Re: Re:Kids and Television

[Guest guest]

I totally agree with you Sandy!

( ) Re:Kids and Television

My husband and I put pretty tight limits on what our kids watch. They're 11,

almost 9 and 8. We tell them they are not 13 and they are not allowed to watch

PG13 movies. (We made an exception for Star Wars). My 11 year old is not happy

with this decision, but we explain to him that God doesn't want us to fill our

minds with certain things. Often we are able to handle those things more

appropriately when we are more mature. He still knows a lot of info. about the

world (we don't shelter him from the truth) but we explain it to him at a level

that is appropriate for him. Movies and television don't reflect society

(usually), but we often learn a lot of nonsense from the media.

Sandy

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[Guest guest]

I totally agree with you Sandy!

( ) Re:Kids and Television

My husband and I put pretty tight limits on what our kids watch. They're 11,

almost 9 and 8. We tell them they are not 13 and they are not allowed to watch

PG13 movies. (We made an exception for Star Wars). My 11 year old is not happy

with this decision, but we explain to him that God doesn't want us to fill our

minds with certain things. Often we are able to handle those things more

appropriately when we are more mature. He still knows a lot of info. about the

world (we don't shelter him from the truth) but we explain it to him at a level

that is appropriate for him. Movies and television don't reflect society

(usually), but we often learn a lot of nonsense from the media.

Sandy

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[Guest guest]

Lynn,

I definitely don't think that's extreme... this is what works for your

family, and you know best.

Lynn <lynnmomo1@...> wrote:

I'm definitely one of the extreme. My child does not have " live "

television in his room. I tape everything for him and check the content

(sometimes cuss words, or whole scenes may end up blue screened on his tape). I

also take out the commercials. I don't want to be nagged about buying " X " , or

hear about a show I won't let him watch. He has a bookshelf full of VCR tapes.

It became so many, I boxed up about 50 and he may trade two from his room for

one in the box. New tapes are used as a reward if he had an outstanding day at

school or therapy visit. I check all his game cartridges he receives as

presents, and have a couple put away for when he is older. The only inter-net

access is in the living room, so my husband and I may see the sites he visits. I

cannot control what happens outside the home, but he gets so negative sometimes

and wants to emulate everything he sees, I try to limit what would lead him

astray. I also do not trust the rating systems. Too many

cartoons are rated " NR " that are really very violent.

Lynn

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