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Originally posted by SykkBoy2
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why do people who have no kids think they are qualified to give advice to those who have kids?
when my kids and I are playing Mortal Combat or Hitman 2 or watching Freddy Vs. Jason, it is because I am THERE AS A APRENT and have control over the situation. If I'm watching a sport event on television, I should have reasonable assurance we'll get a football game and not a tit shot. I have nothing against tit shots, if I'm aware they are going to appear.
There are some things as a parent that I can control. There are ways I can keep my kids informed. It's by being there and explaining things as I go along. If my kids and I are watching a horror movie, I generally know what to expect and can control the sitaution. I can't do that when we're watching LIVE sporting event and get something different.
It's not about a tit plopping out as goodness knows I've watched the video clip over and over enough times. It's about what I hav REASONABLE expectations of as a parent.
It's not easy being a parent these days and it gets even harder as the kids age and become more independent, but until then, I like to maintain a reasonable level of control over what my kids experience. It's called parenting and I do it as often as I'm able. I can't control the universe, but I should be able to expect to watch a sporting event and actually get to watch the event.
Bah, doesn't matter, football sucks anyways and the kids and I were watching a horror movie marathon (something I'm glad I was able to have something resembling control over)
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Society is comprised mostly of adults. Adults provide food,
shelter, and everything else that advances our civilization.
So why should adults have to live in a childproofed world?
Sorry, but nobody has to notify you when they want to air something.
Adults will do what adults want to do and children will wait their turn.
I'm sick of children being used as martyrs for extremist agendas.
"Children" are the flag waved by selfserving fundamentalists to
endorse whatever ultra-conservative views they want to enforce.
The myth that mature forms of entertainment hurts kids is a lie.
'Protecting' them from the adult world (if successful) only creates
more people who are afraid of / shamed by / opposed to adult life.
edit:
not personal. it's good you let them watch movies etc.
I just dont understand why some parents think that
the rest of the world should revolve around their kids;
4 foot facists by proxy.