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Parents are the one's responsible for what their kids are exposed to.
In my house NEWS programs are off limits to the kids.
If the school they go to is full of sex, violence and drugs then the parents need to make a responsible decision to place them in a better school.
My youngest daughters 1st grade experience was horrible, it was a public school and it was in a really well respected district which shocked me.
Her mother and I placed her in a private school and they don't put up with immoral activities by any of the students at all.
problem kids get one warning, and then expelled, and i like that policy.
If you sit around and wait for the government to do something about this stuff you are seriously warped cause it will never happen, and as i said above, the parents are responsible for what their children are exposed to.
Take them out into public, and you will be answering questions by the end of the night, so answer them, but don't keep them locked up away from society or they'll be rebelling against you after puberty.
The truth is, they are going to learn things that most parents would rather they didn't at such a young age.
But the key in all of it is not to ignore their curiosity or give them bullshit answers like "You'll find out later, when you're older", because that immediately sends them on a quest for that answer by someone else that you absolutely don't want them learning from.
Open and honest relationships with your kids is the single most important goal of a parent, or at least it should be.
the dynamic of parenting is 100% different than it was 30-40 years ago when society was not so open and accepting of explicit materials and programming, as it is now.
But still, It is the parents job to monitor what they are watching and doing and trust me, it's easier than you think as long as you do your job as a parent and actually give a damn.
Just don't over do it and create a prison type atmosphere or you'll lose them from the start.
Arm the kids with the information they need while behind the closed doors of home before you let them step outside into the real world.
And if they ask a tough question, think it through and be as gentle as you can with the answer, don't start sweating and give them a generic explanation or get angry because they asked a tough one.
A parent only has 18 years to build a solid moral foundation.
Take it seriously and keep on track and your chances of success will be greater than the alternative.
And even at that, there are no guarentee's, but in life there never have been any guarentee's beyong Death and Taxes.
There is nobody else to blame outside of the parental unit, and that is a cold hard fact of life.
In my house NEWS programs are off limits to the kids.
If the school they go to is full of sex, violence and drugs then the parents need to make a responsible decision to place them in a better school.
My youngest daughters 1st grade experience was horrible, it was a public school and it was in a really well respected district which shocked me.
Her mother and I placed her in a private school and they don't put up with immoral activities by any of the students at all.
problem kids get one warning, and then expelled, and i like that policy.
If you sit around and wait for the government to do something about this stuff you are seriously warped cause it will never happen, and as i said above, the parents are responsible for what their children are exposed to.
Take them out into public, and you will be answering questions by the end of the night, so answer them, but don't keep them locked up away from society or they'll be rebelling against you after puberty.
The truth is, they are going to learn things that most parents would rather they didn't at such a young age.
But the key in all of it is not to ignore their curiosity or give them bullshit answers like "You'll find out later, when you're older", because that immediately sends them on a quest for that answer by someone else that you absolutely don't want them learning from.
Open and honest relationships with your kids is the single most important goal of a parent, or at least it should be.
the dynamic of parenting is 100% different than it was 30-40 years ago when society was not so open and accepting of explicit materials and programming, as it is now.
But still, It is the parents job to monitor what they are watching and doing and trust me, it's easier than you think as long as you do your job as a parent and actually give a damn.
Just don't over do it and create a prison type atmosphere or you'll lose them from the start.
Arm the kids with the information they need while behind the closed doors of home before you let them step outside into the real world.
And if they ask a tough question, think it through and be as gentle as you can with the answer, don't start sweating and give them a generic explanation or get angry because they asked a tough one.
A parent only has 18 years to build a solid moral foundation.
Take it seriously and keep on track and your chances of success will be greater than the alternative.
And even at that, there are no guarentee's, but in life there never have been any guarentee's beyong Death and Taxes.
There is nobody else to blame outside of the parental unit, and that is a cold hard fact of life.
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