My most correct post to date

I want to make sure that I have this straight.

The Parents Television Council, a family advocacy group, wants to make sure that all parents have the ability to pick and choose what programming their children see by allowing parents to pick and choose the channels that they have available.

This has been available for years now. It is what the “common folk” refer to as a VCR.

This not-so-new technology has existed for some twenty years and allows parents to pick and choose what programming comes onto the television and at what time it starts and stops. Kids benefit from watching what their parents want them to watch and no longer have to worry about their children watching anything other than what they have purchased on video cassette. You can also avoid the high cost of digital cable/satellite service as you only let your kids watch whatever you have on tape.

Or, the parents that have kids that don’t want to get involved with what their kids are watching and are looking for a cheap and easy way out of being parents could just put them to work in sweatshops in South Asian countries. This way, we Americans could continue to get low cost goods at Wal-Mart and their kids will be learning valuable life lessons. Really, at age 5, what kid shouldn’t know about the importance of being to work on time?

I am continually amazed at some people’s stupidity.

I can completely empathize with parents trying to keep their kids from seeing the “garbage” that is on TV. If I had kids, I would be concerned too. Not concerned to the point where I would want to keep all “bad” channels out of my house, though. I am a big supporter of the freedom of speech. Our children have to know that anyone can say virtually anything in this country without the fear of imprisonment or punishment. Sometimes, this means that people will say things that Mommy and Daddy don’t particularly agree with or may make Mommy/Daddy angry. This is OK and an acceptable part of life. It is what keeps people discussing things and will eventually lead to some people understanding why their views may be hard to see by others, even if it is thought to be “wrong” or “offensive.”

No one wants to have their children told that they can’t do something or that they are the wrong color, or the wrong height or any other piece of information that might lead them to believe that they are somehow inferior to anyone else.

But, no one lives in a bubble.

Much love,

Matthew