Pinocchio

[Trip in the Head]

I must be a bad parent then lol. We watch Disney ALL THE TIME

 

[Stopspot]

Sure, watching that as an adult (or older child), that is easily understandable but not as a young kid. I don't know. To me, much of what is considered to be labeled as "for kids" has too much subliminal crap in it.

I watched the lion king for the first time at age 4 and got what it was about on the first go. Kids aren't half as dumb as we think, we just force them to be with coddling. You can spend your entire life living behind protective walls, but once those walls fall you will not know how to defend yourself/cope.

I was raised on all things Disney and will raise my kids on it as well. If they have any questions, I will answer them. Parents who don't want kids to watch certain children's programming seem afraid of being parents if you ask me. A key part in being a parent is explaining the world to a child and answering any questions raised by the child, on any subject really.

I'd much rather my kid come to me with a question than not allowing it to watch/listen to X or Y.

Allowing a child to develop an opinion from day 1 is another big part of parenting.

 

[Trip in the Head]

I watched the lion king for the first time at age 4 and got what it was about on the first go. Kids aren't half as dumb as we think, we just force them to be with coddling. You can spend your entire life living behind protective walls, but once those walls fall you will not know how to defend yourself/cope.

I was raised on all things Disney and will raise my kids on it as well. If they have any questions, I will answer them. Parents who don't want kids to watch certain children's programming seem afraid of being parents if you ask me. A key part in being a parent is explaining the world to a child and answering any questions raised by the child, on any subject really.

I'd much rather my kid come to me with a question than not allowing it to watch/listen to X or Y.

Allowing a child to develop an opinion from day 1 is another big part of parenting.

I'm looking forward to those awkward talks I have to give my kids someday lol. I'm going to blow their minds

 

[Stopspot]

I'm looking forward to those awkward talks I have to give my kids someday lol. I'm going to blow their minds

"Why isn't song of the south out on DVD dad?"

 

[Solid Snake]

I watched the lion king for the first time at age 4 and got what it was about on the first go. Kids aren't half as dumb as we think, we just force them to be with coddling. You can spend your entire life living behind protective walls, but once those walls fall you will not know how to defend yourself/cope.

I was raised on all things Disney and will raise my kids on it as well. If they have any questions, I will answer them. Parents who don't want kids to watch certain children's programming seem afraid of being parents if you ask me. A key part in being a parent is explaining the world to a child and answering any questions raised by the child, on any subject really.

I'd much rather my kid come to me with a question than not allowing it to watch/listen to X or Y.

Allowing a child to develop an opinion from day 1 is another big part of parenting.

I was raised on Disney as well.

I am not a fan of TV in general to be honest. I guess it depends more so on the parents then what the kids are actually watching.

 

[Stopspot]

I was raised on Disney as well.

I am not a fan of TV in general to be honest. I guess it depends more so on the parents then what the kids are actually watching.

You nailed it with the bolded part. It comes down to the parents raising their children proper. 9 out of 10 times the child will return that effort and trust.

 

[Solid Snake]

You nailed it with the bolded part. It comes down to the parents raising their children proper. 9 out of 10 times the child will return that effort and trust.

I grew up having a lot of questions no one ever answered. I had to figure things out on my own. It forced me to think for myself so I guess some good has come from it but because my mom wasn't always "there for me", I was in a lot of bad situations that could have ended very, very bad.

 

[Trip in the Head]

"Why isn't song of the south out on DVD dad?"

LMAO, I remember that movie well. Zippity Doo Da is such a Disney classic from such a racist movie lol. But thats how things were back then. I hate that they don't have it out. I think my wife's aunt has a VHS copy in the original plastic case. $$$

 

[Stopspot]

LMAO, I remember that movie well. Zippity Doo Da is such a Disney classic from such a racist movie lol. But thats how things were back then. I hate that they don't have it out. I think my wife's aunt has a VHS copy in the original plastic case. $$$

Zippity doo dah is a good song about appreciating the little things in life despite circumstance. Movie itself covered the tension of slavery south and the erasing of racial barriers quite well says this white boy.

 

[Trip in the Head]

Zippity doo dah is a good song about appreciating the little things in life despite circumstance. Movie itself covered the tension of slavery south and the erasing of racial barriers quite well says this white boy.

Right, exactly, but because it deals with slaves and racism they took it off the market. I feel like that movie taught me a good lesson about not caring what people look like.

Want to know what I learned from The Lion King? Don't pretend to be someone you're not. None of that other BS sank in I guess. Bad guys are generally ugly in movies IMO. Not always, but more so with kid's movies.

 

[Swift]

I am not a fan of TV in general to be honest.

 

[Farooq]

Double this

 

[Danielson]

Anyways, Pinocchio is a good boy.

 

[Wacokid27]

It always bothers me when people say things like: "I don't like TV", like it's TV's fault that people plop their kids down in front of it and treat it like a babysitter. It's very reminiscent of how people treat firearms.

Television is a tool. How that tool is used determines not whether the tool is good or bad, but whether the intentions of the user are good or bad. A person who watches television 18 hours a day and never goes out, never reads a book, never allows themselves human interaction, never talks with their kids about what they watch, etc., is misusing this tool. A person who uses that tool in a healthy and thought-provoking way is using television for the right purposes.

As for Disney, like any creator of fiction, it all comes down to how kids are taught. Yes, there are a lot of parents out there who willy-nilly show their kids whatever they want and never have a discussion about what was just seen. But, I don't really consider those people "parents" in the first place, they're just "people who reproduced". Parents discuss things with their children, answer questions as best they can, and are almost always worried about the world their children will inherit. And parents make mistakes, and they learn from them. Just like children.

wk

 

[Danielson]

It always bothers me when people say things like: "I don't like TV", like it's TV's fault that people plop their kids down in front of it and treat it like a babysitter. It's very reminiscent of how people treat firearms.

Television is a tool. How that tool is used determines not whether the tool is good or bad, but whether the intentions of the user are good or bad. A person who watches television 18 hours a day and never goes out, never reads a book, never allows themselves human interaction, never talks with their kids about what they watch, etc., is misusing this tool. A person who uses that tool in a healthy and thought-provoking way is using television for the right purposes.

As for Disney, like any creator of fiction, it all comes down to how kids are taught. Yes, there are a lot of parents out there who willy-nilly show their kids whatever they want and never have a discussion about what was just seen. But, I don't really consider those people "parents" in the first place, they're just "people who reproduced". Parents discuss things with their children, answer questions as best they can, and are almost always worried about the world their children will inherit. And parents make mistakes, and they learn from them. Just like children.

wk

I think I watch tv 90% of the time to watch NY sports. I think it's a great tool in that aspect.