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Re: Inappropriate Adverts on kids TV

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

And I do in all fairness agree with you ive just elaborated on my point :)

The only thing ever scared my daughter was then news about bird flu when they found the swan she was terrified (she saw it on the news at her mums not here I dont watch the news it scares me too lol ) and a person dressed as a ghost at Warwick castle ( we were going into a haunting type thing it was only a year ago the person on the door was made up as a ghost and said the ghosts inside favoured pink.My daughter had a pink t shirt on and the poor thing was well scared )

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Anyhoo my daughter has from a very early age been able to differentiate reality from fiction and has known for yours that films are not real and has also for years enjoyed watching (slighty) scary films as she calls them .She will be watching x-men 3 as she has watched 1 and 2 when they come out.In fact its a shame its not getting a 12A

This is why I try to shield my kids from seeing/hearing things that they don't need to. Kids are not as able to differentiate reality from fantasy as adults. More so as they get older but as you illustrate your 10 year old struggled with the ghost even though she may seem to be mature enough 90% of the time.

Re: Inappropriate Adverts on kids TV

I think we have to be careful here of interpreting the world the way we see it and assuming that children interpret it in the the same way. I remember an episode of 'Child Of Our Time', where young children of about age 5 were shown a clip of a nasty accident in a soap opera, and then asked about it afterwards. From what I recall very few actually picked out elements that the adults assumed they would have.

Also, is being scared always a negative thing?

I think the news is far more worrying than most pre-watershed programmes or adverts, but conversely we would likely see children viewing this as positive and educational.

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Yep, I agree with Zing and SlackDad, the news is rarely, if ever, suitable for kids to watch, and yet is shown daily at 6pm.

If the national news wasn't bad enough, with talk of bombings, coups d'ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™Ãƒâ€*Ã¢â‚¬â„¢ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â©tat, kidnapping, murders, etc... then our local news seems to be a review - in pictures - of the day's fatal car crashes :(

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Personally I see it as a bad sign about the state of society that we have to have a channel on all hours just for children. I was always told to actually get out of the house and DO things, not watch all the time. It's how I plan to raise my kids when I have them.

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I think the adverts are annoying... so my little lad only watches CBeebies because he gets impatient waiting for his cartoons to come back on.

As for scary/inappropriate adverts, i haven't seen that many of them tbh, but there are always loads on for junk food and i thought there was a bit outcry about this and was made to be stopped?:shrug: