New to the posting reply thing so forgive me if I have done so in the wrong place. Not meant to be a response to any individual but comment to all who have posted here.
I recently was watching an episode of SpongeBob with my grandkids 3 and 6. To my displeasure they (cartoon) started talking about going on a panty raid to steal girls panties. The “older creepy” man in the cartoon was so excited and explained in detail how to do it! I am sorry but I do not think it is appropriate for children to be taught how to steal panties from girls in a panty raid. I thought maybe at first I was misunderstanding what I was hearing so I sat and watched it to make sure that is what they were talking about after asking my kids to go do something for me so they didn’t listen while I was trying to figure out what was going on. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. As a grandparent now and totally out of the loop on current children’s cartoons I realized how duped we are if we think that just because it is a cartoon it is for kids and just because it is the lated and most popular cartoon for kids doesn’t mean they should watch it. We will be sticking with tried and true Looney Toons in my house, OLD Looney Toons. I watched a few of the new ones and they have even gotten into adult themes that have no business being displayed for children. I am sorry but when bugs bunny is complaining about his new girlfriend and how controlling she is and how he wants him for a love machine, I AM OUT OF HERE!!! I will agree “parent” is a verb but it is given as an honorable title first. Honor it and live it and you will be the hero to your children and not some empty cartoon .
Just a note RE: Spongebob - it has changed a LOT over the years. I thought the folks at Focus on the Family were full of it YEARS and YEARS ago when they talked about how bad the show was... NOW? Have to say I agree with them NOW - but not when my kids were really little. I think the producers used the opportunity to REALLY twist things around - I’m guessing they figured well they ALREADY complained and it didn’t do much so why not go “all out”, so to speak... Even my girls are horrified at how much that show has changed - so it’s not just through the eyes of this adult, but even through the eyes of teens!