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TV choices and tweens
When is the age where you, as a parent, should start to give in and let the
child make her own media choices, TV in particular, whether or not you agree with them (within reason)? I'm not suggesting letting The Kid watch "Debbie Does Dallas," but we got into a major row this weekend over "Pokemon: The Movie 2000." I still dislike and disapprove of Pokemon, but I have gotta question whether *that* was worth the energy, at her age (9). Getting into the merits (or lack thereof) of Pokemon isn't what I'm after. It's enough to say that I and her dad haven't been letting her watch it (and similar, related programs) because of violence, on my part, and crass commercialism and merchandizing, on both our parts. And there are other things we haven't let her watch as well for other reasons, of course. So let's move past the discussion of Pokemon specifically, if we can, and talk about at what age you hand over the TV reins. (The same issue applies to books read, movies attended, and bunches of other stuff.) When does the issue go from your first priority, as a parent, being supervising your kid's media input and move over to "choosing your battles" and keeping them to a minimum? And how far do you budge? How do you know where to put the new lines in the sand -- and how do you go about justifying those? It doesn't help that there was a kid in her class at school rattling off a list of movies and programs my kid has never seen. I don't want my kid to be a media pariah, but on the other hand "everybody else gets to watch it" isn't a very strong argument in my book. Frankly, I'm feeling quite lost at being a mom of a growing tween. Thanks. beeswing |
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