Yesterday my 7 year old goes in to talk to his dad. Matt has been working nights and the boys have really been missing him. Josh likes to sneek into our room when I'm not paying attention. He goes in and wakes his dad up and talks to him. He sneeks because he knows that I'll get after him for waking up his dad. Matt usually is half asleep and doesn't really hear what Josh is saying. Yesterday was no differant than any other day in that Matt really wasn't fully awake when Josh was talking. However what Josh had said was something that Matt remembered.
My boys like to watch the Disney channel and Disney XD. We don't let them watch Cartoon Network because there are very few kids cartoons on there anymore. We have always thought that Disney was a safe channel. Sure, there are a few shows that get under my skin but thats because there are adults who act like kids and kids who act like adults. There are few other shows were the kids act immature and ridiculous. Sometimes you hear someone say something about a girl being "hot" or that someone is stupid. You can explain to your kids that those are words that you don't like them saying. What Josh said was not something I wanted to explain to a 7 year old.
The boys watch a show called Lab Rats. I've watched it a few time with them and although it was annoying I didn't see any problem with it untill yesterday. Josh told his dad that the computer in the show told the man "I can see you everywhere. I can even see you in the shower and nothing should be that clean." How do you explain to your 7 years old that he shouldn't ever repeat that to anyone. Shame on you Disney for allowing language like this in a kids show. Sure we've all enjoyed some of the Disney movies in the last 20 years. They have added some adult humor that gets missed by our kids and keeps us happy. This however has gone a bit too far! Is there anything wrong with wanting your children to stay children while they can? They have to grow up fast enough, why do they have to rush it?? I'm still not sure what to do about the tv, but for now they can only watch Phineas and Ferb.
