How I wish I could get rid of the TV in my house. It seems to be on all the time – what a waste; waste of money and waste of time, especially when the only thing on is FOX news or something equally as boring. Mark could read the news and save me from the torture of having to listen to it as I am trying to cook dinner or keep Colleen out of everything. Imagine how much free time there would be that we could spend as a family. Come home, cook dinner, clean up, play a game as a family, read, go for a walk outside – so many things we could do to grow as a family without the outside influences of the TV blaring in our ears.
The more I watch TV the more it scares me. When I was a kid I remember watching Lois and Clark – the New Adventures of Superman and thinking back it showed Superman saving the day, defeating bad guys, getting the girl, marrying her, THEN he got to have sex for the first time. NOW there are shows about being 16 and pregnant, Teen Mom, the Secret Life of an American Teenager, and more (I don’t personally watch these but have seen them). What do these teach our kids?
Even the cartoons are crap – you have an irritating sponge that has a ding dong starfish of a best friend and all they do is run around being silly and irritate their neighbors. Can’t forget Johnny Test who does not listen to his parents one bit and is constantly doing things he is told not to. I’m not even going to get started on Fanboy and Chum Chum – WTH???? I can’t think of a single good cartoon on TV other than on PBS. What happened to the classic Looney Toons?
Not only do I worry about the shows that are being watched but also all the commercials. I don’t want to explain to my little girl in a few years when she sees a Trojan commercial what they are talking about or even the Godaddy.com ads. There is just as much, if not more, lack of censorship in the commercials. Why is it that we as a society let our children watch this stuff?
Everything on the TV screams SEX and I am terrified raising a little girl in today’s world. I would rather not watch TV at all then allow her to be desensitized by all the immoral behaviors and actions shown. Kids today know a lot more about sex than I ever did and a large majority of that can be traced back to the shows and movies they watch. It seems to me that sex is not sacred anymore – that it is something that is done with whatever guy/girl who shows any interest. How do we change this? Although my daughter is only 9 months old I need to start figuring this out now before it is too late and TV is only one part of it.
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