Cliff Clavin
Footballguy
When do you need to start being careful with what you watch on TV around your kids? Shows like The Walking Dead, UFC, GoT, etc.
I think it really depends on the kid. My daughter is 10 and she watches a lot of stuff with us that is not meant for her. On the other hand, I have a nephew who is 9 and if he was my kid, he wouldn't be allowed to watch half the stuff she does.When do you need to start being careful with what you watch on TV around your kids? Shows like The Walking Dead, UFC, GoT, etc.
One thing I noticed with this is that you really start to see shows differently. Shows that I never thought were that sexual, now seem really sexual.I've never let my daughter (now 6) see anything violent/sexual on TV.
Hard to follow, but the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends ZERO TV for children under 2. We tried to follow this with our kids as much as possible.Was meaning more on the early months/years when they can start recognizing what is going on. My daughter is 8 months now and focusing on the TV quite a bit more when I let her.
BTW, my older kids are 9 and 7 and we still keep a tight rein on what they watch. My son will watch shows like Mythbusters, but I've yet to see the primetime sitcom or drama that I'd be ok with him watching. TV is garbage.Hard to follow, but the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends ZERO TV for children under 2. We tried to follow this with our kids as much as possible.Was meaning more on the early months/years when they can start recognizing what is going on. My daughter is 8 months now and focusing on the TV quite a bit more when I let her.
Personally, we tried to never let our little ones see the shows we watched. If they saw TV it was a kids show. Otherwise the TV was off.
I read an article maybe 6 months ago that said the picture isn't whats bad for the kids its the sound of the TV that screws them up. It was something along these lines http://www.parents-choice.org/article.cfm?art_id=336&the_page=consider_thisWas meaning more on the early months/years when they can start recognizing what is going on. My daughter is 8 months now and focusing on the TV quite a bit more when I let her.
Great question- I was wondering the exact same thing. I watched Hannibal and re-watched Breaking Bad during late night feedings and early morning wakeups with our youngest last year. I stopped doing it around 11 months and now I try to stick to Simpsons reruns or Sportscenter. Probably an abundance of caution, but better safe than raising a serial killer, I figure.Was meaning more on the early months/years when they can start recognizing what is going on. My daughter is 8 months now and focusing on the TV quite a bit more when I let her.
Nice use of this outside of Ebola, GB. If this phrase is going to last the test of time, we need to start using it elsewhere.Great question- I was wondering the exact same thing. I watched Hannibal and re-watched Breaking Bad during late night feedings and early morning wakeups with our youngest last year. I stopped doing it around 11 months and now I try to stick to Simpsons reruns or Sportscenter. Probably an abundance of caution, but better safe than raising a serial killer, I figure.Was meaning more on the early months/years when they can start recognizing what is going on. My daughter is 8 months now and focusing on the TV quite a bit more when I let her.
You also have to admire the FFA's ability to misinterpret questions.
Nudity I have no problem with (my wife walks around half the time naked anyway) but sex, no.scary stuff is not good to show them because then you'll have to deal with calming them down at 3 am after they have nightmares. nudity and sex is no problem at all. its a natural part of life and ok for them to see it. in europe they have nudity in their commercials. they know how it should be. not like the archaic puritan values in america where we feel the need to shield our kids from the naked body. its really ridiculous if you think about it.
So if violence produces serial killers, does nudity produce rapists?nudity and scary stuff on tv does not produce serial killers.
nothing on tv produces those behaviorsSo if violence produces serial killers, does nudity produce rapists?nudity and scary stuff on tv does not produce serial killers.
Go on...Nudity I have no problem with (my wife walks around half the time naked anyway) but sex, no.scary stuff is not good to show them because then you'll have to deal with calming them down at 3 am after they have nightmares. nudity and sex is no problem at all. its a natural part of life and ok for them to see it. in europe they have nudity in their commercials. they know how it should be. not like the archaic puritan values in america where we feel the need to shield our kids from the naked body. its really ridiculous if you think about it.
"Scary stuff" is equally as natural a part of life as nudity.scary stuff is not good to show them because then you'll have to deal with calming them down at 3 am after they have nightmares. nudity and sex is no problem at all. its a natural part of life and ok for them to see it. in europe they have nudity in their commercials. they know how it should be. not like the archaic puritan values in america where we feel the need to shield our kids from the naked body. its really ridiculous if you think about it.
but not like zombies and freddy krueger. also, the reason you dont show them the scary stuff is so that you dont have to wake up at 3 am to calm them down after a nightmare, not because it'll screw them up."Scary stuff" is equally as natural a part of life as nudity.scary stuff is not good to show them because then you'll have to deal with calming them down at 3 am after they have nightmares. nudity and sex is no problem at all. its a natural part of life and ok for them to see it. in europe they have nudity in their commercials. they know how it should be. not like the archaic puritan values in america where we feel the need to shield our kids from the naked body. its really ridiculous if you think about it.
We don't specifically let her watch TV. But if the wife is nursing on the couch and I'm sitting beside her watching something or if one of us is playing with her and the other is watching etc. she starts glancing at itBTW, my older kids are 9 and 7 and we still keep a tight rein on what they watch. My son will watch shows like Mythbusters, but I've yet to see the primetime sitcom or drama that I'd be ok with him watching. TV is garbage.Hard to follow, but the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends ZERO TV for children under 2. We tried to follow this with our kids as much as possible.Was meaning more on the early months/years when they can start recognizing what is going on. My daughter is 8 months now and focusing on the TV quite a bit more when I let her.
Personally, we tried to never let our little ones see the shows we watched. If they saw TV it was a kids show. Otherwise the TV was off.
So what was her explanation?Id say 6am - 8am
Stupid West Coast Cinemax still had Skinamax on at that time and my wife was flipping thru the channels and had to explain to my 5 year old what the two naked people were doing.
She fumbled her way thru some explanation that he was beating her up. I dont even know. Thankfully I was still sleeping lolSo what was her explanation?Id say 6am - 8am
Stupid West Coast Cinemax still had Skinamax on at that time and my wife was flipping thru the channels and had to explain to my 5 year old what the two naked people were doing.
why lie? why is it bad to tell your kid how people make babies?She fumbled her way thru some explanation that he was beating her up. I dont even know. Thankfully I was still sleeping lolSo what was her explanation?Id say 6am - 8am
Stupid West Coast Cinemax still had Skinamax on at that time and my wife was flipping thru the channels and had to explain to my 5 year old what the two naked people were doing.
That would also be lying, because I'm fairly certain that the people on Skinemax aren't making babies.why lie? why is it bad to tell your kid how people make babies?She fumbled her way thru some explanation that he was beating her up. I dont even know. Thankfully I was still sleeping lolSo what was her explanation?Id say 6am - 8am
Stupid West Coast Cinemax still had Skinamax on at that time and my wife was flipping thru the channels and had to explain to my 5 year old what the two naked people were doing.
A 5 year old is not going to grasp the concept of sex so why bother explaining it. Its the same reason we tell little children someone is "sleeping" when they die. Their brains can't comprehend it. I will explain the birds and the bees to him at a more appropriate age. It has nothing to do with being bad.why lie? why is it bad to tell your kid how people make babies?She fumbled her way thru some explanation that he was beating her up. I dont even know. Thankfully I was still sleeping lolSo what was her explanation?Id say 6am - 8am
Stupid West Coast Cinemax still had Skinamax on at that time and my wife was flipping thru the channels and had to explain to my 5 year old what the two naked people were doing.
I think its worse to scramble and come up with an explanation that the man is beating up the woman. all you have to say is that they're making babies or something. no need to sit down and explain the whole thing in detail. better than putting the thought in his mind that its normal for a man to beat up a woman.A 5 year old is not going to grasp the concept of sex so why bother explaining it. Its the same reason we tell little children someone is "sleeping" when they die. Their brains can't comprehend it. I will explain the birds and the bees to him at a more appropriate age. It has nothing to do with being bad.why lie? why is it bad to tell your kid how people make babies?She fumbled her way thru some explanation that he was beating her up. I dont even know. Thankfully I was still sleeping lolSo what was her explanation?Id say 6am - 8am
Stupid West Coast Cinemax still had Skinamax on at that time and my wife was flipping thru the channels and had to explain to my 5 year old what the two naked people were doing.
nice link ########.Since there still aren't any responses to the actual question Cliff asked, I did a little research and found this. Paragraph 2 discusses infants, makes it seem like pretty much anything is fine up to 18 months since they can't really process the content in a meaningful way. I guess if you watched something ultra-violent you might have to be worried about them imitating it as the paper describes, but I would guess there would have to be a lot of violence for it to get to the point that they'd imitate it. In that sense you'd think something like UFC would be worse than anything else since they repeat violent actions over and over.
It says that when they reach toddler age they can start to extract meaning, which jives with my experience. My two year old knows what she's watching and responds when they ask her to do stuff like move her hands in a certain way, while my one year old doesn't respond to the TV except to wiggle around during music or to mimic what his older sister does.
So that's a layperson's take, based on 10 minutes of Google research.
What ever happened to good old fashioned wrestling?I think its worse to scramble and come up with an explanation that the man is beating up the woman. all you have to say is that they're making babies or something. no need to sit down and explain the whole thing in detail. better than putting the thought in his mind that its normal for a man to beat up a woman.
How has this worked for you with your kids. Any follow up questions?I think its worse to scramble and come up with an explanation that the man is beating up the woman. all you have to say is that they're making babies or something. no need to sit down and explain the whole thing in detail. better than putting the thought in his mind that its normal for a man to beat up a woman.A 5 year old is not going to grasp the concept of sex so why bother explaining it. Its the same reason we tell little children someone is "sleeping" when they die. Their brains can't comprehend it. I will explain the birds and the bees to him at a more appropriate age. It has nothing to do with being bad.why lie? why is it bad to tell your kid how people make babies?She fumbled her way thru some explanation that he was beating her up. I dont even know. Thankfully I was still sleeping lolSo what was her explanation?Id say 6am - 8am
Stupid West Coast Cinemax still had Skinamax on at that time and my wife was flipping thru the channels and had to explain to my 5 year old what the two naked people were doing.
this is the same guy with the foot fetish. I think ill pass on his sex ed adviceHow has this worked for you with your kids. Any follow up questions?I think its worse to scramble and come up with an explanation that the man is beating up the woman. all you have to say is that they're making babies or something. no need to sit down and explain the whole thing in detail. better than putting the thought in his mind that its normal for a man to beat up a woman.A 5 year old is not going to grasp the concept of sex so why bother explaining it. Its the same reason we tell little children someone is "sleeping" when they die. Their brains can't comprehend it. I will explain the birds and the bees to him at a more appropriate age. It has nothing to do with being bad.why lie? why is it bad to tell your kid how people make babies?She fumbled her way thru some explanation that he was beating her up. I dont even know. Thankfully I was still sleeping lolSo what was her explanation?Id say 6am - 8am
Stupid West Coast Cinemax still had Skinamax on at that time and my wife was flipping thru the channels and had to explain to my 5 year old what the two naked people were doing.
i just think it's better to be honest about what they were actually doing rather than put into the kid's mind that the guy is beating up the woman. Both will probably have follow up questions. I dont know why there's such a taboo about sex here. Go to europe and they'll be telling the kid straight up what was happening on the TV. i was raised by europeans who immigrated here. i know this.How has this worked for you with your kids. Any follow up questions?I think its worse to scramble and come up with an explanation that the man is beating up the woman. all you have to say is that they're making babies or something. no need to sit down and explain the whole thing in detail. better than putting the thought in his mind that its normal for a man to beat up a woman.A 5 year old is not going to grasp the concept of sex so why bother explaining it. Its the same reason we tell little children someone is "sleeping" when they die. Their brains can't comprehend it. I will explain the birds and the bees to him at a more appropriate age. It has nothing to do with being bad.why lie? why is it bad to tell your kid how people make babies?She fumbled her way thru some explanation that he was beating her up. I dont even know. Thankfully I was still sleeping lolSo what was her explanation?Id say 6am - 8am
Stupid West Coast Cinemax still had Skinamax on at that time and my wife was flipping thru the channels and had to explain to my 5 year old what the two naked people were doing.
Hey now.He like feet you like ###.this is the same guy with the foot fetish. I think ill pass on his sex ed adviceHow has this worked for you with your kids. Any follow up questions?I think its worse to scramble and come up with an explanation that the man is beating up the woman. all you have to say is that they're making babies or something. no need to sit down and explain the whole thing in detail. better than putting the thought in his mind that its normal for a man to beat up a woman.A 5 year old is not going to grasp the concept of sex so why bother explaining it. Its the same reason we tell little children someone is "sleeping" when they die. Their brains can't comprehend it. I will explain the birds and the bees to him at a more appropriate age. It has nothing to do with being bad.why lie? why is it bad to tell your kid how people make babies?She fumbled her way thru some explanation that he was beating her up. I dont even know. Thankfully I was still sleeping lolSo what was her explanation?Id say 6am - 8am
Stupid West Coast Cinemax still had Skinamax on at that time and my wife was flipping thru the channels and had to explain to my 5 year old what the two naked people were doing.
Thanks!nice link ########.Since there still aren't any responses to the actual question Cliff asked, I did a little research and found this. Paragraph 2 discusses infants, makes it seem like pretty much anything is fine up to 18 months since they can't really process the content in a meaningful way. I guess if you watched something ultra-violent you might have to be worried about them imitating it as the paper describes, but I would guess there would have to be a lot of violence for it to get to the point that they'd imitate it. In that sense you'd think something like UFC would be worse than anything else since they repeat violent actions over and over.
It says that when they reach toddler age they can start to extract meaning, which jives with my experience. My two year old knows what she's watching and responds when they ask her to do stuff like move her hands in a certain way, while my one year old doesn't respond to the TV except to wiggle around during music or to mimic what his older sister does.
So that's a layperson's take, based on 10 minutes of Google research.
Who cares what Europe does?i just think it's better to be honest about what they were actually doing rather than put into the kid's mind that the guy is beating up the woman. Both will probably have follow up questions. I dont know why there's such a taboo about sex here. Go to europe and they'll be telling the kid straight up what was happening on the TV. i was raised by europeans who immigrated here. i know this.How has this worked for you with your kids. Any follow up questions?I think its worse to scramble and come up with an explanation that the man is beating up the woman. all you have to say is that they're making babies or something. no need to sit down and explain the whole thing in detail. better than putting the thought in his mind that its normal for a man to beat up a woman.A 5 year old is not going to grasp the concept of sex so why bother explaining it. Its the same reason we tell little children someone is "sleeping" when they die. Their brains can't comprehend it. I will explain the birds and the bees to him at a more appropriate age. It has nothing to do with being bad.why lie? why is it bad to tell your kid how people make babies?She fumbled her way thru some explanation that he was beating her up. I dont even know. Thankfully I was still sleeping lolSo what was her explanation?Id say 6am - 8am
Stupid West Coast Cinemax still had Skinamax on at that time and my wife was flipping thru the channels and had to explain to my 5 year old what the two naked people were doing.
they're the OGs.Who cares what Europe does?i just think it's better to be honest about what they were actually doing rather than put into the kid's mind that the guy is beating up the woman. Both will probably have follow up questions. I dont know why there's such a taboo about sex here. Go to europe and they'll be telling the kid straight up what was happening on the TV. i was raised by europeans who immigrated here. i know this.How has this worked for you with your kids. Any follow up questions?I think its worse to scramble and come up with an explanation that the man is beating up the woman. all you have to say is that they're making babies or something. no need to sit down and explain the whole thing in detail. better than putting the thought in his mind that its normal for a man to beat up a woman.A 5 year old is not going to grasp the concept of sex so why bother explaining it. Its the same reason we tell little children someone is "sleeping" when they die. Their brains can't comprehend it. I will explain the birds and the bees to him at a more appropriate age. It has nothing to do with being bad.why lie? why is it bad to tell your kid how people make babies?She fumbled her way thru some explanation that he was beating her up. I dont even know. Thankfully I was still sleeping lolSo what was her explanation?Id say 6am - 8am
Stupid West Coast Cinemax still had Skinamax on at that time and my wife was flipping thru the channels and had to explain to my 5 year old what the two naked people were doing.