Having the boy/girl twins and only one TV (I KNOW, RITE?!?) everything has always been a compromise in my house as far as who watches what when. My kids are just as likely to watch so-called 'boy' shows as they are 'girl' shows. My daughter watches Transformers and Batman and one of her absolute favorites is Teen Titans. My son watches, with a bit more reluctance, some of the girl shows that my daughter likes. And of course if they're in the room when I'm watching CSI you'd better believe I'm not shielding them from the gore, because I'm mean like that
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Lol! Well, I mostly agree with you. I do think one has to keep an eye on what kids are watching because kids are sponges and what goes in, stays in and grows/festers. One of my nieces is super sensitive and when we she was younger we had to keep a close eye on what she saw to make sure she didn't end up with night terrors (which she would get all the time). We actually showed her StarWars a little too soon and she was hardly able to sleep for a month. XD My oldest niece though isn't like that at all. She watched all 3 StarWars movies and only freaked out at the parts where Vader cuts off Luke's hand (mostly she was disturbed that it was his "daddy" that had hurt Luke. She had trouble wrapping her head around a father being able to hurt his own child like that) and where Luke had a vision of Vader and cuts off his head only to find his own face under the helmet. However, after pausing the movie and discussing what had happened, she was ok again (I'm a biiiig advocate of discussing disturbing issues a kid has seen with them. You can't
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Well, yeah. I don't let them watch CSI on their own, for instance. :P And I talk to them about what they see on the occasions they watch it with me, so they're not just absorbing the gore in a vacuum. My daughter tends to be a bit sensitive, but she handles the explanations remarkably well. My son just thinks it's interesting and cool. You know, sometimes I worry about that kid. Huh.
But yeah, I get where you're coming from. Y7 shows are made for their level, so it's not like they're getting bombarded by disturbing imagery that they can't handle. And like you said, that's when you talk to them about what they've seen. But I also don't believe in shielding them from all the big bad that's out there, because that's not doing them any favors, either.
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But yeah, I get where you're coming from. Y7 shows are made for their level, so it's not like they're getting bombarded by disturbing imagery that they can't handle. And like you said, that's when you talk to them about what they've seen. But I also don't believe in shielding them from all the big bad that's out there, because that's not doing them any favors, either.
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