I think its sad that unless you have cable there are no non violent cartoons on regular television for our kids today. I always loved waking up and watching the flintstones and bugs bunny. i would like for my kids to have the same fond memories as i did as a kid.
today everything is violent unless you watch chanel tbs
2006-09-12 20:28:47 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Yes, other cartoons are sitll violent but somehow, cartoons nowadays seem less innocent and more intentfully malicious-- I cant explain it.
Plus, the animation moves WAY to QUICKLY and the storyline is WAY too BUSY and fast. No wonder kids are ADD, with flashing screens constantly and lots of noise, of course a classroom is going to be 'boring' in comparison!
I remember watching those plus simple shows like the original batman, the Munsters, and other innocent shows. I do fear for ourgeneration and the next quite highly with how insensitive everything is, and how marked by selfishness and impatience everything is....
2006-09-12 20:39:34 · answer #1 · answered by Yentl 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First of all I'd like to say that not everything a child watches needs to be of educational value. I seriously doubt that all the parents here only watch things that offer educational value. There is a thing called entertainment and children deserve some down time too, simply to be entertained.
As for The Flintstones and Bugs Bunny--you did not find those violent? They were very violent. As a I recall, more than one character often had a gun and used it!! There were explosions. All the characters were always getting hurt. The Flintstones was also violent and Fred was verbally abusive. The cartoons today are not any worse. Maybe a bit different but not worse. I watch with my kids all the time and while I find some cartoons weird or their premise rather ridiculous, I've seen nothing to be alarmed about. In fact, there are quite a few clever cartoons out there now that are quite hilarious.
2006-09-12 21:00:37 · answer #2 · answered by Amelia 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I used to watch Bugs Bunny and the Flinstones. If you think about it, those were also quite violent. Elmer Fudd trying to kill the Bunny Wabbit. I understand where you're coming from. The new cartoons are just... BLAH. I personally wouldn't want my child watching some of them. When you said tbs, did you mean PBS?
2006-09-13 00:11:49 · answer #3 · answered by Margaret S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My kids who are 7 & 8....watch cartoons on PBS....I dont have cable either....but I dont allow them to watch the other cartoons....even though they are little old for the ones that are showing on PBS...they enjoy them...kind of like we did with Bugs & Flintstones.....They watch Clifford, Maya & Miguel, Sesame Street, Dragon Tales & things like that.....but they NON Violent which is what I like most about them....
I do miss my Road Runner though....lol
2006-09-12 22:42:57 · answer #4 · answered by mysticfairy74 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I do. It is really a shame what horrible cartoons are sometimes made for kids these days !!
Here in Singapore these horrible cartoons exist too, but at luck you don't have to stick to those as there are also nice and very friendly or funny ones.
2006-09-12 20:33:14 · answer #5 · answered by meiguanxi :) 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
YEAh you need cable to get real educational cartoons! No I think CBS does play nick cartoons Saturday morning.
2006-09-12 20:49:53 · answer #6 · answered by anjelahoy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember they were appropriate and also interesting. These days not even with cable can you see good cartoons, you need the most expensive version of cable to see them. It sucks. The others are either too voilent with no storyline or too boring with no storyline.
I miss pepper ann.
2006-09-12 20:39:08 · answer #7 · answered by vampire_kitti 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They had something that came with the television when I was a kid, it was the way our parents monitored our television time. It was called an ON/OFF button. I beleive that to this day televisions as well as remotes come with them, yet I don't see many parents using them.
2006-09-12 20:40:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remember when wrestling used to be family oriented too?
What we get off antenna is what now they call acceptable in the FCC.
Soon they will have the likes of cursing comedies on there as well.
2006-09-12 20:41:10 · answer #9 · answered by leftturnclyde152521 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are still some channels that show these cartoons on cable
2006-09-12 20:30:48 · answer #10 · answered by witchfromoz2003 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋