am i being unreasonable..........

[paganfrog]

am i wrong in my opinion that on a  young childrens tv channel that is based within the UK and is english spoken should be promoting good verbal skills? by this i mean that if it is english spoken, then it should be teaching good english grammar that is clearly understood?

i detest all this street slang and poor language skills that seem to be

Comments

[jaodn]

We all know that language isn't static, it's constantly evolving, yes, even when we feel like it's DE-volving, it is in constant change. (Read Dickens if you want to see how much it's changed.)

But yes, good language skills should be essential, especially when your lad needs to find a job later on, being able to speak clearly and intelligibly is a very good habit to have.

It doesn't need to be 'posh', just intelligible =)

This is why I hate Teletubbies, it was 'baby talk', which is not what I want a child to be learning and why I dislike 'baby talk' by adults to children, it doesn't set a good example.

But I'm not a mother, though I am an aunt and I find myself appalled by the poor speech skills exhibited by my sister's children.

So, you're not wrong, just trying to be a decent parent. It might be good to pre-record certain television programs and edit out the crappy commercials or anything unwanted and let your lad view that with you. Unsupervised television is always a bad idea and the younger the child, the more damage it can