Genuinely have a feeling Lots of Kids missed out but I want other peoples opinions
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Paranoid. And boring. Lol.
They screamed it was rotting brains, but rewatching the first season as an adult? It was so clever with the word play and jokes and scenarios.
Now we have actual brain rot, and some of the same kind of parents of the new generations just sit their kids in front of it without watching themselves or doing any research because the title says educational to get clicks, while the content is oftentimes AI slop, or just content farmed garbage with no actual value.
This popular kid in elementary school (we were like 9 probably?) was OBSESSED with SpongeBob; his whole room was themed it, and his school supplies, shirts. But his parents didn’t let him watch it, because, direct quote, “they say it rots your brain”. Saddest story ever. I wonder when he was old enough to exercise free will what he thought about the show.
At the time? It was a strict conservative parent thing. Shrug.
In hindsight? Bad call. Early seasons show kids how to be good people. See:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqx0Lx8gS8Y
Laughs. This is a show for children?
Yeah, it’s huge.
Chews. Surprisingly profound for a narrative about a sponge.
But if parents excercised that kind of caution today, and forbade doomscrolling, well, that would be great.
Those parents probably trying their best to curate their children media. That’s literally their job. Parenting means they make these decisions.
What do I think of parents that make their kids do religious things / cultural things?
Or make kids learn a foreign language / music?They are better bc they are trying. Versus the parents that just give an ipad to the kid so they shut up.
In General I agree with you but I can Imagine a Lot of them also just disliking Stuff and thus having to have the kid dislike it too. But ofc not everyones like that
If more parents policed their children’s media habits it would be harder for politicians to sell surveillance as children’s safety or at least govt wouldn’t use children’s safety as a scapegoat for surveillance
Kids can handle much more than most adults give them credit for. If someone’s concerned about their kids misunderstanding something, maybe… yah know… watch it with them?
0% support to authoritarian-wannabe parents who try to control their kids’ access to information.
If their kid reached SpongeBob watching age past the time of the first movie then they did their child a favor
I loved spongebob, the first few seasons anyway. I was allowed to watch it too, mostly because I was about 13 years old.
I could appreciate a lot more than younger kids, so I don’t know if they really missed out on too much.
Trying to censor kids shows isn’t feasible. They’re going to find out anyway, or it will be a massive culture shock when they eventually hear their first swear word as adults. I’d rather take the opportunity to talk with my kids about it if they watch crap.
SpongeBob doesn’t really bother me, but if they watch Alvin and the Chipmunks I always ask them to use headphones, because I can’t stand that shit.
