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censorship for children
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DallasApple
Depends Upon My Mood..
Yes...we should censor what our children are exposed to..age appropriate..and indivdualized as well based on knowing your child..
If no "censhorship" is required for children in media?..Then it isnt required IRL right?
Is it O.K for mommy and daddy to drop and have sex on the kitchen floor during dinner in front of them?...
Is it O.K for mommy and daddy (or friends and relatives) to use graphic language when adressing a child?
Is it O.K for me to hide in the closet in my childs room with a bloody mask and a chainsaw and wait till hes tucked safely in bed and jump out and terrrify him?
NO...then why is it o.k for them to be exposed to it through any other venue?
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Dallas
If no "censhorship" is required for children in media?..Then it isnt required IRL right?
Is it O.K for mommy and daddy to drop and have sex on the kitchen floor during dinner in front of them?...
Is it O.K for mommy and daddy (or friends and relatives) to use graphic language when adressing a child?
Is it O.K for me to hide in the closet in my childs room with a bloody mask and a chainsaw and wait till hes tucked safely in bed and jump out and terrrify him?
NO...then why is it o.k for them to be exposed to it through any other venue?
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Dallas
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DallasApple
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You're awesome...You arent crap...And you know that...But thats not the point little brother...
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horizon_mj1
Well-Known Member
When my children were very young, I had them watch a TV program called movie magic. This was a wonderful program for it showed how various things were done in movies. Both of my biological children love horror movies and have since they were small. They never really got frightened by the movies because they knew they were fake and also I as a parent made sure to poke fun while watching. On the other hand my two step children are very frightened by horror films, yet the one wants to watch them anyway. My husband's ex did a good job sheltering them, not that she was wrong doing so. I do not allow my children to watch any movie however that is sexually explicit (so you know most of the horror films they have watched were edited). My reasoning is this; watching a horror film with my children allowed me to teach them that in certain situations, use your head, react and do not be frightened. I felt that I would wait for an appropriate age to teach my children about sex and did not find it necessary to have visual aids. Sex is on thing most people will in no doubt have an experience with, things that happen in most horror flicks only happen on the horror flicks.
Comicaze247
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Here's where I find society as a whole quite odd.
When parents (at least the ones I've met) loosen their grip on what their children watch, they usually allow their children to see blood and gore before they allow them to see sexual content. It's almost as if murder, blood, and gore is more accepted than sex.
Oh yeah, they can watch somebody get their limbs chopped off and thrown into a wood-chipper, but heaven forbid they see boobs. That would TOTALLY damage them.
Anyway, I'm only 22, and I don't plan on having kids for at least 5-6 years, so this is what I think I should do:
The shows you let your kids watch really depends on the values you want them to teach. Do you want them to value intelligence and critical thinking? Let them watch things like Sesame Street and some child mystery shows. Do you want them to value valiance and doing good for the less fortunate? Let them watch superhero shows and such.
Though if you want them to develop a fear of spiders, show them the movie Arachnophobia when they're 6 years old (*raises hand* that was me).
However, studies show that no matter what you show your children, boys will start to play war-like games with each other (sword fighting, cops and robbers, etc.) and girls will play domestic simulation games (house, store, etc.) because it's actually in their genetics.
It all really depends on you. If your child sees something, guide them through it. Teach them how to think about it. CHECK THE FRIGGIN' ESRB RATINGS ON THE GAMES YOU BUY THEM! And if you do buy them a game rated higher than their age, watch them and talk to them about it, or expect behavior you don't want.
When parents (at least the ones I've met) loosen their grip on what their children watch, they usually allow their children to see blood and gore before they allow them to see sexual content. It's almost as if murder, blood, and gore is more accepted than sex.
Oh yeah, they can watch somebody get their limbs chopped off and thrown into a wood-chipper, but heaven forbid they see boobs. That would TOTALLY damage them.
Anyway, I'm only 22, and I don't plan on having kids for at least 5-6 years, so this is what I think I should do:
The shows you let your kids watch really depends on the values you want them to teach. Do you want them to value intelligence and critical thinking? Let them watch things like Sesame Street and some child mystery shows. Do you want them to value valiance and doing good for the less fortunate? Let them watch superhero shows and such.
Though if you want them to develop a fear of spiders, show them the movie Arachnophobia when they're 6 years old (*raises hand* that was me).
However, studies show that no matter what you show your children, boys will start to play war-like games with each other (sword fighting, cops and robbers, etc.) and girls will play domestic simulation games (house, store, etc.) because it's actually in their genetics.
It all really depends on you. If your child sees something, guide them through it. Teach them how to think about it. CHECK THE FRIGGIN' ESRB RATINGS ON THE GAMES YOU BUY THEM! And if you do buy them a game rated higher than their age, watch them and talk to them about it, or expect behavior you don't want.
Foxie
Member
Well......JMHO here but take it for what its worth
The stranger at our house
A few years after I was born, my Dad met a stranger who was new to our small 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 honour them. Profanity, for example, was not allowed in our home... Not from us, our friends or any visitors. Our long-time 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."
He has a younger sister now. We call her "Computer."
Censorship has somehow become a good word, a safe word. Freedom of the press is a right that our constitution guarantees. If I don't want to read it, hear it, or see it, I ignore or avoid it.
If I don't want my kids to read it, hear it, or see it, I don't let them.
That is my responsibility.
There is constant debate over what kind of books our children should be able to read in school or in public libraries. Freedom of the press doesn't mean they force it down upon us it gives us the choice. I have seen the leaders of this country continuously let us down. The media folds under political pressure. A religious faction holds congress in a death grip. We live in a country founded upon, among other things, freedom of religion. Yet this country is still referred to as a Christian nation. The religious right stands up on a soap box trying to tell the rest of the country how they should act, what they should read, who they should praise, judging everyone by their own warped rules. If my beliefs include letting my children use whatever words they want to express themselves, I'm somehow a bad mother. No one even thinks twice about a child saying 'I hate,' but freaks out if a child should say '****' when something doesn't go the way they wanted. I can't expect children who have been coddled and protected from the real world to become contributing members of society when they reach adulthood. What censorship accomplishes is a society full of ignorance and oppression. I don't need to be protected from anything in the media. I can choose for myself what I want to see, hear, or read. I can make the decision of what I want my children to read, hear, or see. If there are parents in this country who don't want their kids to have access to certain types of media, then it is their responsibility to control it. It is not their responsibilities to control what I can or cannot see, read, or hear, or to tell me what I can let my kids see, hear, or read. If we are to uphold the values and rights set forth by our constitution, censorship has no place in this country.
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That is my thoughts on censorship .. controling what "MY" children /grandchildren read , see or hear is MY responsibilty.. the biggest offender is the one eyed idiot that has a place of honor in nearly everyones home .. it promotes all the wrong values yet we as a nation think nothing about useing it as an educater or babysitter for our beloved children .
We call it TV
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I would also like to add this as a way of makeing my point ..
If I don't want my kids to read it, hear it, or see it, I don't let them.
That is my responsibility.
There is constant debate over what kind of books our children should be able to read in school or in public libraries. Freedom of the press doesn't mean they force it down upon us it gives us the choice. I have seen the leaders of this country continuously let us down. The media folds under political pressure. A religious faction holds congress in a death grip. We live in a country founded upon, among other things, freedom of religion. Yet this country is still referred to as a Christian nation. The religious right stands up on a soap box trying to tell the rest of the country how they should act, what they should read, who they should praise, judging everyone by their own warped rules. If my beliefs include letting my children use whatever words they want to express themselves, I'm somehow a bad mother. No one even thinks twice about a child saying 'I hate,' but freaks out if a child should say '****' when something doesn't go the way they wanted. I can't expect children who have been coddled and protected from the real world to become contributing members of society when they reach adulthood. What censorship accomplishes is a society full of ignorance and oppression. I don't need to be protected from anything in the media. I can choose for myself what I want to see, hear, or read. I can make the decision of what I want my children to read, hear, or see. If there are parents in this country who don't want their kids to have access to certain types of media, then it is their responsibility to control it. It is not their responsibilities to control what I can or cannot see, read, or hear, or to tell me what I can let my kids see, hear, or read. If we are to uphold the values and rights set forth by our constitution, censorship has no place in this country.
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That is my thoughts on censorship .. controling what "MY" children /grandchildren read , see or hear is MY responsibilty.. the biggest offender is the one eyed idiot that has a place of honor in nearly everyones home .. it promotes all the wrong values yet we as a nation think nothing about useing it as an educater or babysitter for our beloved children .
We call it TV
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I would also like to add this as a way of makeing my point ..
The stranger at our house
A few years after I was born, my Dad met a stranger who was new to our small 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 honour them. Profanity, for example, was not allowed in our home... Not from us, our friends or any visitors. Our long-time 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."
He has a younger sister now. We call her "Computer."
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horizon_mj1
Well-Known Member
You are right that you should always talk to your children, about everything. The reason I allowed both of my children to watch horror films is because I know statistically they will more than likely not see or get into such situations. I would watch the films (that they would ask to watch) with them and remind them of Movie Magic, plus of course as a parent, would add my own remarks. As far as teaching them sex from lets say a pornographic movie, not only is this embarassing, but how is that educational. I have no problem with educational books, as my daughter is 11 and has had a class in which she aquired educational books that relate to the realms of sex and also my 15 year old son. I guess it depends alot on how you personally choose to raise your children. I believe in honesty (even when it can be brutal) and reality. Neither of my children have had bad dreams or have had extreme fears (thankfully) and my son and daughter choose to be just as honest with me. My point of mentioning honesty is if you allow your children to do things (that may be viewed by some as wrong at a certain age), I feel it is very important to teach them how certain actions are proper or improper and the difference between fact and fiction.
P.S. Foxie, I enjoyed reading your post and agree.
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Comicaze247
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I didn't mean from pornography. I just mean that some parents shelter their children from sex in general for far too long, as if their child is never going to have sexual urges if they're never exposed to it.
I'm just saying the balances are kind of skewed. Say if a parent is at a movie with their 12-year-old son or daughter. There's a scene in the movie where somebody gets brutally mauled or something. They just wince and go "oooh." (granted, the child may turn by themselves). But then there's nudity of the opposite sex from their child and instantly their hand goes over the child's eyes.
To me, it seems like it's sending the message: "sex is bad, but blood and gore is okay."
I'm not professing to know what age to show what to a child (I'm only barely an adult), but I'm just thinking that the values are a bit skewed.
Why (to some people) is a child learning about sex scarier than a child learning about brutal murder?
Comicaze247
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Thank you