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Real Children's Television for Kids and Teens!

Real Children's Television for Kids and Teens!

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Started by Anonymous 14 years, 3 months ago

For too long, so-called "children's television" shows have been aired on networks created for children. However, these programs often contain inappropriate and possibly detrimental messages. In a world where children watch 4 hours a day of television on average, I think that it should be important that what our ki's are watching is appropriate for them. Shows show girls as wanting nothing more in life than to get married, boys as players who don't "play by the rules," and idiotic parents. In real life, violence isn't funny, but in television it is. I have seen many an episode in which children younger than ten are already dating! And how many times have you seen a preteen character on a show sneak out or throw a party without being punished because the parents are too stupid to notice? These are only a few messages that are being shown to today's kids, and unless we do something, nothing is going to  change. Please sign my petition, and perhaps we can get it into bigger hands... and begin the production of children's television for children.

Updates

May 30, 2012

The stories shared in the comments regarding the influence of current programming on our children have been deeply illuminating. I am currently compiling these experiences to present a coherent argument to the networks that oversee this content. Your willingness to engage with this topic confirms that many of us recognize the need for a fundamental shift in how we approach media for young viewers.

May 30, 2012

Reaching this current level of interest confirms that many people share the same concern about the quality of content reaching our youth. It is encouraging to see this momentum build as we continue to advocate for programming that better reflects the values we wish to foster in the next generation.

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Jessica Donnelly
14 years ago Featured

agreed! kids are way to young to be worrying about boyfriends and girlfriends. let them be kids for a few years at least.

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Sarah Mendoza
14 years ago Featured

Finally someone said it! My kids watch this junk and start acting out the same disrespectful behavior. It is exhausting trying to undo the damage these writers do every single day.

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Mike Wong
14 years ago Featured

total garbage on tv now. whatever happened to shows like boy meets world or full house? bring back actual values instead of this constant sass and dating nonsense.