Parents vs media violence

Parents vs media violence

 

One of the many things that annoys me about parents is that they make fools of themselves went it comes to children’s programs. Let’s look at Parent's complaints about Power Rangers, for example, they complain that Power Rangers is too violent. OK, where was this complaint when Cartoon Network aired reruns of the Looney Tunes? You don’t think those cartoons are more violent than Power Rangers, I mean they shoot each other, hit each other with hammers and knives? Going back to Power Rangers the violence in that show wasn’t bloody so what do you mean it’s too violent?

Another complaint they have with this show is Lord Zedd is too scary. Says who!?! I mean I didn’t hear kids talk about how scary Lord Zedd was growing up. Again, where was this argument when Hollywood made a horror movie for kids? I don’t remember the name of the movie but it’s about a doll killing people. Don’t you dare say that movie wasn’t meant for kids I mean what made Hollywood think that grown-ups would find that movie scary? Heck, they think the doll is funny only kids find the doll scary so what do you have to say to that? Considering how successful Goosebumps was it's safe to say kids like to be scared. Also, there is a horror show catered to kids called Are You Afraid of the Dark? I didn’t hear parents speaking out against that show why is that? 

This angers me for two reasons one they are undermining the creators from making the type of show or movie they want. If you don’t think a show or movie is appropriate for your kids here’s a crazy idea don’t let them watch it why is that not an option? Am I the only one who finds this insulting, I mean the studio won’t listen to the fans, but they’ll listen to the parents. I bet they can’t write an essay about the series, if that’s the case then you have no business telling these studios what they should or shouldn’t do. Second, this makes the parents look lazy, they’re telling the creators what type of show they should make instead of being a parent. Don’t believe me about parents being lazy look at the Transformers movie that came out in the ’80s, do you remember how kids react to the death of Optimus Prime? They were crying up a storm to the point where the creators broth him back. 

Now, do you think this could have been prevented if parents prepared their kids to deal with disappointments? This is one of the reasons why kids are rebellious it's because you let people or things have more influence over your kids. Going back to the Transformers movie parents didn't have an issue with how violent that movie was but they had a fit over one character using a bad word. Are you kidding me? I feel sorry for kids who have parents like that because I bet, they think shows like this will promote violence. I know what you watch and hear can affect your mind but you as a parent have to do your job and talk to them about this stuff. Look at Japan for example children’s programs are more mature compared to ours and their kids are not misbehaving as far as I know. 

The bottom line is this if you're not a fan of a show, movie, or video game you shouldn’t tell the people who worked on these things what they should or shouldn’t do. Kids are going to be exposed to things that you don’t want them to see it’s your job to guide them through those things.