Parents can always help curate what their kid watches though, can't they? For a 5 year old, shouldn't the parent exercize all control over what is watched, rather than just "some"? Hooking them up on good stuff, gives antibodies for when they grow more and their peers are into "saving the universe" stuff
Parents can always help curate what their kid watches though, can't they? For a 5 year old, shouldn't the parent exercize all control over what is watched, rather than just "some"? Hooking them up on good stuff, gives antibodies for when they grow more and their peers are into "saving the universe" stuff
Even if lesser flicks than Totoro can make the cut, doesn't mean the bar needs to be set too low. There's also the option of re-watching (with smaller kids) and of course of not watching movies all the time!
That parents have a responsibility to populate their children's cultural lives with valuable things is, of course true.
Here is what is also true. My beloved father died two weeks ago on the other side of the world after a brutal battle with a rare lung disease. I have been supporting my mother, who is inconsolable, and taking 14-hour transatlantic flights back and forth throughout the summer to the point that I no longer know what time it is. When I am home in the US, I try to function as best I can. My partner is away and I'm solo parenting throughout this entire ordeal. A shitton of things around the house, that were neglected during my father's illness and my travels, need doing, and since while I do them I sob uncontrollably, my kid watches more screens than I would like and certainly more screens than I think are good for him. I just brought my kid with me to my mom's house, and we play with him all day long and occasionally, seeing as we are both exhausted and bereft, we need a break, and if my kid isn't sleeping, that break involves screens. The screens show whatever is on TV for kids at the moment. Not all of it is exquisite fare, I grant you.
This may be more than you wanted to know about my life, Nick, but then again you did opine about my parenting, so now you're better informed.
Parents can always help curate what their kid watches though, can't they? For a 5 year old, shouldn't the parent exercize all control over what is watched, rather than just "some"? Hooking them up on good stuff, gives antibodies for when they grow more and their peers are into "saving the universe" stuff
Even if lesser flicks than Totoro can make the cut, doesn't mean the bar needs to be set too low. There's also the option of re-watching (with smaller kids) and of course of not watching movies all the time!
That parents have a responsibility to populate their children's cultural lives with valuable things is, of course true.
Here is what is also true. My beloved father died two weeks ago on the other side of the world after a brutal battle with a rare lung disease. I have been supporting my mother, who is inconsolable, and taking 14-hour transatlantic flights back and forth throughout the summer to the point that I no longer know what time it is. When I am home in the US, I try to function as best I can. My partner is away and I'm solo parenting throughout this entire ordeal. A shitton of things around the house, that were neglected during my father's illness and my travels, need doing, and since while I do them I sob uncontrollably, my kid watches more screens than I would like and certainly more screens than I think are good for him. I just brought my kid with me to my mom's house, and we play with him all day long and occasionally, seeing as we are both exhausted and bereft, we need a break, and if my kid isn't sleeping, that break involves screens. The screens show whatever is on TV for kids at the moment. Not all of it is exquisite fare, I grant you.
This may be more than you wanted to know about my life, Nick, but then again you did opine about my parenting, so now you're better informed.