Posted on 09/07/2004 5:44:38 AM PDT by Pharmboy
my kids are in Catholic school and they haven't done any commandeering of the sex ed yet here. you can't keep your kids in a bubble, and unfortunately, sex is rampant in the popular culture. the way to counter it, is to talk about it, and say TV and radio etc. would have you believe that sex is a joke, that it is something to laugh off, that everyone does it, but NO, it ISN"T that way. Far too few parents talk to their kids about sex and morality.
They don't say if this included news shows with talk of oral sex between interns and Presidents.
Today's content is waaaaaay beyond the double-entendre, wink and a nod kind of stuff in the 1970s. Not making excuses for the content then, but today its unashamed and in your face.
My parents didn't get the double-entendres on my ZZ Top records. Listen to 30 seconds of the b*tches, 'hos, etc. on a current rap CD and see if its the same.
Although in our home the kids didn't get to watch these shows -- and my daugher never was much for TV, there are many families where the parents don't care or aren't around or impressionable kids get exposure at their friends' homes. These kids should not be viewed as "throwaway kids."
Darn, Now you are gonna make me think! Question use to be "Ginger or MaryAnn?"...
The answer today would be, both. ;-)
"It is better to watch and comment than let them watch alone, also. Unless you're ready to stop electricity to the house"
Still better yet is to not watch and still comment on that which is pop culture.
You don't have to give up electricity.....just cable/satellite. It's really not that hard, and you may find, as I did, that your kids actually do things like read for pleasure. You save money, too.
If one declines to participate in pop culture, it ceases to have much effect on your kids. Mine aren't raised in a total vacuum, but the example of refusing to let pop culture/sexually explicit content into your home is one that has great influence on my kids.
Try it for a week by just unplugging the cable. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Why guess what?
ADVERTISING WORKS!!!
Like the kids . . .
Bump for good tv. (when you weren't embarassed to view a show with the family)
This is a side effect not a cause. Kids who are interested in sex look for it on tv.
I don't think anyone wants to hear that.
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