tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14247942.post4707833193725604723..comments2023-08-10T05:32:21.163-04:00Comments on An Examined Life: Buster is Back, SirVitae Scrutatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12808120163472036743noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14247942.post-50104652070425129712006-12-21T19:21:00.000-05:002006-12-21T19:21:00.000-05:00Hi Sara
Thanks for your comments. I agree with yo...Hi Sara<br /><br />Thanks for your comments. I agree with you.<br /><br />My daughter has two friends in her kindergarten class, both of whom are in families with "two moms". Even if I kept her from watching Buster, she would still be "exposed" to families like that, and I have no intention of telling her either that such people do not exist or that such people are objectively morally disordered. I will probably explain to her, some day, what my own beliefs are about families, and what the teachings of the Church are, but until then I think it is quite enough for her to play with her friends without getting a lot of stuff from me that she won't be able to understand or make any use of.<br /><br />I will also be sure to teach her about compassion, charity, and forgiveness, if for some strange reason she doesn't just pick it up from the good Christian folks around her.Vitae Scrutatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12808120163472036743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14247942.post-34969456262306527982006-12-21T02:13:00.000-05:002006-12-21T02:13:00.000-05:00Though I'm obviously much more liberal on the whol...Though I'm obviously much more liberal on the whole issue here, I do agree with your main thrust...and to further expound: there are countless shows where kid's parents are divorced. Is that any better? Or is it just more common and thus accepted? I'm sure Christian mothers were appalled when the first cartoon with divorced parents aired, but where have they gone to? If they learned from history at all, they'd realize calling the creators of the cartoon is just delaying the inevitable and keeping an otherwise good sounding program from continuing - because I'll bet in <20 years that type of thing will be as well known to children as adoption or divorce or any other number of not-"normal" family structures. <br /><br />Also, I wasn't under the impression that children's shows were aimed towards Christians only. I do believe they have channels for those shows, and if parents are so concerned, they can raise their children watching cartoons about building an ark and let alone those kids whose parents appreciate that part of growing up is learning what to expect from the real world (i.e. probably not to 40 day floods but a likely yes to gay people in their lives). And, IF the kid even notices the difference in the house structure of her animated entertainment, THEN it may fuel a nice conversation about the values that Christianity teaches, and how to be tolerant but not accepting and the other who, what, where, when, and why's of the moral guidelines that parents would want to instill in their kid's lives. Maybe less of the why's - especially at that age...<br /><br />Anyhow, it's better to talk to your kids about this stuff than ignore it or leave it to little cross-carrying cartoon characters to explain. Who wants to get their moral guidance from TV?MuMingJinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627092995620608480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14247942.post-27904279568388778522006-12-20T12:44:00.000-05:002006-12-20T12:44:00.000-05:00Apparently not much, since you can't even distingu...Apparently not much, since you can't even distinguish between an anteater and an aardvark.Vitae Scrutatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12808120163472036743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14247942.post-47254965133663311302006-12-20T10:38:00.000-05:002006-12-20T10:38:00.000-05:00Though I've never seen the spin-off show, I always...Though I've never seen the spin-off show, I always thought Buster was a more interesting character than Arthur, who as Everyanteater can't have much in the way of a distinctive personality.<br /><br />Still, I think we can distinguish between "pretending that those of whom we disapprove don't exist" and "caring whether our children's television shows teach that grave immorality is a good, right, and natural thing."<br /><br />But then, I also think we can distinguish between "caring whether our children's television shows teach that grave immorality is a good, right, and natural thing" and "raising somebody who will stand on the street carrying signs that say 'God hates fags,'" so what do I know?Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14850575419673561383noreply@blogger.com