Re: Please Explain To me
cartoons used to be more violent when i was a kid, it never really make me want to be violent, yeah ppl wanted to emulate some characters..
so I suppose without proper guidance external cues would impact kids behavior, I think its that proper guidance where a large number of parents are failing.
to me it also seems that somethings are coming back to the norm, like in, you are not your kids friends, but parents..I see a huge change in how my friends are parenting their kids now versus what I saw older pals or cousins or neighbours etc doing just a decade ago.
The pressure for choices is real and true, who are the ads for sugary 'fun' cereals targeted at? kids, they dont show those ads during larry king live, but during kids shows on kids channels. There are marketing case studies on impact of ad shifting focus and product bottom line for those cereals.
I am fully supportive of restrictions on cigarette ads, but at the same time same for alcoholic beverages..not because I am some sort of goof muslim boyscout type, but because it is doing the same thing as cigarettes for youth. its supposed to be cool and fun..
Television, music and movies should have labels, so you know what type of material is appropriate for what ages, btu then enforcing that is not upto product makers.
in the end, we can note and limit harmful influences, but parents and family have to play a big role in it, and parents have to be parents..not buddies. this is nto to say you cant be friendly and laid back with your kids, but you call the shots, they dont.