Thursday, October 4, 2007

The End of Childhood Innocence?

Ok, so I rarely go off on philosophical tangents, but I feel strongly about this. With all the wars, killing, back-stabbing, going on in real life, do we really need children's tv, games, and conversations to center around this too? I for one, do not want my daughters hearing about killing and violence, when they don't even understand the finality of that word. Or thinking that fighting is fun. Or learning how to call their friend's names that hurt from a yellow, bucktoothed, sponge! I'm putting my foot down. Because I live where I do and I have had the opportunities that I have had, my children have the opportunity to have an extended childhood full of innocence and safety. Children in Iraq, Africa, India, etc...begin to lose their innocence at birth because of war, famine, natural disasters, to name a few. If I can protect my kids and kids around me from that until they are old enough to understand these things a bit better, then I'm going to try! Please help. Don't encourage kids to play or watch shows with unnecessary fighting or violence. Don't buy them games that perpetuate these things. Fight for their innocence for as long as you can. Don't give in. If we don't fight for them, who will?

1 comment:

Katie said...

Wow, I hadn't checked your blog in a while!

I agree, and I wish I had done better with Isaac. As it is, I have started to watch with him more and we have been able to talk about some pretty deep stuff during some of the more questionable scenes. Would I rather he remained innocent? Yes! But I think some of his life experiences to date have precluded him on that and I'm glad we can talk about the horrible injustices of the world so that I can help him try to navigate that. Although it is like the blind leading the blind!!

Whew, deep!

I miss the girls!