Day, I went to see “Deadpool,” and as everyone got up to leave the theater, I noticed a flood of children —as young as six— getting up from their seats. Honestly, I thought the seats had been empty the whole time because I couldn’t see the back of their heads in the theater chairs. Personally, I do not have children but I cannot fathom taking my future kids to see a movie such as “Deadpool” at a young age. Everyone has their stupid moments but when you have kids, you have to be more aware of the impact you are making on their life.

These people are idiots for taking their kids to see this movie and I’m not ashamed to call them that either. “Deadpool” had a strong “R” rating from the MPAA and it was overtly advertised everywhere. The star of the movie, Deadpool, even wrote a letter to parents that was posted all over the internet, hoping parents would take notice. You literally could not miss the warning anywhere you looked. The marketing and advertisers did this on purpose so oblivious parents who thought they were taking their kids to see “just another superhero movie” would notice it.

Don’t get me wrong, the movie was amazing — for a 20 something to enjoy with a drink in one hand and a chimichanga in the other. The film stuck to its roots and was raunchy, hysterical and inappropriate —the way “Deadpool” should be. The jokes went so far over the kids’ heads that there was no way they were able to understand the premise of the film. I hope those kids turned to their parents and asked what the jokes were about, so the parents understand the mess they created for themselves by being irresponsible.

So since the kids couldn’t understand the majority of the movie, what would they get out of it? Insults, vulgarity and sex. The uber-nerd audience members weren’t prepared for some of the sexual humor, let alone the minds of children. These are the kids that grow up to be bullies. These kids know all of the good insults — and by good I mean terrible. Children hear the adult humor and quickly adapt it to their normal vocabulary. They then bring this humor to school, think they are cool and insult their friends. These are the same children that are allowed by their parents to play “mature” rated games.

Don’t blame the system because they had warnings in place. Don’t blame your kid, you can’t hate on them for outsmarting you. You can only blame yourself for not being more observant. This is a vicious cycle that only you can prevent by being more observant and less negligent.