Parents, do you allow your children to watch telenovelas?

I am also an Aunt as well and does not have any kids. I am allowing my niece to watch what I am watching. It is not that because she wanted to but because it just so happened that I am watching then my niece is trying to understand the detail. So far what I like about my niece is that she keeps on asking me some questions about the detail of each scene. She doesn't always watch telenovelas when I am watching. Usually she is watching playhouse disney therefore the very strong impact to her mind set does have the good result like she is learning especially in correct grammar on how she express herself.

I allow my children to watch telenovelas , yeah I allow them but it's them that do not watch it or just watch a few segments, I think kids today are wise and discerning and know if things are already turning "corny", they have their own channel like discovery, animal planet, and some cartoons like Disney, cartoon network, nickelodeon etc..., they just have to be guided so they do not get addicted especially with cartoon channels, I give them time and it's always lessons first, the same rule goes for computer games

I do not think it is only Filipino Telenovelas that are doing that but all telenovela of some sort so you cannot just blame the Filipinos creating this junk you are saying. I guess where ever you go you can find this junk and there are even worst abroad since I know Playboy has a channel already and is being aired to some local Cable TV there. So I think you should not blame only the Philippine TV as airing non quality shows since it is everywhere where you are living.

For me telenovelas are not really bad especially with the kids. It's very rare to watch telenovelas if the school classes is going on, sometimes we watch only Friday but Monday to Thursday, a big NO, I will not allow my kids to watch telenovelas during that days. Now is the start of vacation, I will allow them but should no kissing scene in the drama. It's not bad as long as you watch also with your kids, tell them what is bad and good in the character. It always flash in the screen the words PARENTAL GUIDANCE IS ADVISED, if you see that, please guide as our kids to watch the telenovela.

Half of the show on TV is telenovelas. Wanted you can not ban watch. To watch and learn how to be romantic, telenovelas it is better than horror films where the only blood flowing. Similarly, children will grow up and watch what they want to! So onliy for time wu can aloww something Have a nice day!

i don't have children as of today but someday if i'll be blessed to have i certainly won't allow them to watch telenovelas, there's some scene that child minds can't understand plus it's too much drama to be sink in a kids mind, i'll prefer to let them watch cartoon shows and some shows that they could learn from. plus telenovelas would really upset their young mind to see the sin of the world

i think some parents will let theeir kids watch telenovelas. my sister in law lets my niece watch series with children themes in it... like that of the mutya, and then there is may bukas pa...

Well I think parents should allow their kids to watch telenovelas, but with their guidance, they must select or choose themes that is suitable for their children :-)

Yeah, I know where you coming from. I'm not a parent yet, but wherever I see my neighbor's children gather around the television just to watch noon time shows, I just can't help my self to wonder what kind of culture these parents are molding there kids into. I remember one elemetary pupil was asked what she would want to be when she grows up, she said, "I want to be a sexbomb dancer!" These where the days when the sexbomb dancers were popular. When it comes to telenovelas, parents who patronized these programs don't know that they're allowing their children to be molded by a culture that has no connection in real life but only exist in the minds of the writers. And the parents ask questions how their daughter gets pregnant? If all parents will not be vigilant and are not choosing what programs they let their children feed on, we're breeding a generation of mediocre lifestyle.