Originally posted by: Soapdish
Having read the comments and replies, I think most kids nowadays watch soaps and series and I dont think that there is anything wrong with it! Only if the series states that the programme is not suitable for children then parental discretion should be used, for example, if there is violence or a sexual nature. I live in Europe and I am a teacher and my pupils range from age 3 to 18. You would be surprised to know that kids usually know more about whats going on than you or I! Discipline, respect and morals are taught by the parents and family environment...education is taught by the teachers. However, in todays society, I am afraid that all that is being slowly eroded and family values are being lost, not just in Europe but universally...Why? Its called progress!
Yes. You would be surprised at how much kids know.
But such is the nature of life. Every generation born is more advanced then the one before. And yes it is progress. The only thing constant in life is change. Very often people mistake change as something bad and to be fought against. Guess what. Your parents did the same thing. And guess what else. You turned out to be just fine in spite of your parents worries and fears.
Remember there was a time when people regarded books as evil? Yes they were regarded as the work of the devil. And now we encourage reading as much as possible. Then TV's became the work of the devil. Then they also became acceptable. Now it's cellphones and the internet that are regarded as evils. Well guess what in 100 years there will be no-one alive to remember the time when we didn't have cellphones and the internet.
Socrates some 400BC...
"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers."
Sounds familiar doesn't it 😉
