Great Website...

Hey guys... I just ran across a great website anyone with children should check out. Here it is... http://www.commonsensemedia.org/ . This is an awesome forum for parents who take an active role in the things that our children see and hear in the media. If you really want to get physically ill go look at the statistics that show just how much our kids have their heads slammed in front of a screen. Be it a television or computer screen. You can compound your illness ten fold when you see what kids are watching. And I'm not just talking about late Friday night when their folks are in bed! I've seen some things on the Cartoon Network that nearly took my breath away. Now... there are some good programs there as well. This is not a blog to slam CN or any other kids programmer. It is however COMMON SENSE to take an active part in PRE veiwing what your kids are looking at, and from what I saw http://www.commonsensemedia.org/ is a wonderful tool in helping parents do just that. Check them out. You can donate to help them continue providing this most valuable service for families.

I hate Bicycle helmuts...!!

I have two sons age nine and ten. They spent hours riding there bikes. The wreck all the time. My youngest boy can crash riding down a flat paved street. The LAST thing I will allow is for the to wear those stupid bicycle helmuts. What kind of common sense does that make you ask? On a small scale, very little if at all. It does however give me the chance to tell people why my boys don't use them... and that for me makes a huge difference. Let me explain... First off , when I was a kid I would have got the crap beat out of me if I wore one of those things. We were brought up that to be tough on occasion was a good thing. Parents didn't sit in chat rooms devising every possible way to ensure their children get through life without a scratch. A scraped knee wasn't given a second glance. Nowadays it's a trip to the emergency room. Living life hasn't changed since I grew up. Life is still hard. Shielding our young people from any harm whatsoever has done nothing but produce a generation of wimps. I find no bigger dis justice to today's youth than this antiseptic approach to child rearing. It make me ill. How these children don't harbour a lifetime worth of resentment towards their parents for throwing them to the wolves of life without a clue of how to deal with it I'll never understand. Kids need to know a little hurt. Know what it's like to bleed a little. They need to bash their heads a little while their still at home so we can help bandage them up. Metaphorical as well as physical. As great and awe inspiring life is it also SUCKS SOMETIMES... God forbid our children know this...