enough is enough

i'm tired of parents calling into the FCC bitching about tv is full of cuss words. What gets me is that these are the parents that basically let the tv babysit the kids. they're too busy to sit their kids down and tell them that certain words aren't good for them to say.

so when little johnny comes home from school and says bitch, his parents instantly assume that it's the television that's corrupted the mind of their precious child. not once do they take into consideration that maybe johnny picked it up from his best friend that they know nothing about. parents aren't involved in teaching their children things like "don't call her a whore", instead, they get their panties in a wad. this leads to calling the FCC to complain about nicole richie dropping the f-bomb, worrying that their kids might start using it.

then i read another article saying that r-rated tv makes kids smoke and drink.

no kids smoke and drink because they think they'll be cool. show your kids pictures of a cancerous lung, or a person with half a jaw eaten away by cancer because they used chew, and smoking won't be as cool. she your kid pictures of the liver when it's been killed from booze, and the effects of that on your skin. explain that the yellow color is the nasty stuff that never got filtered out of your body and that when your liver goes, so do you. in short, teach your kids that these things are wrong, be a role model for them.

what if the kids had a better role-model than tv and nicole (like, i don't know, maybe a parent as a role model?)? What would happen? i'll tell you what would happen, kids would stop cussing so much, drinking and smoking would go down in teens and if they're really good parents, they'll talk to their kids about sex and that will lead to better relationships, less sexual partners, and they'll be less likely to be promiscuous.

or, they could just call the FCC, bitch about a show, and do nothing to try and gain the respect of their child.

whatever works


(end rant...)