 Sorgalim says: Researcher Dr Eileen Zurbriggen said that girls as young at four are at risk. "The consequences of the sexualisation of girls in media today are very real and are likely to be a negative influence on girls' healthy development," she said. "As a society, we need to replace all these sexualised images with ones showing girls in positive settings. "The goal should be to deliver messages to all adolescents - boy and girls - that lead to healthy sexual development." Michele Elliot, of child protection charity Kidscape, said: "Bratz dolls are little sexualised creatures which give the wrong message to kids. "Let them be kids. We have got children of 12, 13 and 14 who are ashamed that they haven't had sex yet. They think sex is the be all and end all." A spokesman for Bratz said that children see the dolls as being pretty rather than sexy. This is where parents need to step up and just not buy the dolls! I have three daughters and they do not have any Bratz dolls and we are very careful about what they watch on TV, the music they listen to...because that is our job as parents! I've been saying this forever... between their toys, the videos they see on TV, etc, it's amazing they last until they are 12... It really baffles me. And the mixed messages are appalling... you've got tv & toys telling them to sexual animals, and parents/church/state telling them sex is evil, and not educating them about it... This has to be a conspiracy by some psychiatrist organization.. think of all the help these poor girls are going to need in the future... the pshrinks are going to make a killing  Now, in all honesty, I think that the right answer is education. If these girls (and boys) are educated about sex, and relationships properly, then at least they have a chance. It... granolamom6: well done! I wish there were more like you! I want to add that I am a Christian and we do NOT believe that sex is evil. Sex was created by God and is beautiful when used in the way God intended it. This is what we will be teaching our children. I realize that we cannot completely isolate our kids from what is going on in our world, so I hope that we will be able to talk about these things with them and help them make wise choices based on the Word of God. Thank you both for that because is what I think too...I now your comments will help a lot... And to granolamom6 keep on with the good work!!!...It is not easy teach today's kids, we have to think more in how to do that work for them to have a good health... I was so proud when my daughter turned against Britney Spears long before her friends did. It's hard raising kids now. I guess it always has been. Our parents worried about our generation with our long hair (HA) and music. We have much more to worry about now. Got to keep talking to your kids. They have to hear it from you first, before their friends get them all screwed up in the head! That one is a good point too dorinel... They have to hear from you first, before their friends get them all screwed up in the head!... Can't wait for them to grow up... I get so tired of kids' movies having inappropriate stuff in them. There is no reason that characters have to use words like "stupid" and "shut up." I really don't need my daughter learning those phrases any sooner than necessary. She knows they are "not acceptable" in our house, but why even put them out there? In the kids' movie Chicken Little two characters sing the Spice Girls' song "If you want to be my lover." How in the heck is that responsible? They couldn't pick another song? My daughter thinks they are singing "If you want to be my mother," and I haven't really corrected that thinking. Sigh. It is so great to hear from concerned parents! Parenting is such a huge responsibility and it does require giving up a lot of our own "wants" so that we can give enough time and effort to our kids. Maybe the media would stop producing so much trash for kids if more people would just stop paying for it. Positive roles ... President Cindy Managing Director Cindy UN Peace Worker Cindy Nurse Cindy Fire(person) Cindy Astronaut Cindy Teacher Cindy ... but would they sell ? Our daughter was watching a Tom and Jerry cartoon on Cartoon Network and I suddenly heard a safe sex commercial. I came over and caught the tail-end encouraging kids (or whomever they expected the viewing audience at that time of day to be) to always use condoms. She (4 years old) had her eyes glues to the TV, of course. We now watch what our kids watch a lot more closely. No nickelodeon, no cartoon network... Pretty much just Boomerang. And, of course, no Bratz dolls. readmore, do you get Noggin? That's pretty safe tv. No commercials. (I like the old school shows on boomerang too). I find that watching the Food Network cooking shows is pretty safe too. No nudity, or cussing, or violence. Commercials are usually food related (which can have its own problems). The only product my daughter asks for (she's 3) by name is Vlaasic pickles. "They're crunchy and juicy, mom." I was a little freaked out. Shows how many cooking shows I watched with her. haha. That happens to all kids.."their eyes glues to the TV"...that's why we have to sit with them to watch it...when mine have that age I used to do that...Sometimes you have to buy of your time to sit with them and watch what is going on in TV... Yeah, we try to avoid commercials as much as possible. My kids watch mostly shows on commercial-free stations, like Noggin, Boomerang, Sprout. If they do watch a show on a station with commercials, we have them mute the TV, so at least they are not hearing what is said. The Nutri-System commercials are horrible! We watch a lot of Food Network, too! The commercials on there are pretty safe. I'm not a parent, but I see the early sexualization of children to be a huge problem; especially in programming + products marketed to children. Unfortunately, I think it's too late to un-do a lot of this. We're never going to revert to a "proper" society. As parents, you have to be there for your children AT ALL TIMES -- TWENTY FOUR SEVEN -- if you don't want them growing up with a twisted sense of values (not just sexual misconceptions). More than that, I think that an HONEST education is necessary. If you don't address the issues that they're faced with, and realistically explain the situation to them, then they won't be prepared to cope with these things on their own. There's a culture of irresponsibility emerging in Britain at present. Of course there are equally as many good parents to boot, but I agree with all comments here citing parental responsibility as a crucial factor. It is imperitive that we encourage our children to talk and ask questions so that we may help them understand the bombardment of immoral marketing jargon thrown at them at 56 frames per second. I take my hat off to all those here. You're helping me keep my faith in the human race. :o) Thank you for those words... Yes, when you see your goddaughter pretending to pole dance at 11-12 years old, you know there is something wrong with the way children have been manipulated by the media. I was clearing out our garage and my goddaughter was exploring what she could take home with her and found a curtain pole and began to "work it" in a jokey fashion. I was utterly flabbergasted and my jaw dropped. She did this in front of her mother. Where did she learn this? I am sure she knew some of what she was doing, but fully congnizant of it all.... well I don't know. but at any rate, all I could do was stand there for a second, shocked, then I turned away and busied myself with something else. I don't know what he... I"m guessing you didn't let her take the curtain pole home then? I'm with you all on this sort of thing. I have a son and Nogin gets plenty of airtime in the morning because of good shows for him (can't get the WonderPets themsong out of my head some days) and NO commercials. Then you turn to Nick and it's a constant bombardment of classic style "me too" commercials. Of course, I love Jimmy Neutron so I try to get him to not watch the commericals during the show. There's PBS, too. The shows on PBS are really geared towards learning. My daughter is autistic and the social stories that many of the shows present are really helpful for her understanding of social situations. I agree that Noggin is good, too. As for dolls, I do like Barbie because of the movies and books. In the movies, Barbie often comes to the rescue of the Prince. In many of the movies, she has to use her brain to solve problems. A lot of the Barbie books has Barbie acting as a good role model for her sisters. Great clip and good discussion! UpStateMike, we love the Wonder Pets too. My daughter loves to say "What's gonna work? Team Work!" whenever we do something together (like baking or cleaning up). ayame...I never thought about Barbie, but is true...She always have something to solve... About a team work?...I used to do that with my family too and the kids really enjoy that, when they are learning something... There are lot of things that we can do with our family, but we need to use the most wonderful time we have for them...They grow so fast that we don't have time later to modify things...We need to use all time in the world now... |
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