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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is interesting.  We don't do any violent cartoons or movies, and I wonder if I'm sheltering my 4 yo DS too much.  Eventually he'll be watching this stuff.  Now I'm a bit worried that he'll be embarrassed in front of his friends.

Any thoughts on this?  He's never asked to watch either the comics or the movies.  He's more into watching NASCAR and truck-related stuff.  [/quote]

When my 10 year old (going into 5th grade) mentions something his friends get to do, we listen.  We don't immediately cave, but we also don't cut him off at the knees with a no or a diatribe.  Sometimes we give the request a trial period, sometimes we stick to our guns.  His teacher has already talked about how our kids are more sheltered than most (in a good way), but I don't want it to bite us in the long run.  And if the answer is a no, than we explain our concerns or thoughts most of the time.[/quote]

I'm the 17:19 poster that you quoted.  I think this is an approach we'd want to take.  Right now at age 4, it's never been an issue.  But, I know that it will eventually come up for sure.  I don't want DS to start sneaking out to watch stuff.  I'd definitely rather know what he's watching so that we can at least talk about it![/quote]

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