do you think cartoons have a lot todo with violence??
@crazzydolphin (3636)
United States
April 19, 2012 11:00pm CST
when i was a kid i never thought of it like this but as an adult as a parent i start to wounder....
many of the cartoons have a lot of violence in them and if your kids watch them isnt that teaching them that it is ok?
1 MAJOR example is the road runner and cyote...ok yes the cyote does a lot of it to him self but in all honesty he is trying to harm the road runner.
how about Tom and Jerry? they do nothing but chase each other around to do mean things to each other.
what about (cant remember the name) the cartoon with the cat and the little birdy? yes cats eat birds but they are always trying to harm each other.
and dont leave out bugs bunny he always has a GUN pointed at him by the hunter.
these are just a few examples but i would like to hear your thoughts...
what cartoons do you think promote violence? what cartoons do you let your kids watch that? do you feel it promotes violence? do you think kids are to young to understand?
my kids fight A LOT and i know they are sisters and it is normal but i wounder if some of the cartoons they watch do not have a lot to do with it....
5 responses
@nagatron123456 (888)
• Philippines
20 Apr 12
This is so true, cartoons sometimes can harm children's mind because there are lots of hitting which can make children laugh and they tend to try it to other children since what they see in the movie seems to be okay, not harmful, and fun to do. This can lead to abandonment wherein your children will grow alone. If this will not be treated immediately then it will go worse as your children grows up. Parents should always there to guide them when they watch movies like you said "road runner and cyote", "tom and Jerry" and so on.
@crazzydolphin (3636)
• United States
20 Apr 12
i have now started to limit how much they watch and what they watch. i am not really sure how to get them to understand the diffrence because they aer so long but i am working on it.
why would people want to make cartoons that would teach our children these things?? i guess it is to make money at our kids expence but then again i could be wrong.
@rmuxagirl (7548)
• United States
25 Apr 12
I agree with you the violence in the cartoons are shown as being funny and not a big deal but when the kids do it to their friends they get hurt and they still think it is funny. That makes it hard to guide our kids to do things. I already know a lot of shows I wouldn't allow my kids to watch because it is too violent.
@crazzydolphin (3636)
• United States
29 Apr 12
i have seen many kids around my neighborhood hurting one another and i know some of them watch the cartoons like this and when they do hurt them they are laughing like it is funny and not worried about the fact that that kid they just did this to is on the ground crying. i think it is wrong and the quality of cartoons should be changed but i know that will never happen because they make a lot of money on them.
what kind of cartoons would you not let your kids watch?
@rmuxagirl (7548)
• United States
25 Apr 12
I think cartoons have a lot of violence and anger in them. I am trying to work with a kid to teach him how to deal with his anger properly and he loves Spongebob. When they get angry in the show they yell and hit, the exact things I am trying to teach im not to do. How can we as teachers and parents teach our kids one thing when what they watch depict something different.
@crazzydolphin (3636)
• United States
29 Apr 12
my kids LOVE spongebob and i am having the same problem. when my oldest gts mad she hits her sister a lot and it isnt fair to her at all and i have tried to fix this and that is when i started thinking about the cartoons she watches. she has fallen in love with umizoomi and Dora the explorer and i havent found anything bad about those YET. now dora does have the fox who likes to steal but they make it a game and he doesnt end up stealing it so i can deal with that. and umizoomi helps her to learn things but spongebob comes on right after that so it is a little hard to keep her from that but i have started letting her watch a few in the morning then finding something for us to do then watch her favorites in the afternoon and then before spongebob comes on i try to get her attention on something else but her daddy lets her watch a lot of things i do not like when i go to bed or i am here at my grandmas so i am trying to make him understand he cant do that. i think to stop that i am going to parntal control it and not tell him the code lol tell him idk what happened haha.
@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
20 Apr 12
Maybe it depends on the individual watching the cartoon. As I've said, I'm a firm believe that people make their own choices in how they lead their lives. Its the person watching the cartoon. Not the cartoon itself. I also had a problem with some bad behavior from my kids and thought they might be picking it up from the tv. So they are only allowed to watch shows with positive messages and such. Do you think they've changed after that? Not a chance. They are angels compared to a lot of children that I know, but they still as uppity as ever. Monitoring what they watched has had no effect. All we can do is hope that they'll choose the right path.
@crazzydolphin (3636)
• United States
21 Apr 12
thank you for that. when i do try to monitor things it seems to not help at all and i thought i was doing something wrong. my kdis fight a lot and i was afraid it was some of the cartoons they were watching. 1 channel they like is the sprout channel and it has a lot of learning material on it so that is a plus. my oldest likes Dora the explorer a lot to lol. so i have started trying to get them to watch those more than the other cartoons.
yes that is all we can do :)
@laken02 (3065)
• United States
20 Apr 12
well i use to watch all those cartoons that you mentiond and so did my hubby and we turned out ok.. lol i think the cartoon they put out now are way wores, i hate like beavis and butt head, and sometime even sponge bob, but my grandson loves sponge bob and there is a bunch of new ones that i forgot the name but there terrible for kids to watch.. and as adult i hate them anyhow, i loved like smurfs
and yogi bear, and those type cartooons, and bugs was my favorite lol...
@crazzydolphin (3636)
• United States
20 Apr 12
you have a very good point because me and my husband also watched all those shows that i mentioned and then some and we both seemed to turn out ok also lol. i agree it seems that the cartoons are getting WAY worse and it is sad when you have to put on "parental control" on the things that they think kids should watch. i cant stand beavis and butt head lol but my husband does so i try to not let my kids watch it with him but i can not be home at all times. my kids also love sponge bob and i do not like all of it but for the most part it is one of the "better": cartoons. it teaches them sharing and lots of other things. i also remember watching the smurfs as a kid :) and yogi bear was the thing back then haha and yes i agree bugs was a favorite of mine to but i guess to me as and adult and a parent i see that it is showing kids that it is ok to do those kinds of things but maybe the comment that said kids find it funny and dont take it as reality is true...
@rewardsinlife (1132)
• United States
20 Apr 12
It is important to have your kids and yourself distinguish reality from the world of cartoons. It is true that all of the cartoons have some violence to them. I don't believe that kids pick up a lot of the hidden messages that are in there. They like the colors, they like the talking. Why don't you do a test to see what is sinking in. Watch an episode, then turn off the t.v. and ask the kids what it was about. If they say oh it was about dropping anvils on peoples heads and animals hurting each other...it is time to define that line of reality. Chances are though they will say it has funny stuff in it that makes them laugh. And then ask them if they would ever do that to another person...believe it or not...they will most likely know the difference and say that is only for cartoons...not real life.
