And what's the worst a 12 year old gets? A stern talking to? Advice on how to fight properly?I think it's a great idea, and more kids should videotape their beatings. It makes the prosecution of such individuals much, much easier.
Stick and jab...stick and jab, Roc!!!
instead of just shielding him from everything, just make him aware of what is good and what is bad in terms of stuff on television. teach him not to imitate everything that he sees.I agree.
I know my son is only a month old, but since I don't know when he'll start absorbing any crap on TV, we decided not to watch anything that wouldn't be appropriate for him when he's two years old (while he's in the TV room).
So, no news for us exactly cuz of garbage like that.
I've been watching a lot of baseball lately
I watched basic instinct with my parents when I was about 13, and now I flash my pussy at cops all the time.
Thanks for the fatherly advice.
i have years of experience.
would you be so kind as to post all the advice your extensive experience raising a child has taught you?
Actually I've got 10 years coming up in June and I generally agree with BeanpoleBoy. Obviously extremes of violence and hard core porn are off limits but rather than not let my boys watch it, I'll watch it with them if the content is above their maturity level but they still want to watch it. I'll try to explain things to them rather than just say that's bad you can't watch it.
By age 4 he he should be ready to watch OZ.I agree.
I know my son is only a month old, but since I don't know when he'll start absorbing any crap on TV, we decided not to watch anything that wouldn't be appropriate for him when he's two years old (while he's in the TV room).
So, no news for us exactly cuz of garbage like that.
I've been watching a lot of baseball lately
dunno, but 8 teens are facing felony counts since they were dumb enough to videotape themselves... as for 12 year olds? not sure, but getting hauled into court and 100 hours of community service would be a pretty good start. don't forget, kids do stupid stuff all the time, but the new(ish) trend of videotaping themselves doing it just makes catching them and punishing them that much easier.
I also don't blame the news if someone goes out and copies what's shown... where's the blame for the idiotic 12 year olds?? they go out and beat the crap out of some girl, and they're blameless but somehow it's the *media's* fault??jimmydean said:
when I was 12 years old, I knew the difference between right and wrong, and beating the crap out of someone definitely fell into the latter category...
I'm not saying the media is 100% responsible, but when CNN and others are showing it at least once an hour every hour, I would say that's over-exposure.I also don't blame the news if someone goes out and copies what's shown... where's the blame for the idiotic 12 year olds?? they go out and beat the crap out of some girl, and they're blameless but somehow it's the *media's* fault??
My son is a month old. He's not ready for Sponge Bob Queer Pants.
That's what I do. OnDemand cable programming and HD broadcasts don't test itself, you know.Why?
Oh.
It's not like I stare at it blankly for 8 hours, but I also don't rush home to turn on the TV after work either. Some people wonder why I don't have digital cable and a DVR at home. But they fail to realize I have a dozen or more DVR's at work.
I haven't heard of 12 year old girls sitting at home all day watching CNN. Or Foxnews. If they saw it, it was probably a clip online, forwarded from friends...
Baloney. They did it because they either weren't taught, or forgot, about actions and consequences. Every time I've seen it on the news, it's been followed or preceded with "this is pretty disturbing", or "these girls are now facing felony assault and kidnapping charges", etc. Maybe if the parents of the 12 year olds had brought up the topic at the dinner table and talked about how actions have consequences, and that these girls sat in JAIL for several days, this might not have happened.
What happened was the cheerleaders taped it to post on YouTube but got busted before they could. The news organizations aired it enough so that someone took it from there and posted the video on YouTube.
Some would disagree and I'd like to get an understanding as to why such a video should be shown at all. Not talking about profits for the news outlet, but the value to society?
i think you very well know the answer to this: there exists a remote, yet possible, chance (hope?) they were going to make her do unnatural acts as her punishment.
Oh, I'm not advocating censorship, especially since media and politicians can't censor themselves for crap.
I'm just not sure why we need "a better understanding"?
i would make a back-patting "great minds" remark, but this seems pretty straight forward.
Agreed. If anything, why couldn't the news station just show a still picture from the original video and describe what went on rather than show the whole vid for someone to record the broadcast and put on youtube. Just so a bunch of copycat "I wanna be popular" kids didn't get any bad ideas.
I would agree that you (and I am guessing many others, based on this) are desensitized if you need to see the girl get beaten to understand how bad it is.
Yeah, I don't think so. If kids beat up someone because they're copying something on TV, those kids are messed up and it's on them and their parents/family, not CNN. Should they not report on any crime then, lest it give people ideas? I know every time I see a homicide on the local news I get urges.
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