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Old Jun 20, 2008, 08:28 PM
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I never let my kids watch wrestling mainly because I didn't want them trying to imitate the moves on each other and break each others necks or something. I did however allow the to watch Power Rangers and Jackie Chan. They also watched the Tell-a-Tubbies despite the controversy over the purple one. My personal favorite was taking my oldest to see his first movie...Pokemon The Movie.. It took me less than to minute tof "peeka...peeka...peekachu" to say WTF did I just pay 8 buck for?

I have two very active boys who fight like cat and dog regardless of what I let them watch on TV. I think the important thing is to set standards of behavior and the stick firmly to them. I am usually much more vigilant about other content such as treatment of women, making a thug look like a social activist and hero, and the reality TV. For me it is these shows that my kids seem to have trouble separating real from fiction. I also as much as I hate it sometimes, sit and watch or at least listen to what they are watching. I find myself oftentimes looking up from my book or what ever and making a comment like.... "what do you think about that? or Do you really think someone would act like that in the real world? or Wow, would you have done that if you were Josh?" What is currently beyond my capacity at the moment is keeping all of the Naruto characters straight. I think Cartoon Network is doing a good job of prepping my kids for taking Japanese in high school.
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