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Date Posted: 14:50:48 11/21/04 Sun
Author: CW who think Mac doesn't deserve Harm either!
Subject: I think television programming has just gotten out of hand.
In reply to: Islandgirl 's message, "Re: More TV "outrage"" on 10:34:25 11/21/04 Sun

And the reason I say that is because I must be getting old. When my kids were little, we watched things like Emergency and the Dukes of Hazzard. Yes Daisy wore short shorts but so did I way back then, when I had the legs to do so. It was the style. My point is that the DOH was obviously a show meant to entertain. It did so without people going to bed together, and the good guys always won.

Emergency wasn't gruesome but it did portray things that could and did happen in real life. Now compare the CSI shows (which are on later at night for a reason) and the gruesome reality that they show. Bloody bodies, missing parts, etc. are a stark contrast to the old Emergency shows.

We are stuck in this "make it real" mentality with no thought to who the audience is. Kids now stay up later at night than mine ever did. Parents may or may not be home to supervise television or video game/movies. Kids are taking care of themselves at an increasing rate which I find alarming. The parents who ARE able to supervise their kids in the evenings and on weekends are becoming a minority, but a minority I have to agree with.

Watching kids act out a television show on the playground (something that has ALWAYS happened) is scary because the shows they are acting out are inappropriate for them to be watching in the first place. I'm not talking about re-enacting sexual things--their conversations cover that sort of thing. I am talking about the violence, the shows which have no good-guys saving the day, or shows which portray nothing but poor manners or stupidity. We have always had bullies but there usually were enough other kids who would take care of bullies. Now that same sort of "get out of my way" behavior is commonplace. Kids get the message that they are number one and that what they want is what they are going to get and the bullying behaviors are far more common now than ever before.

I would rather have kids participate in sports, music or the arts than even waste too much time watching television. IF they watch television--even football, it is much better if a parent is there. That way the parent can address inappropriate athletic behaviors. ie fights, sexual inuendos or activities, etc.

My hat's off to parents who just turn the stupid television set off when there is nothing worth wasting their children's intelligence on.

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