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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm one of the PPs who suggested some shows but also agree that regardless of what a kid is watching it's the attitude and language of kids around them that influences them as well. I actually find it's sometimes easier to have inappropriate stuff happen in media than in real life, because then I can say that behavior or language might be ok in a show/when someone is performing or whatever but not in real life as opposed to when classmates are saying or doing something I don't like right in front of them.[/quote]

It's true that other kids' language and attitudes do influence kids at this age--though that likely means that those kids are watching the kinds of stuff that teaches and reinforces the backtalk etc.

While OP can't control what other parents let their kids watch, for now, she can control what her own kids see, and in her shoes I stuck to shows and movies that demonstrated appropriate behaviors and language. I do get the point about how one can use inappropriate behavior in media to point to as an example of "we don't do this in real life"; however, in shows and movies, too often, the sass-mouthed kid or way-too-mature-acting preteen is rewarded for the behavior in the fictional world that the real-world parent is saying "we don't do." It's a mixed message: Mom is pointing out how this backtalk is unacceptable, but on screen the child sees an appealing kid her own age who gets laughs by doing this, is popular, etc....You see the mixed message there? Better to present the media role models you do want your kid to emulate than the ones you don't want emulated, at this age.

The discussion around characters' negative behaviors is an important one but will evolve as the child gets older and watches more complex things.

All too soon kids will be seeing stuff you can't control, OP, so use the time you've got while you still have that level of control over what your child sees. I'm pretty sure this idea won't be popular with some posters but it's what we did and DC was not some super sheltered, naive teen later on. [/quote]

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