tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032087692292897513.post8200547536172166551..comments2023-08-19T03:44:47.430-04:00Comments on Who Is The Grown Up?: To Glee Or Not To Glee? That Is The Question.LittleDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04300848377718631111noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032087692292897513.post-62321909292986657532010-10-08T22:32:13.313-04:002010-10-08T22:32:13.313-04:00I agree. I think a lot of primetime TV is inapprop...I agree. I think a lot of primetime TV is inappropriate for kids. We DVR a lot of stuff and then watch it after the kids go to bed. And I think your plan was a great one. Too bad she didn't want to go along with it. And have you ever noticed how many shows start out with a sex or violent crime scene. It is like you don't even have time to pause or change the channel before something you do NOT want your kids to see is on the screen.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16666910475457302786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032087692292897513.post-59662171565652655192010-09-28T10:04:53.122-04:002010-09-28T10:04:53.122-04:00Thank you for posting - I am having this exact sam...Thank you for posting - I am having this exact same internal debate. I allowed my 9 year old to watch the first few episodes as I was thinking HSM. It started off not too bad - a bit more mature than I wanted to get with her but like you said, no real visuals so I was happy. That was, until the second half of the first season began and the two cheerleaders were trying to talk (I'm bad with names) the football guy into losing the BIG V!!! Now, I'm not sure my daughter even knew what they were talking about, but that was the end of Glee for the rest of that season. Lucky for her, I did PVR and I allowed her to watch a few here and there as well as E1, S2. I bought her the first 1/2 of season 1 on DVD when it came out, now she wants the 2nd so she can watch in her room. I am really hesitant, but wondering if I'm making too big a deal out of it. I remember watching soap operas with my mom from the time I was born... is Glee that much different than Days of our Lives? Will listening to them talk about sex make her run out and have it the first chance she gets? I hope not... but...??? It adds to the curiosity maybe. Sorry I'm rambling, but I really don't know where to go with this. With the new season now here she counts down to Tuesday (for me its Thursday and Vampire Diaries, which I do let the kids watch! Much less likely to feed off someone and turn vamp than to have sex and get pregnant - is that wrong??) My other dilemna... I allow (or my husband allows more accurately) the kids to watch every superhero movie out there and they haven't staked, killed, shot or swung from roofs. Am I over doing by sending the kids out of the room at the first sign of kissing? HELP!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032087692292897513.post-44170478927822441682010-09-21T16:39:14.691-04:002010-09-21T16:39:14.691-04:00My teenage niece just informed me (via facebook) s...My teenage niece just informed me (via facebook) she is having an entire glee party tonight!! Good luck.<br /><br />(I would suggest using the DVR while you take a nice bubble bath and then watch it alone after they go to bed :)<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by my blog. Following back.<br /><br />http://TheSurvivalMama.blogspot.com<br />@TheSurvivalMamjenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01290655745851708046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032087692292897513.post-13110795483041930822010-09-21T06:58:48.390-04:002010-09-21T06:58:48.390-04:00too funny! we watch ALOT of the "andy grippi...too funny! we watch ALOT of the "andy grippin" show (as my 5 year old calls it)! i've watched a couple episodes of "glee" and i have to agree with you. most of the time.....it's fine. i still have a few years before i am faced with this dilemna though. right now we're on a standoff over whether or not "phineus and ferb" is appropriate. i say no because of the word "shut up". i'm such a mean mommy!<br /><br />love your blog and you made me laugh.....following you back from the blog hop!alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780537965363716485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032087692292897513.post-61806260753676836992010-09-20T22:58:33.553-04:002010-09-20T22:58:33.553-04:00We watch Glee around here but, now that you mentio...We watch Glee around here but, now that you mention it, I've never really thought about what it would be like if my kids were old enough to be watching it with us (we always DVR it and then watch it after they're asleep - and without commercials)! I don't even want to picture my girls as tweens and teens someday - yikes!<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by, have a great rest of your week!Xeniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10654183306958862537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032087692292897513.post-76153911596340792442010-09-20T22:46:14.033-04:002010-09-20T22:46:14.033-04:00Good for you that you're even thinking of thes...Good for you that you're even thinking of these things and how impressionable your girls are. So many parents just leave the TV viewing choices up to the kids. The things allowed in our homes through the TV are just shocking. Would we want our kids to have actual live friends who behaved and talked that way? If not, they also don't belong on the other side of the screen. We need to protect our children from a Godless world and help them, also, be 'transformed by the renewing of their minds.'Cranberry Morninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10758563068581561194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032087692292897513.post-83500003224610342442010-09-20T22:24:36.799-04:002010-09-20T22:24:36.799-04:00I hate it when shows "misrepresent" them...I hate it when shows "misrepresent" themselves or others misrepresent them! Yeah I knew about Grease, but I don't think I knew it or understood it back in the day. OYE! Is nothing sacred? ;-) I vote DVR!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06003384586082557583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032087692292897513.post-47435773695898704262010-09-20T21:15:16.026-04:002010-09-20T21:15:16.026-04:00I admit to liking Glee but I can see how some part...I admit to liking Glee but I can see how some parts of the show are not kid appropriate. As for Grease, I started watching it when I was about 5 and knew all the words but not really what they meant till I got older. Kids grow up fast, so it's best to keep them innocent as long as you can.Ott, A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13814753030254533864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032087692292897513.post-12124757383146575792010-09-20T19:30:27.984-04:002010-09-20T19:30:27.984-04:00Oh and don't get me started on the eye rolling...Oh and don't get me started on the eye rolling!!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06920500912551510634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032087692292897513.post-73489589151273679612010-09-20T19:28:37.798-04:002010-09-20T19:28:37.798-04:00I AGREE - talk talk talk!
It is so much easier for...I AGREE - talk talk talk!<br />It is so much easier for me to talk to my 14 year old now because we started at a young age with appropriate subjects but being open and so now it is easy to discuss the tougher subjects!<br />Unlike my Mom who tried to tell my sister and me about the birds and bees and we giggled she got mad walked away and we learned about it on the bus!!!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06920500912551510634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3032087692292897513.post-34204151941172941102010-09-20T18:20:39.827-04:002010-09-20T18:20:39.827-04:00I think you are RIGHT ON. I am not a parent of a ...I think you are RIGHT ON. I am not a parent of a pre-teen yet (I laughed at your diaper habits and ABCs because that truly is what I'm worried about right now!) but my students are preteens! I take the same approach with them. Some of them were reading Twilight, so I read it (and got hooked) so I could discuss it with them. <br /><br />It's impossible to shelter your kids from all of that, so the best thing to do is TALK about it. TALK about how it's a bad decision, etc. etc.<br /><br />Good job, Big D!Katie Olthoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11530237661834412493noreply@blogger.com