Ranting again...

First I need to say that I am really just ranting about something that I am irritated about. It doesn't excuse anything, because I know it's on the internet, so therefore it's permenant and public, so I'm not going to mention anything about who caused this particular rant, even if I know that this person probably will never read my blog. I just have a problem with people talking about others behind their back. That being said, I still love this person with all my heart, and I hold nothing against them just because we don't agree.

I just have to say it. Just because a child is to young to understand what they see, doesn't mean that it's okay for them to watch it. As a matter of fact, the fact that they don't understand what they see is a really good reason why they shouldn't see it.

I don't cuss around my kids and I tend to hang around people who won't cuss around them, either. I don't, as a rule cuss anyway, but this is especially true around my kids. Why? I don't want them to repeat things that they shouldn't...because they don't understand what they would be repeating (as well as a few other good reasons).

My kids aren't allowed to watch certain movies because I know that they won't understand them, and I don't want them to do or say something from the movie that would not be good.

My kids don't listen to much secular music, either. They don't understand certain themes, and they tend to memorize lyrics easily, and I don't want them singing certain songs that would be inappropriate. I don't think it's cute for a 3 year old to sing about kissing a boy or dating or something else that is not age appropriate. If any boy tried to kiss my 3 year olds, I'd have some serious talking to do...and a law suit if he drives a car.

Seriously, why do people think it's okay? If you numb them to reality starting at such a young age, what makes you think that they will act appropriately when the time comes that they actually think that they understand?

I watched Despicable Me with Tony one night after the kids were in bed. The room was full of kids. It's not a kid movie. If you watch the movie, you see the minions running around doing violent things to each other for a laugh. I know my kids. I know that they would be going home and start slapping each other or pretending to shoot each other with stuff. It's just not okay. There wasn't any language problems, and overall the theme wasn't bad. I actually enjoyed the movie. I'm just saying that my kids can't watch it.

Exposure to these things can be damaging. We have an entire generation of people who just want their kids out of the way, so they put anything that keeps them occupied in front of them no matter what it is in the name of "they don't understand, anyway."

Prisons are overcrowded, people! Don't raise your kid to live in one later! You want better for them, work on it! Kids aren't just there for cute pictures and entertainment! They are hard work! The work doesn't stop because they are old enough to watch TV!

I'm not saying that everyone should parent like I do, but don't expose my kid to that stuff or my kids will have limited or no exposure to you. I'm not hiding my kids from the world. They live in it every day. I just don't think that my 3 year olds should know how to fire a gun...I'll teach them when they are old enough.