spinoff of Brianne's thread - about what your kids can play with
cameragirl21 wrote: first off, i agree with what Jeanne said in that thread but i wanted to bring up something that i've thought about quite a bit since i was a kid...do you remember the kind of cartoons we watched as kids? first off, they were ALWAYS bombing each other, i recall cartoons where they played hot potato with a bomb. they were also always dropping anvils and large objects like grand pianos on each others' heads. i recall as a little kid, watching a real life movie (not animated) where someone was killed and i was wondering how it is that in cartoons, someone dies and then comes back to life almost immediately whereas in real movies once someone's dead s/he stays dead for the rest of the movie. Sylvester was constantly trying to eat Tweety, Wily Coyote was always trying to get Road Runner and what was up with Woody Woodpecker, i mean, that name altogether was probably over the top for a kids' cartoon. i also recall an eppy of the Flintstones where Fred and Barney were pretending Barney was a baby in a baby carriage and dressed up in a bonnet and all to try to fool people and Fred changed Barney's diaper while others watched. i remember even thinking how it is that Barney didn't mind the audience and i must have been about 6 at the time. and what was up with the Smurfs? their only female character was a blond bimbo who always acted like a well, bimbo. and today's Disney movies are IMO not really for kids at all. For instance, i LOVE The Little Mermaid, it's my fave Disney movie of all time but seriously, think about it--that little mermaid was willing to trade her voice (which was the only talent she seemed to have) and say goodbye to her entire family and the world she know in order to marry a man she didn't even know. what kind of message does that send? and Pocahontas didn't exactly tell the story the way it really went in American history and tbh, if i were a native American i'd not be impressed with that movie, in fact, i'd be downright offended. not to lecture or whatever but i'm just saying that the cartoons we grew up on were hardly innocent and the movies put out there for kids are IMO seriously not made for kids at all and touch on issues that no child can really comprehend.
TheOaf66 replied: they are for entertainment and kids don't overthink things like this as adults do, when I was a kid I never thought about the ramifications of what the characters were doing I just enjoyed it, I didn't get caught up in the politics or realism of it I just watched it, got entertained and went on with my life. It is the adults that are overanalyzing the cartoons etc now days. Kids don't worry about that kind of stuff and they don't really think about it afterwards.
cameragirl21 replied: idk, when i was a kid i DID wonder why cartoon characters were always bombing each other and dropping things on each others' heads and wondered why people don't do those things in real movies. maybe i was just born to be a liberal cuz the bombs bothered me from a very young age....
Boo&BugsMom replied: Yep, it never phased me either. I had the common sense to know that you just wouldn't really play with a bomb or throw an anvil at someone. The tv didn't "raise" me, my parents did.
TheOaf66 replied: I think you mean phased but that is niether here nor there
glad you agree with me hon
Boo&BugsMom replied: There's no spell check here. I did change it though.
Crystalina replied: Jennie and Troy! you two crack me the h*ll up. I can just see Troy peering around the corner before entering the house d/t something he said or did on parenting club that day. There is Jennie with an object ready to be hurled threw the air saying, " Oh yea, see how this fazes you!"
TheOaf66 replied: yeah I feel sorry for Jennie's hubby
Boo&BugsMom replied: Troy gets his fair share of slaps acorss the head.
stella6979 replied: I don't plan to shelter my kids from any of the kids shows they have out nowadays. Like most parents, I will teach my kids right from wrong and they will realize what's real and what's make believe. As for the Bratz dolls, I don't hate them cause I fear my daughter will grow up to be a slut if she owns one, I just think they look like trash and don't want them in my house.
holley79 replied: As a kid watching cartoons I never gave it much thought about what they were doing to each other. I just always told the "good guy" to run! The only thing I hated about Woody Woodpecker was I because I had the last name Woody and was a redhead and was very teased in Elem school. But we never heard Woody used derogitorily (if this really is a word) till I was in high school.
CantWait replied: ITA and I guess I'm not a complete adult because until mentioned this topic Jen, I never thought of it either.
JadensMama05 replied: Me neither, really. I mean, until that last post thread about cartoons, I thought only letting Jaden watch cartoons from when my mom or I was a kid would be better than watching today's crap (IMO). I still think those cartoons are better about sexuality atleast. I mean there's a Betty Boop cartoon on one of Jaden's DVDs and she's telling her son a story about a bad little boy to get him to go back to sleep and be good. I always associated Betty Boop with a curvy skimpy dressed woman.. Now I like her cartoons and most of them (that I've seen) have good stories.
Cece00 replied: I couldnt agree with you any more.
HuskerMom replied: I loved the cartoons in the 80's. Whether it was Willie coyote trying to get the roadrunner or elmer fudd trying to shoot bugs bunny I didn't think too far into it as a kid. I knew right from wrong and knew that the cartoons I was watching were not real. As for Smurfette, she was not a bimbo, she kept all the other smurfs in line
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