Noooooo, once again parents are interfering with cartoons.
Parents please, if you do not like what your child is watching on TV or playing on a computer game then turn the machine off. Without electricity the equipment in front of you which is so obviously damaging your precious offspring is nothing more than a lump of plastic and metal.
Plus, if you are so obviously concerned with your child`s perception of the mentally handicapped, because children cannot make the distinction between real people and a green talking pony, why not volunteer down at the local centre for the "differently abled" children among them. I can imagine that at many schools they do not permit students with ADHD, down's syndrome, autism and other such unfortunate illnesses to mingle with your children at school (you never know, it could be contagious).
My point is instead of banning what you perceive as negative, why not bring in a positive stimulus to challenge your children's perspective. Maybe people will say things like `this cartoon/game/tv show/ is offensive/damaging' but do nothing to create something positive. I used the comment about the "contagious" part to illustrate that although people will try to 'protect` those who are different, they will still treat them like the plague when face to face. I grew up with an autistic sibling and my parents friends had a severely disabled child who I also spent a lot of time with. This experience certainly did a lot more good than the efforts my parents made to ban me from certain TV shows (namely Power Rangers).
Parents please, if you do not like what your child is watching on TV or playing on a computer game then turn the machine off. Without electricity the equipment in front of you which is so obviously damaging your precious offspring is nothing more than a lump of plastic and metal.
Plus, if you are so obviously concerned with your child`s perception of the mentally handicapped, because children cannot make the distinction between real people and a green talking pony, why not volunteer down at the local centre for the "differently abled" children among them. I can imagine that at many schools they do not permit students with ADHD, down's syndrome, autism and other such unfortunate illnesses to mingle with your children at school (you never know, it could be contagious).
My point is instead of banning what you perceive as negative, why not bring in a positive stimulus to challenge your children's perspective. Maybe people will say things like `this cartoon/game/tv show/ is offensive/damaging' but do nothing to create something positive. I used the comment about the "contagious" part to illustrate that although people will try to 'protect` those who are different, they will still treat them like the plague when face to face. I grew up with an autistic sibling and my parents friends had a severely disabled child who I also spent a lot of time with. This experience certainly did a lot more good than the efforts my parents made to ban me from certain TV shows (namely Power Rangers).
