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Since 1985. they drew results after examining 30 top grossing movies from 1950 through 2012. not only more violence in films as we mentioned but pg-13 films contain just as much or even more violence than movies rated r. joining me to discuss this, liz stern a parenting blogger and founder of moms.com. along with jedediah biel law, fox news contributor and former high school academic dean and advisor. great to have you both here. the takeaway, here is example of what one of the researchers said....

Censorship? we dont have certain things in movie theaters that are not deemed appropriate. >> i dont think this is issue that government is going to fix. this is an issue parents are going to fix. you know what, even good parents, you cant monitor your kid all the tile. what you can do is talk to them about it. jenna: should we take out the ratings then? pg-13, r, does that not even matter? >> you can keep ratings in and have understanding that ratings are modeled to society and they will change...

That is what im accountable for. >> and the new study in the journal of pediatrics reports that violence in pg-13 movies is surging, gun play has more than tripped since 2005, and from 2009 to 2012, the pg-13 films have contained as much or more violence than films rated r. anderson, back to you. >> reporter: all right, isha, thank you very much. when we come back, well take a quick break. i want to check with chad myers, in our weather center. because the weather will make it difficult to get s...

This morning on "world news now," desperate scene. survivors of the powerful typhoon in the philippines demand the basics as help finally starts to arrive. >> were so very hungry and thirsty. thats why we are here. >> while other survivors plead for a flight out of the disaster zone. special salute. the president pays tribute to one of the oldest living veterans while there are new concerns for unemployment for them. and family films rated pg-13. a respected group of doctors say the movies a...

An r rating, but gun violence more likely to be rated pg-13. >> a top grossing r-rated film today will have less gun violence than a top earning pg-13 movie today. >> reporter: the motion picture industry declined comment. and others suggested that hollywood is feeding a culture of violence. gun violence may have increased but in real life violent crime is at an all-time low. david wright, abc news, hollywood. >> according to the study, the violence in pg-13 is up but the same is not true for r,...

And that is leaving parents more confused than ever. abcs david wright has the story. >> reporter: shoot em up blockbusters like the first of the "die hard" movies or the original "terminator" used to be rated r. >> ill be back. >> reporter: but their modern day sequels -- pg-13 -- even though you now get more bang for the buck. researchers at the university of pennsylvania looked at the top-grossing movies of the past 60 years from "cinderella." >> did you ever see such a beautiful dress? >> re...

Of the hollywood executives that dont give the female roles come check the box and they will say, oh, we had stwo female characters talk -- two female characters talking to each other in a movie. they wont worry about it anymore. >> you know who will make a killing out of this? female chinese twins. it is easy to get them into a film. >> you would have to pay -- wait thats two people. >> it is two people. >> you pay both of them. >> they had one social security number. i looked it up. >> not tru...

Movies have become more violent? now you can take your kids and warp their minds without taking them to r-rated films. >> i dont take them to the movies at all. this is not real. it is not bad. pg-13 movies is not getting more violent. the violent movies that were rated r, the studios found a way to make them pg-13. no one goes to the movies unless they are a teenager anymore. there is a reason for that. movies are dumb. there is no reason to go to a movie. we have big tvs in our home. the only ...

The last two decades. i blame "love actually." researchers at the you have the of -- at the university of pennsylvania say when the rating was established 30 years ago pg-13 movies had levels of gun violence similar to those of pg and g-rated stuff. now there are more shootings than the r-rated films. it has jumped from less than 1 to 3 per hour. what does that mean? we asked a film expert to comment. >> wow. that was amazing. men indeed. >> tom, are you a father and probably a horrible one. doe...

Complain about the ratings. >> especially for filmmakers, it doesnt make sense and even for parents the consumer doesnt understand if i am sending my kid to a pg-13 theres no sex scenes, but full of shoot em up violence, i dont want my kids seeing that either. >> just stick with the x movies. coming up next, the insomniac kitchen. when the midnight munchies kick in, theres nothing more comfortable to reach for than good old carbs. so were making noodles next. in the next half-hour, forget th...