What do you allow your children to watch on TV?
By Stephanie5
@Stephanie5 (2946)
United States
December 20, 2006 9:06am CST
Hello! My man and I are having a huge disagreement over what we allow our children to watch. He allows his children to watch almost anything. I don't agree at all, his kids are 9, and 12. (he has more children, but these are the 2 I'm concerned with). He lets them watch Family Guy, and all those ADULT cartoons that are on Cartoon Network late at night, and he allows them to watch rated R movies. I don't allow my children ages 2,5, 8, 9, and 12 to be in the same room alone with his kids because his kids always turn the tv to one of the shows that I will NOT let my kids watch.
It's really making me mad that he plays this off like it's no big deal! Then his kids thinks it's funny when I get mad....And I'm furious! I don't watch tv hardly at all, but I've seen bits and peices of some of these cartoons and they disturb me! I don't want my kids watching them!!!! I also don't want my kids watching MTV! They don't need to watch the videos because it's all t*ts and a$$...and they don't need to watch any of the stupid shows like Jacka$$, and such because they already bounce off the walls and go crazy....Why can't he understand that these kids (ALL the kids, not just mine, not just his) NEED limitations and there are just some things that they do NOT need to know about at this age. His childrens mother don't care what they do, but I do. And when they are at my house, I feel like they should respect my rules, but they don't cause their father doesn't. If it's so important for them to watch that nasty stuff, they can do it at home, where their mother allows it. I don't want my kids to see this stuff, am I wrong???
8 responses
@jfeets726 (775)
• United States
29 Dec 06
My daughter is two, but she will be three in a couple of weeks. We really keep an eye on what we watch on televsion. We will not watching anything, even a movie that she isn't really watching, but might catch a glimpse of it is violent or scary in nature.
As for the programs that she does watch, she usually just watching the Noggin Channel. They have a number of fun preschool programs. She loves Dora, Lazytown, and the Wonder Pets. I saw a few people said that they felt television has an impact on children. I have to agree. My daughter is picking up spanish just from watching Dora. It is to the point that I am teaching myself how to speak spanish just so I can help her learn and understand some of the words she says. I am just thankful a few spanish words is what she picked up instead of how to be a bully or something like that.
@Stephanie5 (2946)
• United States
2 Jan 07
My daughter is almost 2 and she won't watch tv at all, but the rest of my children are couch potatoes.
I just don't think it is appropriate for 8-12 year olds to be watch R rated shows or movies, my old man disagrees!! AHHHHH He's making me crazy! lol
Thank you for your response!
@acosjo (1903)
• Canada
29 Dec 06
my kids mostly watch treehouse tv.
Backyardigans, Dora the Explorer, Rollie Pollie Ollie, This is Emily Young, stuff like that.
They don't really care to watch other stuff, but I try to keep my son away from stuff like Ninja Turtles, he starts to act up when he does.
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@Stephanie5 (2946)
• United States
2 Jan 07
Power Rangers make all my kids go crazy!!! I have some older kids though that are growing out of Dora, and such. Thank you for your response!
@nithinchinni (2307)
• India
23 Dec 06
hey i would allow to watch them just normal movies and some educational programmes and all.but i wont encourage them to watch cartoons coz it will decrease their maturity.thats why i dont encourage .
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@krysy1982 (1041)
• United States
29 Dec 06
I allow my children to watch certain programs but we monitor what they watch. You have younger children and I completely understand. But you have to respect that those are his kids and if he allows them to do it there is not much you can do. Have you tried to sit down and talk to him about it?
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@Stephanie5 (2946)
• United States
30 Dec 06
I have talked to him about it and he says that he agrees but then when it comes down to it, he acts like he's not paying attention. It's so aggervating.
I understand those are his kids, and I respect that. But when his kids and my kids are in the same room, watching the same tv, I don't think his kids should be able to watch the shows I don't allow my kids to watch....That's my point.
Thank you for the response!
@tammyr (5946)
• Etowah, Tennessee
3 Jan 07
I have a10 year old. She knows what she can and can not watch because we discuss it whenever the channel is changed. She knows to leave the room when offensive things are on. If I am on line and the T.V. happens to be on family guy , or such nonesense She will yell at me for watching it even though I am not even watching.
We only rent G and PG movies, and a few PG -13 and although I do not moniter every show she watches I am confident that she will change the channel if it gets too offensive, or cusses alot.
I do let her watch MTV at a friends house and a few I would not let her at home, but they are aware of our rules and her mom keeps an eye out because they have sattilite(?sp)
If I were you I would invest in another TV to put in another room when his kids are there so that they can watch in there. I would explain to my children that it is up to each person to be responsible for whaat they do, even if it means they miss out on something it is not a good thing and should follow their morales and not what others are doing. This will help them when outside of the home to stick to thier raising and not follow what others are doing.
No matter what you decide to do about this , remember the kids come first. And I hope you can come to some kind of solution. Keep us up to date!
@emarie (5442)
• United States
3 Jan 07
well, simple, put a parental block up on your TV (most cables have them) and don't tell your bf the code. then you approve everything before letting your children watch. personally. i do let my children watch cartoon network. some shows on adult swim i rather them not watch. but it all depends on my children and how i think they'll handle it. i watch everything they watch so if i see something that i think they'll do, then i make sure they know its not good. as long as the children have an understand of whats right and wrong and will not be influenced by most of the things on tv, then it should be alright for most cartoon types. also, MTV isn't really something kids would like in general. i didn't start watching it till i was a teen. but it all boils down to parenting, being there for your children, because they will encounter these things in the future and real world. you just need to make sure you know how to handle it.
