Posted on 06/13/2008 5:50:43 PM PDT by Mrs. Frogjerk
The cable company, and the childrens networks are trying to poisen our kids minds!
Diary of a Call Girl.. I love Billie Piper, she was great in Dr. Who.
Kill your TV.
It is as simple as that. At this moment, the family is watching a selected video on a scientific monitor piped from a VCR. In this way, we are able to watch about 10-15 hours of video format entertainment a week without worry of the usual dung being served as family fare.
You’ll also save hundreds of hours a year for use in other pursuits. Disconnecting from the left of center culture is worth it in too many ways to describe - try it yourself.
But, do you think its all right to allow these TV stations to broadcast ads during prime time events like baseball and football that are geared towards ED drugs. It happens all of the time! My husband cannot watch a Yankees game with my kids without having his hand on the trigger, ready to change it just for that reason. It stinks.
As for today, that was the last straw with me and any “kids” network. They are officially done in my house!
I don’t rely on tv to parent my kids. If you ever met them you would know that. They are truly great kids.
The Stranger
A few years after I was born, my Dad met a stranger who was new to our small Texas town. From the beginning, Dad was fascinated with this enchanting newcomer and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger was quickly accepted and was around from then on.
As I grew up, I never questioned his place in my family. In my young mind, he had a special niche. My parents were complementary instructors:
Mom taught me good from evil, and Dad taught me to obey. But the stranger...he was our storyteller. He would keep us spellbound for hours on end with adventures, mysteries and comedies.
If I wanted to know anything about politics, history or science, he always knew the answers about the past, understood the present and even seemed able to predict the future! He took my family to the first major league ball game. He made me laugh, and he made me cry. The stranger never stopped talking, but Dad didn’t seem to mind.
Sometimes, Mom would get up quietly while the rest of us were shushing each other to listen to what he had to say, and she would go to the kitchen for peace and quiet. (I wonder now if she ever prayed for the stranger to leave.)
Dad ruled our household with certain moral convictions, but the stranger never felt obligated to honor them. Profanity, for example, was not allowed in our home ... Not from us, our friends or any visitors. Our longtime visitor, however, got away with four-letter words that burned my ears and made my dad squirm and my mother blush.
My Dad didn’t permit the liberal use of alcohol. But the stranger encouraged us to try it on a regular basis. He made cigarettes look cool, cigars manly and pipes distinguished. He talked freely (much too freely!) about sex. His comments were sometimes blatant, sometimes suggestive, and generally embarrassing.
I now know that my early concepts about relationships were influenced strongly by the stranger. Time after time, he opposed the values of my parents, yet he was seldom rebuked ... And NEVER asked to leave.
More than fifty years have passed since the stranger moved in with our family. He has blended right in and is not nearly as fascinating as he was at first. Still, if you could walk into my parents’ den today, you would still find him sitting over in his corner, waiting for someone to listen to him talk and watch him draw his pictures. His name? ....
We just call him, “TV”.
All at one time? That's a mental image I can do without!
Link for “The Stranger”
www.message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=5493
Sorry to see you’re getting pounded instead of hugged here. I too am a mom and have been long disgusted with the commercial choices that these stations choose to broadcast during daytime tv.
The reality is that not all of us have spouses home at 5 pm or parents nearby to call for help. My dh is a pilot and a Marine who is gone more than he’s home. My parents live hundreds and thousands of miles away and even if my one sibling lived next door, I’d never even trust her with my cat let alone a child.
Doing all this myself, I have two straight A students who attend Christian School, they read all the time, they are swimmers and tennis players and love doing art projects, they attend music lessons, VBS in the summertime, etc. I can’t be all things to these children even though I have darn near killed myself trying. But shoot...is it too much to ask that appropriate commercials air during hours when children might be watching? Is it too much to ask that people use their brains? Is it too much for some of you to extend a hug to our FRiends once in a while?
I understand your frustration. Television could be used to reinforce family values instead of celebrating the sordid side of life. I was raised on Lassie, Sky King, My Friend Flicka, The Lone Ranger, etc. and my mother never had to worry that we were going to ask her what “erectile disfunction” means. Unfortunately sex pays and television is all about the dollar. All you can do is turn it off or only allow DVD’s or prerecorded programs you’ve screened. You’re a good mother.
It is just as bad (or worse) when they show trailers for R rated movies when you go to a G movie. I think there should be a law that movie trailers (and commercials) cannot advertise for movies (shows) that are higher rated then the movie (show) you are there to see. I agree with your frustation totally.
great. Thanks
Thanks to anyone who posted here and didn’t abuse me. You can’t complain about anything regarding your children and TV without being accused of allowing it to raise them. My children are not hooked onto it 24/7!
There was a time when TV was a tool used to educate children with valuable knowledge and with good strong life lessons. I provide them with that, but it would be nice to have some back up instead of having to constantly police their shows for various offenses.
I am going to have to be more vigilant and much less trusting from now on.
Sorry if I was a bit harsh.
I have become very picky. My husband has as well.
I may have sounded a bit crazed when I initially posted about this topic. I have to say after seeing those commercials shown to my kid, I just wanted to crush somebody's head like a grape. Preferably somebody at Cartoon Network and/or Comcast!
I have already emailed Cartoon Network! I’m sure they will have a good laugh and not give a damn, but it still felt good to get it off my chest.
I would love to start some kind of signature protest, but how? I have never done that before. I would like to at least put my money where my mouth is and do something more than just complain! Do you have any ideas?
Thanks for your support!
You are welcome.
It was forwarded to me in email, and it very effectively makes its point.
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