That is true, but at the moment a large segment of the population don't even see it as a problem. We need to be good parents but also attack this at a cultural level.
I dominate the culture in my home. Communism may not be suitable for a government but it's perfectly suited to a single family household. My home's firewall is more impressive than China's.
I'm all for reversing course on the nation's culture, but I won't put the blame elsewhere for what happens in my home.
That's the important part. You can't make your kids pariahs by making your home totally free from the culture outside. They need to be taught principle and independent thought to grow into functional adults. The more degenerate parts of society, however, can be removed without consequence.
In the world, not of the world is how I was taught. I’ve seen what happens to kids who are sheltered too much and then exposed to the world suddenly. My friend lost her husband that way. Went on American Ninja Warrior, gained a little bit of fame and couldn’t resist the drugs/alcohol/women that came his way because of an extremely sheltered upbringing. You can’t just teach kids ________ is bad. You have to teach _____ is bad BECAUSE it leads to xyz. When I lived in Los Angeles I had a doctor who told me as soon as his kids were old enough he loaded them in the car and drove along skid row and asked them if this “urban camping” looked fun and told them this could be where they end up if they made certain choices in their life. I think it’s very important to teach kids that all choices have consequences, both good and bad. You can’t pick up one end of the stick without picking up the other. We have too little accountability in today’s society and people are always looking to shift the blame to others.
I have a neighbor who is generally pretty based, but they joke all the time about their daughter and how they need to keep her "off the pole" because of how she messes around on Facebook chat showing her butt, etc to her friends.
Now, their daughter is very little, so obviously it's innocent from her perspective, but I always feel a little twinge when they joke about that. I just want to tell them to take the fucking ipad from her and get off facebook chat! Literally nothing good will come of that, but they're facebook addicts and won't listen.
Every once in a while I can hear the facebook narratives shit out of their mouths in spite of their usual tendency toward being pretty based and it just crawls up my spine.
Yep. They will joke it into existence. I know there is a lot of love for the show It's Always Sunny... besides the fact that Danny Devito has always made my skin crawl, that stupid fucking toll troll song is reprehensible. I will not quote the words. I banned that bullshit show in my house long ago and any overly sexual jokes are always admonished. Some things just aren't funny.
That's why I dont like that recently popular anime Seven Deadly Sins(among others). They shove in all the sexual shit wayyyyyy too much. Like, it doesnt bother me when one of them shows throws something in every now and then but when I sit down and watch a few episodesnof a show and theres so much of that garbage it overshadows everything else.. yeah, no. 🤮
at the moment a large segment of the population don't even see it as a problem
They not only don't see it as a problem, they see it as an "opportunity" in more ways than one. This is how I picture the last frame of that picture: https://i.imgur.com/IqnkJDq.jpg
Like what's that even mean "attack it at a cultural level" that sounds exactly like the made up shit I hear everyday on Daily Blast Live (my coworker watches it every day for some reason so I'm along for the ride)
That is true, but at the moment a large segment of the population don't even see it as a problem. We need to be good parents but also attack this at a cultural level.
I dominate the culture in my home. Communism may not be suitable for a government but it's perfectly suited to a single family household. My home's firewall is more impressive than China's.
I'm all for reversing course on the nation's culture, but I won't put the blame elsewhere for what happens in my home.
I taught my kids to listen very carefully to advertising and political speech. I figured they would hear it, anyway.
That's the important part. You can't make your kids pariahs by making your home totally free from the culture outside. They need to be taught principle and independent thought to grow into functional adults. The more degenerate parts of society, however, can be removed without consequence.
In the world, not of the world is how I was taught. I’ve seen what happens to kids who are sheltered too much and then exposed to the world suddenly. My friend lost her husband that way. Went on American Ninja Warrior, gained a little bit of fame and couldn’t resist the drugs/alcohol/women that came his way because of an extremely sheltered upbringing. You can’t just teach kids ________ is bad. You have to teach _____ is bad BECAUSE it leads to xyz. When I lived in Los Angeles I had a doctor who told me as soon as his kids were old enough he loaded them in the car and drove along skid row and asked them if this “urban camping” looked fun and told them this could be where they end up if they made certain choices in their life. I think it’s very important to teach kids that all choices have consequences, both good and bad. You can’t pick up one end of the stick without picking up the other. We have too little accountability in today’s society and people are always looking to shift the blame to others.
I have a neighbor who is generally pretty based, but they joke all the time about their daughter and how they need to keep her "off the pole" because of how she messes around on Facebook chat showing her butt, etc to her friends.
Now, their daughter is very little, so obviously it's innocent from her perspective, but I always feel a little twinge when they joke about that. I just want to tell them to take the fucking ipad from her and get off facebook chat! Literally nothing good will come of that, but they're facebook addicts and won't listen.
Every once in a while I can hear the facebook narratives shit out of their mouths in spite of their usual tendency toward being pretty based and it just crawls up my spine.
Thank God I'm off that poison!
Yep. They will joke it into existence. I know there is a lot of love for the show It's Always Sunny... besides the fact that Danny Devito has always made my skin crawl, that stupid fucking toll troll song is reprehensible. I will not quote the words. I banned that bullshit show in my house long ago and any overly sexual jokes are always admonished. Some things just aren't funny.
That's why I dont like that recently popular anime Seven Deadly Sins(among others). They shove in all the sexual shit wayyyyyy too much. Like, it doesnt bother me when one of them shows throws something in every now and then but when I sit down and watch a few episodesnof a show and theres so much of that garbage it overshadows everything else.. yeah, no. 🤮
Chris Rock does that "keep my daughter off the pole" line in his stand-up routine.
It always seemed like a euphemism for something worse when he said it.
Nah, they won't get any of that money. Planned Parenthood will sell the parts without telling them and keep the money for themselves.
Like what's that even mean "attack it at a cultural level" that sounds exactly like the made up shit I hear everyday on Daily Blast Live (my coworker watches it every day for some reason so I'm along for the ride)