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December 2010 Moms
jillybean800
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S/O television
jillybean800
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Obviously Alexander does not watch violent television. We favor slow moving t.v. here, like Curious George or Thomas, etc. However, we do watch our own shows when he is in the room sometimes, mostly sitcoms or the like. During the day, I will put on something totally innocuous like Say Yes to the Dress or something.
Just now, my H put on a movie because he wanted me to watch a part. Then, all of a sudden, a guy came out and shot someone. We both forgot that that happened in the movie (we saw it years ago). Alexander saw it and didn't seem to really notice anything bad happened. In fact, he doesn't usually pick up on when things are upsetting on tv. When Wall-e gets hurt in Wall-e, he just says "Wall-e is sleeping. Wake up, Wall-e!"
Anyway, I know that isolated incidences aren't going to really hurt him, but do you think our kids understand violence like that? Is it weird that he doesn't understand it?
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I think J understands more than I thought he did. We watched Bambi not too long ago, and when they are running through the forest and getting shot at J started screaming at the tv and was really upset. I don't know if it was just the overal
It doesn't seem weird to me that they don't "get" violence. They are still so innocent!
DS does "get" other things, like, if a character is in danger, or sad, etc. Have you seen the Misty Island Thomas movie? I forget the details now b/c this ha
No, I don't think it's weird he doesn't understand. I wouldn't expect him to really. We try to keep non-kid tv/movies off while C is around but occasionally the news is on for a couple minutes and of course football and baseball games. I ge
We turn off the tv when she is awake.
Her only show is The Muppet Show and she gets really worried when Piggy punches Kermit. "Kermie ok? Kermie? Bad Piggy?"
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There have been a few times that DH will have a friend over and they will be playing a violent video game when the kids are awake (this probably happens once a month or once every other month - very rare). I don't think DS gets it.
We don't watch
One night DS woke up after going to bed and I brought him out in the living room to rock him. DH had a movie on and there was some sort of gun battle going on and DS got really upset and kept saying "uh oh" over and over. So even though he might not ac
I don't think they get it at this age, but I do think they're absorbing it unconsciously. When G was an infant I didn't feel bad about having my shows on. Now, though, it's either one of his cartoons/movies or it's hgtv or The Voice<span class="A
LOL So, you guys make me feel much better! I am glad I'm not the only one who's had to explain that The Walking Dead is not toddler appropriate viewing. (DH says it's more like a soap opera with occasional zombies than a true action show, like that hel
We don't watch super violent stuff around him. Worst we get is Iron Man or the Avengers (he's in a big super hero kick right now), but we avoid the recent Batman movies, or any of the movies with villains we feel might scare him (sorry Green Gobl