A week or two ago when we were at the grocery store it hit me. Just when I was worried about protecting Jocelyne from the marketing ploys of the world I was letting her brother get sucked in by them.
I made peace with the fact we cant be a totally neutral home, sometimes a Disney princess will sneak in but I can help who and how thing comes into my home. But what about the "Cars" cars, the "Thomas" trains and all that boy "stuff".?. We have wayyy to many "Cars" cars. What battles are worth fighting.
Here he was all 2.5yrs of him screaming at the top of his lungs, for Race-car cereal. Mater snacks, or anything else they can slap a cartoon on. Sure I went through this with Jocelyne but I was ready for that. As it seems the rational doesn't work the same either.
Wondering how to raise a boy who isn't materialistic, violent and who has narrow views of what boys can do and is cool to do.
SO for my daughter, We allow Tinkerbell because she finds things and fixes whats broken, she thinks and finds ways to make something, and she is nice to people. All things that are important. Initiative, problem solving, and a good citizen. Only place we can find that in a TV show/cartoon is Thomas, those trains can also teach about feelings in a way kids understands. *(Plus it was a favorite show of mine as a kid).
Yet, because of Netflix my kids have been able to watch "He-Man" which has made them both battle for good. But wow, its so violent. n
I sometimes think I am so worried that they will loose the innocence of childhood because of the media push of everyone elses values. But no one wants their kids to be the ones who doesnt even know who Dora is. (I was that kid, not fun even now when I say ' no i didnt watch that as a kid') I guess what this is really about is finding a balance.
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