Inappropriate Programming & Advertising for Prime Time
As each year passes we are robbing the children in our world of their innocence. We are allowing it by not speaking out against inappropriate programming and advertising during the hours children are watching. It's time that parents take charge and turn off the TV when these things appear on the screen.
Perhaps there are those who would call me "old fashioned", and I'm okay with that. When an advertisement appears during prime time viewing with a scantily dressed woman with a whip, and they tell us "this is how a Dominatrix opens a pistachio", I think they have gone too far. I must say it is probably the worst I have seen and I was a bit shocked and offended by it. So many things that I never dreamt would be discussed or advertised on television from incontinence products, feminine hygiene products, erectile dysfunction and many more.
Programming that has "colorful" language or adult sarcasm. Lifestyles and adult situations that children don't need to be exposed to early in life. Shows that make most anything fair game for viewers without regard to the audience.
Children do need to be aware of the world around them in order to be prepared when they venture out into it. However, the exposure needs to be gradual and at an age that is appropriate. They should not be robbed of their childhood - we all know that it ends far too quickly.
So it is our responsibility as parents to protect them from the inappropriate as much as possible. Speak out to the networks and advertisers to let them know when a line has been crossed. We have the power to make that change. If we do so, we then can let our children enjoy childhood for as long as they can and should.
Perhaps there are those who would call me "old fashioned", and I'm okay with that. When an advertisement appears during prime time viewing with a scantily dressed woman with a whip, and they tell us "this is how a Dominatrix opens a pistachio", I think they have gone too far. I must say it is probably the worst I have seen and I was a bit shocked and offended by it. So many things that I never dreamt would be discussed or advertised on television from incontinence products, feminine hygiene products, erectile dysfunction and many more.
Programming that has "colorful" language or adult sarcasm. Lifestyles and adult situations that children don't need to be exposed to early in life. Shows that make most anything fair game for viewers without regard to the audience.
Children do need to be aware of the world around them in order to be prepared when they venture out into it. However, the exposure needs to be gradual and at an age that is appropriate. They should not be robbed of their childhood - we all know that it ends far too quickly.
So it is our responsibility as parents to protect them from the inappropriate as much as possible. Speak out to the networks and advertisers to let them know when a line has been crossed. We have the power to make that change. If we do so, we then can let our children enjoy childhood for as long as they can and should.
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