Lathspell said:
Quad Dog said:
Don't let any media producer dictate what your kids watch, monitor what your own kids watch. I sure do.
This. Don't be an absentee parent. If a show like this is showing up in queue after another movie/show, that kind of sucks as a parent, but you still shouldn't be just letting your young kids sit in front of the TV and watch whatever comes on.
It really isn't that hard. I didn't have an iPad growing up, if I have kids, they won't have an iPad. If they have to have any device for school purposes, that device would remain in the family room.
I keep going back to this...
If the goal is to raise your kids like you were raised, then I should be an absentee parent and I'd have latchkey kids who pretty much do what they want from after school until about 6, which is about when I would first see my parents for the day. Mom taught piano before school and after school, and dad left before I woke up and got home close to 6. I had zero supervision once I was in elementary school (brother was 3 years older).. we had a tv and nintendo at home, a bike, a pool, a computer in the house.
I turned out fine.. engineering degree from aTm, been with same woman for over 20 years, two very well grounded boys who excel at academics and sports, we're financially stable living happily in our little bubble.
Like I could give a rat's ass if my kid stares at an ipad or game console on tv when he wants to. Luckily, we've guided them to a point where they can make good (ok maybe decent) decisions for themselves, and involved them in a variety of things in life to where sitting on an ipad for 4 hours would even be boring for them, and they'd want to go run around outside. If you have to force that out of your kids life, what will happen when they have the freedom?
As of late, I've caught the kids watching youtube exercise videos on the backyard tv while following along. Shame on them for doing pushups!
