OMG! I am SHOCKED!!!!!

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  • CoraGregoryCPA
    CoraGregoryCPA Posts: 1,087 Member
    Dr. Radio had the BEST statement I've ever heard and when I have kids I will live by it.

    You are to PREPARE your kids, not protect them. So tell them everything, prepare and make them aware.. if you protect them and never let them hear anything.. they may turn out worse.
  • SLaw4215
    SLaw4215 Posts: 596 Member
    I go under netflix with my son and watch anything under thriller, horror, sci-fi.
    He always wants the stupid trains (thomas) and that penguin (pingu). I'd chop off someones thumbs to get in a good story about eye plucking, or glass slippers.
    lol
  • sunkisses
    sunkisses Posts: 2,365 Member
    I was raised on the Brothers Grimm stories as well. Maybe that's why I've never once considered referring to myself as a princess. That *kitten* will cost you your big toe.
  • rextcat
    rextcat Posts: 1,408 Member
    :huh: at least i read to my kids, and by the by no matter how grimm the storys are its way better than the crap on tv. :wink:
  • mwcraig34
    mwcraig34 Posts: 359 Member
    People are worried about what's in the bible? Have you seen some of the cartoons that come on? I won't even let my kids watch Cartoon Network! Plus if you can't differentiate ,as an adult, which stories in the bible are appropriated for children and which are not, you shouldn't be raising children!!! It's common since!!!!
  • sarasmile144
    sarasmile144 Posts: 108 Member
    Just make sure you don't let your kids read the Bible...it's full of murder, rape, incest and all that other icky stuff!
    YES! And people getting decapitated and torn apart and everything else icky under the sun.
  • nerdyandilikeit
    nerdyandilikeit Posts: 2,185 Member
    You should see the comics my daughter reads. Roman Dirge is awesome!

    Sheltering kids never works anyway.

    You're right. My mom didn't shelter us, and now we're known as the 'goody-goodies' of the family (which is just a nice way of saying we didn't make awful decisions in our 20s, at least so far).
  • nerdyandilikeit
    nerdyandilikeit Posts: 2,185 Member
    I know in the original cinderella story the ugly sisters chop off bits of their feet try and fit into the glass slipper, in little red riding hood the woodcutter guts the wolf, in the little mermaid the mermaid is left broken hearted and dies but luckily instead of turning to sea foam (which is what happens when mermaids die as they don't have souls) some spirits rescue her and she becomes one and has the a few hundred years to earn her soul.....

    I like the old tales. When I was 9 a neighbour gave me an old copy of Hans Andersons Fairy Tales (old as in there's a written inscription inside that says "To Maggie, Happy Xmas 1899, Love Aunt Lizzie" ) and they were enjoyabley depressing and gruesome. :happy:

    I'd have no qualms allowing my daughter hearing the original versions - more true to human personalities/attitudes/behaviour than some disney-fied version :wink:


    For some reason, I never read the original stories of things like this growing up. Actually, it was probably because when I said I was done with my books, my mom would point to her boxes upon boxes of harlequin novels she had from being in a book of the month club. I know I was less than 10 when that started.

    Anyways, I'm working on reading them now and they're awesome. I do love a Disney happy ending in the right time and place, though. I'm a sap.
  • nerdyandilikeit
    nerdyandilikeit Posts: 2,185 Member
    (We settled on Trogdor).

    That effing rocks.
  • macpatti
    macpatti Posts: 4,280 Member
    When my children were babies up to when they were oh.... 2nd grade, I read them their Bible stories from their children's Bibles and then I'd read the Narnia series... no fairy tales, no witches or goblins...
    Oh, no! Your children were read the bible???? And CS Lewis' stories???? I am shocked and dismayed. What ever will happen to your children? Seriously, people who are bashing the bible here think that IF you read your children the bible, you must take it literally and read them every single scripture, regardless of their age or maturity level. Give me a break.
  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,021 Member
    I've heard many justifications for why people don't want to introduce their kids to the Bible, but "there are stories of sin in it!" is a new one. Next, I'll hear that people choose not to go to church because of all the sinners who attend.
  • macpatti
    macpatti Posts: 4,280 Member
    I've heard many justifications for why people don't want to introduce their kids to the Bible, but "there are stories of sin in it!" is a new one. Next, I'll hear that people choose not to go to church because of all the sinners who attend.
    I understand there are people who don't know how to read the bible, or how to decipher literal stories from hyperbole/poetry/parables, but I can't stand when people bash something they have no real understanding about. I also love when people say they don't go to church because it's full of a bunch of hypocrits. Again, they have no understanding of the reason for going to church or seeking reconciliation.
  • boomboom011
    boomboom011 Posts: 1,459
    I've heard many justifications for why people don't want to introduce their kids to the Bible, but "there are stories of sin in it!" is a new one. Next, I'll hear that people choose not to go to church because of all the sinners who attend.
    I understand there are people who don't know how to read the bible, or how to decipher literal stories from hyperbole/poetry/parables, but I can't stand when people bash something they have no real understanding about. I also love when people say they don't go to church because it's full of a bunch of hypocrits. Again, they have no understanding of the reason for going to church or seeking reconciliation.

    im a big fat sinning christian! but hey at least I admit it :)
  • macpatti
    macpatti Posts: 4,280 Member
    im a big fat sinning christian! but hey at least I admit it :)
    Wait. Christians sin???? No!
  • boomboom011
    boomboom011 Posts: 1,459
    im a big fat sinning christian! but hey at least I admit it :)
    Wait. Christians sin???? No!

    yes and we say bad words too. we even get tattoos.
  • macpatti
    macpatti Posts: 4,280 Member
    yes and we say bad words too. we even get tattoos.
    What about drinking, smoking, and gambling? I thought Christians just walked around thumping bibles at people and making small children read the "horror" stories of the bible.
  • boomboom011
    boomboom011 Posts: 1,459
    yes and we say bad words too. we even get tattoos.
    What about drinking, smoking, and gambling? I thought Christians just walked around thumping bibles at people and making small children read the "horror" stories of the bible.

    yes, we smoke, drink and gamble (lottery!).

    real Christians dont do that. just the ones that are full of caca.
  • Phant4sy
    Phant4sy Posts: 83
    I am very open and don't shelter my child. I grew up watching horror movies and my grandpa and dad read Brother's Grimm stories to me a lot. If something disturbs my daughter enough not to pay attention that is on her. The way I see it, my kid has two eyes and two ears and she will learn eventually what this world has to offer. She WILL know what is real and what is fake. What is right and what is wrong. She will know the difference.
  • mwcraig34
    mwcraig34 Posts: 359 Member
    All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God! Yes, everyone sins! The only perfect one was Christ! "Don't read the bible to your kids because it is icky" Is one of the most nonsensical statements I have ever seen on MFP! I have children from ages 4 to 7 and being a responsible adult I pick and choose what my children are exposed to from the bible, the TV, radio, or movies. That's what makes you a good parent!
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