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Watch T.V. with your Children Sometimes
I think its amazing how this generation of children take things literally. As a child, I watched all type of shows, but I always knew it was entertainment. I would stress to children that this is entertainment, you can't do everything that you see on T.V. Its hard to protect your children from everything, b/c they will work extra hard to find about whatever from their peers.
posted by
charice
on July 21, 2006 at 8:13 PM
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Zoke
Good point, I am sure it is a healthy balance of the two.
posted by
DeIntinis
on July 21, 2006 at 11:42 AM
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Mademoiselle
I agree it is not easy, but is not impossible. There are a lot of packages out for blocking and controlling internet access as well as v-chips and other technologies for the tv's. However, there is always the friends house or the internet cafe or the school where they can get access to things without your control. I too do not envy modern day parents.
posted by
DeIntinis
on July 21, 2006 at 11:35 AM
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Delntinis,
Interesting! I am more concerned about TV's influence on the everyday notions of adult Americans! How they view their role in a civilized World! Why has America become the source of most of the savagery on th ePlanet? Television has taught Americans some very destructive anti-social skills: the one-way conversion with no alternatives and a ride off into the sunset ending! And America may never recover from this ignorant path to save itself or the Planet!
posted by
Glennb
on July 21, 2006 at 6:32 AM
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As a child of television
I can tell you that its not so much the tv that's the problem, but the inattention given by parents to their kids as the source of all evil.
posted by
zoke
on July 20, 2006 at 8:54 PM
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"It is alright, as parents, to censor what your kids watch on tv and where they go on the internet." It may be "alright" ... but it's also nearly impossible.
I've been babysitting my little cousins (9 and 12) a lot lately. And their knowledge of sexual practices is staggering (not to mention, strangely, superior to mine). I certainly don't envy modern parents.
"Always obey your parents - when they are present."~ Mark Twain
posted by
Mademoiselle
on July 20, 2006 at 8:46 PM
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