Kiddie Movies
July 17th 2008 02:34
Since we had a son, we made it a point that we only watch kid-friendly movies when he's around. If we want to watch other types of movies we make sure we either watch it in the movie house or we leave Ziggy to his Aunts or Grandparents.
TV and Movies have such an impact on children and you really have to watch what they see. Since our son's been exposed to mainly just Nick Jr., Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney, he's pretty much fine. In fact he speaks fluent english and very little of our native language because of the TV shows he watches.
He also watches Disney and Dreamworks' movies most if not all the time. He enjoyed Enchanted so much so now he has this cute and funny stereotype on girls wearing fluffy long skirts.. he thinks they're all princesses
Last night, my husband came accross Gladiator on HBO and he watched the start of it, while my son was lying down in bed. Naturally my son got curious so he started watching too. During one of the battles of Maximus, the scene was on slow-motion and so he got curious.
"Dada? why is he not moving fast??"
Cute huh? then he starts asking "where's the girl? where's the girl?"
Somehow because he watched fairy tales on Disney, he has this stereotype or idea that men need women with them. At such a young age he has it right. lol
We turned the TV off soon as the war and gruesome fighting started but while he was making those statements it occurred how a child's ideas of things are really shaped by observations. I still am glad he watched mostly disney and nick Jr.
His ideas of the world is very basic and innocent... and very true. A man needs a woman -- after all, behind every man is always a woman.
At this age he asks one too many questions about what he sees on TV or movies so all the more we have to try and shield him from any violence and malicious content on TV. He watched Spiderman and he's amazed by him but he understands he can't jump that high or hang from spiderwebs like that. The basics again, he keeps saying "but I'm too heave for a spiderweb." True. Innocent.
Hands down as well to the good programs the have developed on TV -- Elmo's World, Dora and Blue's Clues and Mickey Mouse clubhouse all give him a good idea of reality. He's pretty much in check with it.
Of course it also goes with parents creating a balance and giving their kids a sense of what's real and possible versus what's not. I still don't let him watch anything not G or rated E for everyone (when it comes to games)...
There are kiddie movies however who have adult humor. Or let me rephrase is this way... before, animated films were generally for kids. Now you gotta watch what animated films they watch. Disney is still my most trusted but Dreamworks sometimes I gotta "screen" it for the little one.
I love Shrek and so does he but there are a few hints of adult humor. He's too young to even understand, but he may pick up some words or phrases that he may choose to repeat to others and will not sound nice especially from a kid.
Just recently I hear my son saying "Oh My God!" It's no big deal for some people, but I don't like it. It's blasphemy to some other people, especially christian parents. For me, it's not that it's blasphemous, I don't like it because he doesn't understand what it means and why people say it.
Thank Goodness Disney still sticks to their magic formula of family-friendly films
TV and Movies have such an impact on children and you really have to watch what they see. Since our son's been exposed to mainly just Nick Jr., Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney, he's pretty much fine. In fact he speaks fluent english and very little of our native language because of the TV shows he watches.
He also watches Disney and Dreamworks' movies most if not all the time. He enjoyed Enchanted so much so now he has this cute and funny stereotype on girls wearing fluffy long skirts.. he thinks they're all princesses
Last night, my husband came accross Gladiator on HBO and he watched the start of it, while my son was lying down in bed. Naturally my son got curious so he started watching too. During one of the battles of Maximus, the scene was on slow-motion and so he got curious.
"Dada? why is he not moving fast??"
Cute huh? then he starts asking "where's the girl? where's the girl?"
Somehow because he watched fairy tales on Disney, he has this stereotype or idea that men need women with them. At such a young age he has it right.
lolWe turned the TV off soon as the war and gruesome fighting started but while he was making those statements it occurred how a child's ideas of things are really shaped by observations. I still am glad he watched mostly disney and nick Jr.
His ideas of the world is very basic and innocent... and very true. A man needs a woman -- after all, behind every man is always a woman.
At this age he asks one too many questions about what he sees on TV or movies so all the more we have to try and shield him from any violence and malicious content on TV. He watched Spiderman and he's amazed by him but he understands he can't jump that high or hang from spiderwebs like that. The basics again, he keeps saying "but I'm too heave for a spiderweb." True. Innocent.
Hands down as well to the good programs the have developed on TV -- Elmo's World, Dora and Blue's Clues and Mickey Mouse clubhouse all give him a good idea of reality. He's pretty much in check with it.
Of course it also goes with parents creating a balance and giving their kids a sense of what's real and possible versus what's not. I still don't let him watch anything not G or rated E for everyone (when it comes to games)...
There are kiddie movies however who have adult humor. Or let me rephrase is this way... before, animated films were generally for kids. Now you gotta watch what animated films they watch. Disney is still my most trusted but Dreamworks sometimes I gotta "screen" it for the little one.
I love Shrek and so does he but there are a few hints of adult humor. He's too young to even understand, but he may pick up some words or phrases that he may choose to repeat to others and will not sound nice especially from a kid.
Just recently I hear my son saying "Oh My God!" It's no big deal for some people, but I don't like it. It's blasphemy to some other people, especially christian parents. For me, it's not that it's blasphemous, I don't like it because he doesn't understand what it means and why people say it.
Thank Goodness Disney still sticks to their magic formula of family-friendly films
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