i was at my 4 year olds school easter disco recently and was shocked to see 6 year old dancing like grown women. my 10 year old is telling me this is how they dance on mtv videos do you think lttle girls should be exposed to this
No it cannot be blamed on a simple TV channel, MTV is just simply using programmes such as Sweet Sixteen to document how kids are growing up to quickly - these kids would still be doing these things even if MTV didn't exist.
Parents, put the telly on/off as and when you see fit, after all it is you who pays for it, tell the kids they can watch whatever they want when they pay for it themselves..parents need to get together on this one as little kids in all innocence see these things on videos and jsut copy. Take back your control and call the shots and give the kids a chance to live their childhood, it is precious, we are all entitled to one, and to be able to look back on some sunny childhood memories. Maybe parents should be geting together at the school gates and saying we will all say no to our kids watching unsuitable content on Tv, and then yr child cannot say 'well so and so's mum lets her watch!' as all the mums willbe saying no ..put the telly off and play a game, i am seeing my great niece today and i know we will spend a few hours in a lovely kiddy world of games...she is seven and she loves having fun this way.
I did not realise that MTV was aimed at such a young audience! Surely it is the fault of the parent for allowing them to watch it in the first place! Children need, and respond to, parameters and it is up to their parents (mainly) to set them.
Doesn't it come down to what the parents let the children watch. I wasn't allowed to watch Radio with Pictures which was sort of the MTV equivalent back in the early 80's in NZ. Because I wasn't allowed to watch it I wasn't exposed to that. I don't say the parents are to blame as society is putting pressure on the child to grow up quicker but I think the only way to stop it is for parents to step in and guide their children through control. Don't wrap them in cotton wool but be prudent about what they watch and maybe even watch it with them to give them an understanding of what is appropriate behaviour for them and what isn't. They will still pick it up from friends at school but it does help to a certain degree.
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