I think we're all in favor of parents making responsible choices. Unfortunately, not all parents make responsible choices and it's their children who are hurting mine. My daughter knows all about what goes on in that Vice City video game, not because she's allowed to play it (she's not), but because her friends told her, right down to the details about the prostitutes and the vulgar words used. Now how do I stop that?
I'm not for banning things either. But I am for forcing manufacturers, advertisers, entertainers, etc. to have some sort of social responsibility. Supply and demand. We have to stop buying and start complaining.
It's a constant uphill battle that's not being fought by enough people.
I fear it's going to get worse before it gets better.
"Unfortunately, not all parents make responsible choices and it's their children who are hurting mine. "
OK, so what's your suggestion to fix this? Do you want to dictate choices for others? Do you want to decide what others should do, based on your own beliefs and standards?
Where do you stop with that? Problem is that to eliminate all the stuff you don't like, and to force others to make the same choices you would make you have to throw freedom away.
Don't like the Bratz dolls? Ban them. Don't like video games for adults? Ban them. Sorry, but that's not how it works in this country.
You're responsible for your behavior and that of your children. You make those choices. Others, for better or worse, make other choices.
Now that my daughter is older I am being told of things she seen and did at a friends house. Like checking out porno. It is infortunate that the actions of others, that being adults can hurt other children by their carelessness. I also remember a time when my son was at an all boys birthday party and they all were checking out playboy or some kind of naked book of women and he knew it was wrong and wouldn't look at it even though they teased him about it. I tried to explain to him women are not meant to just be something men just ogle at naked and women are to be treat more respectful