What Kids Are Watching and How It Can Affect Them

[ultraforge]

Kids get far more bombardment of sexual imagery and themes than when I was growing up. Cable TV, the internet, and even regular network television increase their exposure these days. Surely, lazy parenting can exacerbate this exposure. A study of the affects on children was performed. The results?

Comments

[1pissedoffmofo]

I’m not going to deny that exposure to certain material doesn’t influence people, but I have a hard time pinning it on television programs and movies. These are short-term studies and really prove nothing. The reality is that overall there are less pregnant teens today than there was 60 years ago. A great example is to go to a small community where there are fewer activities for teens to participate in. I grew up in a small town like that and the teen sex rate was astronomical. So 60 years ago when there was even less to do, the short list usually consisted of sex. Therefore the teen birth rate was much higher. Granted back then, pregnancy outside of wedlock was considered taboo, it still happened. Thus was the shotgun wedding

[ultraforge]

Personally, I think I'm going to keep my kids too busy for them to have sex. Homework, chores, and encouraging them to read books. Idle hands do the Devil's work.

[offsidewalk]

Oops I just realized how blunt I was being.. so I deleted my comments. Yeesh sometimes I accidentally talk too much, sorry.

[ultraforge]

Don't worry about it, Sue. :)