Comments on: Lazy Parenting Award: Part Une http://teenymanolo.com/2008/02/08/lazy-parenting-award-part-une/ Celebrating the Joys of Parenting and Childhood Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:58:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: raincoaster http://teenymanolo.com/2008/02/08/lazy-parenting-award-part-une/#comment-6593 raincoaster Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:17:38 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2008/02/08/lazy-parenting-award-part-une/#comment-6593 boogiemum, if you edit what your children see then I'm afraid you don't qualify for this award. Glinda's point is not that letting your kids see these things makes you a lazy parent, but rather that not caring what they see makes you one. boogiemum, if you edit what your children see then I’m afraid you don’t qualify for this award. Glinda’s point is not that letting your kids see these things makes you a lazy parent, but rather that not caring what they see makes you one.

]]> By: A. Beaverhausen http://teenymanolo.com/2008/02/08/lazy-parenting-award-part-une/#comment-6578 A. Beaverhausen Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:20:27 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2008/02/08/lazy-parenting-award-part-une/#comment-6578 Laura V. reminds me of some famous harpie...er...person who enjoys the use of alledged blanket statements by using...uh...blanket statements. What other kind of hypocrite uses this kind of tactic? Hmmm? Oh yeah...Ann Coulter. She can dish it out...but really CAN NOT TAKE IT. Laura V. reminds me of some famous harpie…er…person who enjoys the use of alledged blanket statements by using…uh…blanket statements. What other kind of hypocrite uses this kind of tactic? Hmmm? Oh yeah…Ann Coulter. She can dish it out…but really CAN NOT TAKE IT.

]]> By: a. beaverhausen http://teenymanolo.com/2008/02/08/lazy-parenting-award-part-une/#comment-6577 a. beaverhausen Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:15:22 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2008/02/08/lazy-parenting-award-part-une/#comment-6577 Wow...that Laura V reminds me of someone. Who could it be? Who could it be? Someone who enjoys pointing out the flaws in someone's reasoning by doing so WITH FLAWED REASONING!! Oh year...Ann Coulter. Bitches separated at birth, no doubt. Wow…that Laura V reminds me of someone. Who could it be? Who could it be? Someone who enjoys pointing out the flaws in someone’s reasoning by doing so WITH FLAWED REASONING!! Oh year…Ann Coulter. Bitches separated at birth, no doubt.

]]> By: boogiemum http://teenymanolo.com/2008/02/08/lazy-parenting-award-part-une/#comment-6561 boogiemum Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:02:07 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2008/02/08/lazy-parenting-award-part-une/#comment-6561 Guess that would be me. While we do edit what they watch and they haven't seen all the things you mentioned b/c we feel some of them are too old; they have seen a few. We are very active parents, rather, and watch and make our own judgments on movies, rather than some people we never met. My boys are far from overly aggressive, too. Actually their friend who isn't even allowed to watch Tarzan or any type of violence is the aggressive one. My kids also are extremely polite, per their teachers with "yes, ma'm" and "no ma'ms." I think with consistent parenting you can allow children to watch some movies that are considered "violent" and still turn out some fantastic kids. When I was 5 I watched Star Wars and I turned out to be a "peace loving hippy" (in my husband's words) I love you Glinda, but have to respectfully disagree with this one... Guess that would be me. While we do edit what they watch and they haven’t seen all the things you mentioned b/c we feel some of them are too old; they have seen a few. We are very active parents, rather, and watch and make our own judgments on movies, rather than some people we never met. My boys are far from overly aggressive, too. Actually their friend who isn’t even allowed to watch Tarzan or any type of violence is the aggressive one. My kids also are extremely polite, per their teachers with “yes, ma’m” and “no ma’ms.” I think with consistent parenting you can allow children to watch some movies that are considered “violent” and still turn out some fantastic kids. When I was 5 I watched Star Wars and I turned out to be a “peace loving hippy” (in my husband’s words)
I love you Glinda, but have to respectfully disagree with this one…

]]> By: raincoaster http://teenymanolo.com/2008/02/08/lazy-parenting-award-part-une/#comment-6556 raincoaster Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:42:54 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2008/02/08/lazy-parenting-award-part-une/#comment-6556 How is it even legal to let a child into an NC-17 film? How is it even legal to let a child into an NC-17 film?

]]> By: gamma http://teenymanolo.com/2008/02/08/lazy-parenting-award-part-une/#comment-6553 gamma Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:10:33 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2008/02/08/lazy-parenting-award-part-une/#comment-6553 So I come back from out of town, and this is what I find? Can't I trust you to behave yourselves for a few days without supervision? That just came out automatically. I have been a mom for FAR too long. Glinda, your writing skills and your analysis are impeccable. Everyone has to know their own kid, of course, but the days of dropping off Sweet Pea to see whatever's on the Saturday matinee is so 50 years ago. So I come back from out of town, and this is what I find? Can’t I trust you to behave yourselves for a few days without supervision?

That just came out automatically. I have been a mom for FAR too long.

Glinda, your writing skills and your analysis are impeccable. Everyone has to know their own kid, of course, but the days of dropping off Sweet Pea to see whatever’s on the Saturday matinee is so 50 years ago.

]]> By: toad http://teenymanolo.com/2008/02/08/lazy-parenting-award-part-une/#comment-6532 toad Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:39:37 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2008/02/08/lazy-parenting-award-part-une/#comment-6532 The age you expouse a child to violence is non-linear, what you let a four year old watch is consideragly different from what you let a 9 year old watch IMHO. A Friend of mines daughter works as an usher in a movie theater. She says their are parents or dumping kids in the care of other kids to see movies that she calls torture porn. Horror movies that are much more explicit than the stuff from even ten years ago. Same for sexually explicit films. "Brown Bunny" was mentioned. The age you expouse a child to violence is non-linear, what you let a four year old watch is consideragly different from what you let a 9 year old watch IMHO.

A Friend of mines daughter works as an usher in a movie theater. She says their are parents or dumping kids in the care of other kids to see movies that she calls torture porn. Horror movies that are much more explicit than the stuff from even ten years ago. Same for sexually explicit films. “Brown Bunny” was mentioned.

]]> By: galadrium http://teenymanolo.com/2008/02/08/lazy-parenting-award-part-une/#comment-6527 galadrium Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:58:04 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2008/02/08/lazy-parenting-award-part-une/#comment-6527 Watching a PG or PG-13 movie does not automatically make you a lazy parent. Not finding out what is in that particular movie and deciding if your child can handle it and talking about it either during or after the movie makes you a lazy parent. PG does stand for parental guidance. And I don't know about y'all, but it makes me absolutely CRAZY when I go to R-rated movies and parents bring little kids. It's all I can do not to tell them off - my poor husband makes sure I don't walk anywhere near them as we exit. Watching a PG or PG-13 movie does not automatically make you a lazy parent. Not finding out what is in that particular movie and deciding if your child can handle it and talking about it either during or after the movie makes you a lazy parent. PG does stand for parental guidance. And I don’t know about y’all, but it makes me absolutely CRAZY when I go to R-rated movies and parents bring little kids. It’s all I can do not to tell them off - my poor husband makes sure I don’t walk anywhere near them as we exit.

]]> By: raincoaster http://teenymanolo.com/2008/02/08/lazy-parenting-award-part-une/#comment-6524 raincoaster Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:38:27 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2008/02/08/lazy-parenting-award-part-une/#comment-6524 Glinda FTW! Glinda FTW!

]]> By: Leah http://teenymanolo.com/2008/02/08/lazy-parenting-award-part-une/#comment-6513 Leah Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:11:59 +0000 http://teenymanolo.com/2008/02/08/lazy-parenting-award-part-une/#comment-6513 I wonder, tho, if the pattern is: kids watch violent movies=more likely to grow up with violent tendancies or if it's: kids with a penchant for violence want to watch violent movies=kids watch violent movies=violent kids grow up and are now violent adults. Whether you agree with the research, Glinda's stance, or any one else's opinion, it's great to see all these people that ARE concerned with their child's welfare. Lazy parenting is awful - we can all agree with that. It's ok that the details of the decisions we make with our children are different. I wonder, tho, if the pattern is:
kids watch violent movies=more likely to grow up with violent tendancies
or if it’s:
kids with a penchant for violence want to watch violent movies=kids watch violent movies=violent kids grow up and are now violent adults.

Whether you agree with the research, Glinda’s stance, or any one else’s opinion, it’s great to see all these people that ARE concerned with their child’s welfare. Lazy parenting is awful - we can all agree with that. It’s ok that the details of the decisions we make with our children are different.

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