How do you keep your child from watching violent cartoons?
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
United States
May 21, 2008 11:23pm CST
When your child wants to watch a movie or cartoon that you deem inappropriate, how do you tell them that it's not the right thing to do, without hurting their feelings?
I'm not comfortable letting my daughter watch certain cartoons, especially ones involving any kind of violence or kicking. Other kids her age watch the cartoons, so she wants to know why she shouldn't get to watch them too.
And, I guess it's just my mom perogative that says it's not right for her. She is still struggling to grasp certain concepts and I'm not interested in her watching a bunch of cartoons fight each other and picking up bad behaviors.
But, she doesn't believe me. How can I tell her that it's not the right thing for her to watch? I've tried just saying no. I've tried explaining. Maybe I'm missing something. If you've handled this type of situation I'd love to hear how you handled it. Thanks!
4 responses
@shyloo (108)
• Philippines
22 May 08
Hey, I have similar problems with my lil bro. And yes, its very hard to advise kids on what or what not to watch. I myself still enjoy watching cartoons or anime, and I can only think of 1 or 2 cartoons/anime that dont involve violence. I dont know either how or what other things to do. The more you keep them from watching it, the more she'll be curious on what's in it that we dont want them to watch. I guess its safe to say that as long as a grownup person is around to explain things to them, its okay to let them watch cartoons.
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
22 May 08
Thank you for your insight. I had not thought of things that way before.
@TheDevil (840)
• India
27 May 08
From a teachers point of view....u can always ask your school teacher to help abt this ..i always inform my students not to watch fighting movie or cartoons ..or else teacher will not love you ....whta children do is tht whatever they see on television they try to imitate it especially boys...i always had incident where boys used to go toilets and start fighting ...some or the other boys gets hit badly and blood starts flowing..i always use this oppurtunity to show the children ...this happens when u start fighting..u get hurt ..would u like to get hurt ...
whenever we have meetings with parents i always focussed on programs which the children should not watch like WWF, powerkids,samurai or sumthing ..which is violent in nature ...once they grow up say 12-13 years of age...they will start to understand between good and bad ...
Parents and to be parents pls this is a request don't allow your children to watch any of these stuff...not only your child gets influenced but also his peers ......
