Some people have big issues with some of today’s TV.  There are many shows on the box to watch and they vary in content from children’s programming to near x-rated.  All of this can be seen on local networks. The most recent of the prime time cartoon offenders seems to be Family Guy created by Seth McFarlane.  A lot of parents will not let their children watch this program.  It does make many adult based references so I can understand why they would be concerned. 

Previously, The Simpson’s was the biggest culprit of this offense on national TV aside from the cable networks which hold another can of worms.  SouthPark on Comedy Central was not exactly recommended for the kiddies.  

Do these shows really mold our kids into who they are?  Or do the adults in their lives have a role in it as well?  Maybe you can do a little of everything in moderation.  If your kids watch these shows and you allow it, at least watch along with them so they have supervision.  Some of these episodes demonstrate a good example of what not to do in today’s world.  As well as illustrating some of the consequences that go along with these less than intelligent decisions.

It’s the same as anything else that kids are exposed to in today’s fast-paced world.  It all needs to be taken with a grain of salt and children need guidance and accompaniment.  That is something that has just about faded away in a vast majority of American families.  There aren’t many families that are able to even meet together around the dinner table anymore. 

With two person incomes becoming a necessity just to maintain a family’s stability.  It is rare that anyone person can even afford to purchase an acceptable home in this day.  It requires two incomes.  Gone are the days of mother’s staying home to raise the children and take care of the home while the father’s go out in the world and earn the income.  Those were the good old days.  I don’t say this because I neccessarily feel that a woman’s ”place” is at home.  But it does define our roles as a human species much more effectively.

With both mother and father at work, who is left to tend the children?  Daycare.  Which is mostly comprised of individuals who view their profession as just that a job.  These strangers are not going to nor are they able to teach our children many of the basic requirements to become nurturing adults.  Sure they are taught how to play nicely with others and how to cut and paste, but all that is shaping them for is a future of working and co-habitatin with others in the world because they have to.  It does nothing in showing a child how to love, accept, or appreciate other humans, just how to ‘deal’ with them.

It’s no wonder why so much of our population is so angry and hostile.  We are just walking around tolerating each other.  It wasn’t like that when our parents were growing up.  Families bonded, communities pulled together and enjoyed doing so.  The saying”it takes a village to raise a child’ really rings true.  But we as americans no longer live the village mentality.  Instead, we live a mentality of survival, we have lost the caring and togetherness we once had and that is required to co-exist.  Now, everyone around us has become a burden to us and us to them.

Society has made things this way.  People are so worried about having their voice heard that they have stopped listening to those voices around them, the needs of others, their neighbors.  It doesn’t matter what our neighbors want, especially if it could embark upon what we want for ourselves.    

If parents would start taking responsibility for their kids and their kids behavior we wouldn’t have to worry so much about what’s on TV. But as long as American parents depend upon TV to raise their children we will continue to have this so called “controversy”.

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