How to Become a Good Parent

Is it really worth censoring what kids' watch? Is it really protecting them or conforming what we believe in?

I'm under the belief that having kids watch rather heavy material for their age is a good thing since it allows the child (or in this case children) to view these things in a manner where they learn why this thing that they saw is bad. Now I'm not saying we should have kids watch movies like Pulp Fiction, Schindler's List, or 12 Years of Slave, or even straight up pornography for that matter! I'm just saying that filmmakers or T.V. production staffs should not shy away from darker and challenging material. Because if kids are fed with crap that adults think they should watch is in quite frank honestly bullcrap!

Remember the movie Duel? The short movie that Leeper showed us in class on Thursday? That is my point. Kids should learn these things on their own or at lease have them seek out to understanding what it is rather than have it crammed into us in the hopes that they will learn from what the school systems teach them in order to become a proper citizen. In our media, especially for children, creators, executives, writers, animators, practically anyone in the entertainment industry should not pander to the kid demographic!

Now that isn't saying that censoring things is not a bad idea. Keeping things in bounds with an age demographic is a good idea, but it is often misused to have it be what the adults think kids should watch rather than what kids should or want to watch. I wouldn't have an episode of Adventure Time! that has Finn and Jake fight off a Mexican drug cartel! And I'm not saying that kids programs now-a-days suck. Because unlike a lot of other people (especially on the blogs nudge nudge wink wink) I do feel like there are good things for children on TV and in the movies. Gravity Falls, Legend of Korra, How to Train Your Dragon 2, good stuff! I'm just saying don't be hard on the entertainment industry for kids. Get your hands dirty!