"Peanuts" videos banned in some households!
leno...@yahoo.com
http://karenpelland.com/2006_01_01_archives.html
I sympathize with the writer, but I suspect she'd sing a different
tune if the same parents simply kept TV out of the house altogether
(without getting paranoid about their kids occasionally watching TV in
tiny doses at other people's houses) just because, as a machine, it's
so much better at teaching bad habits than good. Or if the parents had
said "we're holding off letting our kids watch 'Peanuts' until their
good manners are more sound."
Lenona.
Anim8rFSK
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leno...@yahoo.com wrote:
I don't sympathize with the writer; based on her own site, she's a
deeply stupid busybody nutcase with delusions of adequacy. The best you
can say for her is "at least she's not breeding" -- and that she stopped
posting a year ago. Let's hope she keeps it that way.
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Patrick McNamara
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You sound like a parent who lacks confidence in their parenting skills. The
writer does have a sound point: that banning Peanuts is going overboard.
There is no need to be that harsh.
If those parents don't like Peanuts, then I'm sure they won't be too fond of
South Park. :) Of course I wouldn't think too highly of any parent who
allowed their kids to watch that show.
There are some parents out there who think that restricting anything ugly
from their kids is the way to parent, but life is ugly. These are likely the
same parents who would prevent animation from being made for anything but
five-year olds (and would put a lot of animators out of work). Peanuts was
made with attention to how children actually behave with each other and real
children can be a lot meaner than the ones in Peanuts. These parents are
missing the point of Peanuts--to show how that meanness hurts others, in
particular Charlie Brown. The series helps children to sympathize with
others. And if they think Peanuts is mean, they have no idea what goes on in
a schoolyard.
While it is very important to restrict children's viewing, banning it all
together is ridiculous. As a child I always found those kids without TV were
no fun to talk to because TV is one of the biggest subjects that kids talk
about and relate to. And it's those things which they talk about that helps
them to build friendships.
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Chris Sobieniak
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> "Anim8rFSK" <ANIM8R...@cox.net> wrote in message
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> > In article
> > <4f64d193-9ecd-46c0-b560-ff2f91a4b...@x14g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>,
Not like me, who had no real friends yet spent many a day in front of
the idiot box wishing for some!
leno...@yahoo.com
> together is ridiculous. As a child I always found those kids without TV were
> no fun to talk to because TV is one of the biggest subjects that kids talk
> about and relate to. And it's those things which they talk about that helps
> them to build friendships.
Or maybe those particular kids had parents who weren't too social
themselves and didn't understand why their kids needed friends, since
THEY didn't? It happens. I.e., maybe the parents didn't teach the kids
the social skills needed to make up for their differences - or how to
be outgoing in general. However, regardless of what generation you're
talking about, unsociable parents and anti-TV parents don't
necessarily overlap.
Lenona.
Anim8rFSK
"Patrick McNamara" <writer...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Anim8rFSK" <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:ANIM8Rfsk-5CC47...@news.west.cox.net...
> > In article
> > <4f64d193-9ecd-46c0...@x14g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>,
> > leno...@yahoo.com wrote:
> >
> >> (This is from a writer who can't believe this is happening.)
> >>
> >> http://karenpelland.com/2006_01_01_archives.html
> >>
> >> I sympathize with the writer, but I suspect she'd sing a different
> >> tune if the same parents simply kept TV out of the house altogether
> >> (without getting paranoid about their kids occasionally watching TV in
> >> tiny doses at other people's houses) just because, as a machine, it's
> >> so much better at teaching bad habits than good. Or if the parents had
> >> said "we're holding off letting our kids watch 'Peanuts' until their
> >> good manners are more sound."
> >>
> >> Lenona.
> >
> > I don't sympathize with the writer; based on her own site, she's a
> > deeply stupid busybody nutcase with delusions of adequacy. The best you
> > can say for her is "at least she's not breeding" -- and that she stopped
> > posting a year ago. Let's hope she keeps it that way.
>
> You sound like a parent who lacks confidence in their parenting skills. The
> writer does have a sound point: that banning Peanuts is going overboard.
> There is no need to be that harsh.
No, I read some of her other blogs; the woman is a self important
nutcase.
I happen to agree that banning Peanuts is stupid.
Does look like I was wrong on one point though; her archives stop a year
ago, but she's got current postings that are even loonier.
>
> If those parents don't like Peanuts, then I'm sure they won't be too fond of
> South Park. :) Of course I wouldn't think too highly of any parent who
> allowed their kids to watch that show.
Agreed.
>
> There are some parents out there who think that restricting anything ugly
> from their kids is the way to parent, but life is ugly. These are likely the
> same parents who would prevent animation from being made for anything but
> five-year olds (and would put a lot of animators out of work). Peanuts was
> made with attention to how children actually behave with each other and real
> children can be a lot meaner than the ones in Peanuts. These parents are
> missing the point of Peanuts--to show how that meanness hurts others, in
> particular Charlie Brown. The series helps children to sympathize with
> others. And if they think Peanuts is mean, they have no idea what goes on in
> a schoolyard.
Yep.
>
> While it is very important to restrict children's viewing, banning it all
> together is ridiculous. As a child I always found those kids without TV were
> no fun to talk to because TV is one of the biggest subjects that kids talk
> about and relate to. And it's those things which they talk about that helps
> them to build friendships.
Yep. The kids that get no TV at all (and some get no media at all) are
going to be ill prepared for life.
Anim8rFSK
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Chris Sobieniak <Sobi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 28, 9:42 am, "Patrick McNamara" <writerpatr...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > "Anim8rFSK" <ANIM8R...@cox.net> wrote in message
> >
> > news:ANIM8Rfsk-5CC47...@news.west.cox.net...
> >
> >
> >
> > > In article
> > > <4f64d193-9ecd-46c0-b560-ff2f91a4b...@x14g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>,
> > > lenona...@yahoo.com wrote:
> >
> > >> (This is from a writer who can't believe this is happening.)
> >
> > >>http://karenpelland.com/2006 01 01 archives.html
"Be careful what you wish for"
Anim8rFSK
<178a8dc3-1b00-4433...@j32g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>,
leno...@yahoo.com wrote:
> On Nov 28, 9:42 am, "Patrick McNamara" <writerpatr...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > While it is very important to restrict children's viewing, banning it all
> > together is ridiculous. As a child I always found those kids without TV were
> > no fun to talk to because TV is one of the biggest subjects that kids talk
> > about and relate to. And it's those things which they talk about that helps
> > them to build friendships.
>
>
> Or maybe those particular kids had parents who weren't too social
> themselves and didn't understand why their kids needed friends, since
> THEY didn't? It happens. I.e., maybe the parents didn't teach the kids
The kids I grew up with, their parents didn't have TV when they were
kids, so the idea that it was now commonplace probably didn't occur to
them. It was still 'newfangled'
> the social skills needed to make up for their differences - or how to
> be outgoing in general. However, regardless of what generation you're
> talking about, unsociable parents and anti-TV parents don't
> necessarily overlap.
>
> Lenona.
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