What Evil?
TV is evil. That I declared over dinner sometime ago as I went on a speech extolling the virtue of reading books as opposed to watching too much tv. This, hopefully, to influence my daughters' preference toward the former.
'Wrestling is nearly as barbaric as the roman sport of watching gladiators being fed to the lions in the colloseum back in the old days.' My 8-year old, my target audience, seemed hardly impressed with that bit of info. She even looked at me kinda strange and said that there's nothing wrong with her favorite John Cena beating up her hatest, sucky Kurt Angle on the latest wrestling match.
'The Fifth Wheel and Blind Date are immoral shows (not to mention the porno-ish vibe of these) that may be scripted and promote dysfunctional interactions between people who really only agree to do such things because they want their 15 minutes of fame', I went on, hoping that my two teen-aged daughters would see the light and become the only people in school who would not watch these shows.
I must admit that putting on the parent act was half the deal behind those statements. I really feel that the above are not exactly appropriate viewing although realistically, to implement a viewing ban on these shows will be difficult for me because I'm out working at least 4 days a week and I'm hardly ever home during the day. That may have come off as weak, I know, but at least I tried.
Parents, I guess, are people who engage in double speak and can be as fickle as teenagers once in a while -- I'm sure my kids will say that about me on occasion. However, when they come home from school today and catch me lazily enjoying my day off, still wearing my jammies and tuned in to ETC (Entertainment Channel), I'm sure they'll forgive me for it, only if I let them climb up to my bed and watch Queer Eye For The Straight Guy with me. And I guess that's a fair enough deal.
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'Wrestling is nearly as barbaric as the roman sport of watching gladiators being fed to the lions in the colloseum back in the old days.' My 8-year old, my target audience, seemed hardly impressed with that bit of info. She even looked at me kinda strange and said that there's nothing wrong with her favorite John Cena beating up her hatest, sucky Kurt Angle on the latest wrestling match.
'The Fifth Wheel and Blind Date are immoral shows (not to mention the porno-ish vibe of these) that may be scripted and promote dysfunctional interactions between people who really only agree to do such things because they want their 15 minutes of fame', I went on, hoping that my two teen-aged daughters would see the light and become the only people in school who would not watch these shows.
I must admit that putting on the parent act was half the deal behind those statements. I really feel that the above are not exactly appropriate viewing although realistically, to implement a viewing ban on these shows will be difficult for me because I'm out working at least 4 days a week and I'm hardly ever home during the day. That may have come off as weak, I know, but at least I tried.
Parents, I guess, are people who engage in double speak and can be as fickle as teenagers once in a while -- I'm sure my kids will say that about me on occasion. However, when they come home from school today and catch me lazily enjoying my day off, still wearing my jammies and tuned in to ETC (Entertainment Channel), I'm sure they'll forgive me for it, only if I let them climb up to my bed and watch Queer Eye For The Straight Guy with me. And I guess that's a fair enough deal.
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