Okay. I let my kids watch what I call the stupid tube or TV as you spell it. But not as often as they want. Specially during school days, it is one of my rules that TV time is okay only during weekends. They can see some of their favorite channels while waiting for their school bus and right after breakfast but for a very limited time only. For an obvious reason that their attention won't be diverted and they can concentrate more on doing their homeworks after school.
But now its summer time. No more homeworks, no more exams.
My kids, while waiting for their summer classes to start on Monday are spending most of their time either watching TV or playing PET SOCIETY . Yes, I have allowed them to use the computer and watch TV and they can even sleep at late hours! Summer is to have fun anyway. They can do whatever they want as long as it is approved by mom. It seems contradicting huh, but as a mom, you don't want be a summer spoiler do you? And as a mom, you can't also afford to let your kids be exposed to things that are harmful for their well being. To put a limit is not to contradict, I personally believe.
Speaking of limit, though, I have allowed them to play couch potato this time of the year, I forbid them to watch Mr. Bean and the Tagalog dramas their yayas love to watch. Before you raise eyebrows, these are my few reasons why I don't want my kids spending their summer with Mr. BEAN and the Drama Queens.
1. I like Rowan Atkinson but not Mr. Bean who lacks normal intelligence, understanding and awareness of basic aspects of the way the world works, who is selfish and who brings various unusual schemes and connivances to everyday tasks. If Mr. Bean is always in state of STUPOR, the drama queens of Cinema One are always in state of HYSTERIA and DILEMMA. Scenes from these two are very disturbing for kids. I don't want my kids to have a Bean-y way of solving a problems or even be hysterical when they can't find one.
2. Mr. Bean doesn't speak and when he does on a very rare occasions, its just mumbled words that are familiar only to MARTIANS. The Drama Queens? When they are not kissing, you see them crying and yelling vis a vis their kontrabidas. If you can visualize a world with people who shouts a Martian language, then you are imagining another planet as MARS. Earth on you, kiddo!
3. If Mr. Bean has this annoying attachment to Teddy, which he often pretends as alive, the drama queens have this unending desire to get revenge, to kill and to succeed in a very dramatic ways. Kids have to learn the value of friendship not with dolls and cars but to real people they need to deal with for the rest of their lives. At a young age, it is very dangerous for them to see scenes that portrays isolation, revenge or anger. And these are the things I see what these two programs try to depict.
If you disagree with me, I don't need to argue with you. If you're Mr Bean Fan or the DQ's, its always your call. If you think Mr. Bean has this out of ordinary way of making you laugh, so be it. I can't stop you.
But for me, it is my responsibility as a mom, as sister, as a guidance to watch over the young people of what they eat, what they hear and what they see. Because thats what they will become. We have to be choosy and cautious of the kind of world we have now. People around us are not all responsible enough for every actions they do. As long as they can earn money, grab fortune, they will do anything even at other people's expense.
I just can't let other people get their riches while contaminating my kids' young minds. And so I say, Mr. Bean and the DQs are not for my kiddos!
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