Any shows your kids aren't allowed to watch?

[txteach]

My 5 yr. old like cartoons and loves disney. She watches most cartoons but a few I don't let her watch.

1. Max and Ruby- Ruby treats her little brother like a punk and I don't want Lizzy to get the impression it's ok to do. Poor max is about 3 or 2 and Ruby is about 5 or 6. When Ruby's friends come over they keep max away from them.

2. Spongebob- This show is just not for my daughter.

3. Family guy- WAY too adult for a 5 yr. old.

4. Any movie over a G rating (at 5, G is good enough)

These are my picks for my daughter and it works for us. Maybe I'm a bit overprotective but at her age I like her to watch TV with lessons or learning attached to it.Do you guys restrict what your kids watch?

[palitoy]

1. Max and Ruby- Ruby treats her little brother like a punk and I don't want Lizzy to get the impression it's ok to do. Poor max is about 3 or 2 and Ruby is about 5 or 6. When Ruby's friends come over they keep max away from them.

Ruby is a total Jerk, not to mention her condescending tone. Ech, that show angers my wife.

We don't let the kids watch:

Family Guy/American Dad- I like those shows but there's just no way.

6teen/Total Drama Island

Couille- That kid whines.

Barney- I hate Barney.

Martin mysteries- gives them nightmares.

Simpsons-only when we watch with them.

We do love ourselves Spongebob, fairly odd parents, Johnny Test, superfriends and Atomic betty. We have a retro cartoon channel and the kids love fat albert, looney tunes and rocket robin hood. Although some of the old Andy Panda cartoons shown on there are insanely racist, I'm not so cool with those.

[toys2cool]

My 5 yr. old like cartoons and loves disney. She watches most cartoons but a few I don't let her watch.

1. Max and Ruby- Ruby treats her little brother like a punk and I don't want Lizzy to get the impression it's ok to do. Poor max is about 3 or 2 and Ruby is about 5 or 6. When Ruby's friends come over they keep max away from them.

2. Spongebob- This show is just not for my daughter.

3. Family guy- WAY too adult for a 5 yr. old.

4. Any movie over a G rating (at 5, G is good enough)

These are my picks for my daughter and it works for us. Maybe I'm a bit overprotective but at her age I like her to watch TV with lessons or learning attached to it.Do you guys restrict what your kids watch?

lol! man sometimes I forget how bad Family guy really is,it's funny but not for kids

[palitoy]

lol! man sometimes I forget how bad Family guy really is,it's funny but not for kids

One night my 3 year old couldn't sleep and I was watching Family guy while holding her, I never realised how adult it was. I changed the channel within 2 minutes.

[BlackKnight]

I just pretty Much try & stay away from any sorta Racial topics or "Humor" ,... I don't need to be explaining anything until he's of age,.. when he can do it himself. I just don't feel it's good for the House.

[Raydeen1]

Family Guy, Simpsons, Futurama.

When they were younger: Barney and TeleTubbies although they had mostly disappeared, thankfully.

That's about it really.

[Dave Mc]

My son was big on Max and Ruby when he was little. Ruby was more a mother character than a sister, and let's face it, Max always got the better of her, so her tude never bothered me. Max always made her look like a smuck.

I would never let my kid watch Barney when he was little. I always found that show offensive for some reason.

Now that he's older, it's a question of what kind of violence it is. I had no problem taking him to see Iron Man, even Hellboy. The violence there is kind of cartoony, but I wont take him to see Batman:Dark Knight. The violence is just to real in that flick from all accounts.

[cjefferys]

This is something I will have to think about pretty soon (my son is 2 years old now). Unfortunately, my "kid safe" barometer seems to be nearly non-existant right now in some cases. I'll be watching a movie like 300 or THE WILD BUNCH and my son will wake up from his nap and wander into the room and I'll keep it on, with him sitting down watching beside me, until my wife comes in and complains. Maybe it's because I still think of him as being too young to understand and absorb what is happening on TV? I'll have to watch that.

But I still remember being 7 or 8 years old, and my parents wouldn't let me watch Happy Days or Three's Company. (yet I got a Mego Fonzie for Christmas a year or so later)

[kingdom warrior]

These shows are no nos anyone violating these will be severly punished

1.Barney- I hate barney
2.Dora/Diego- those show blow
2.Tele Tubbies-Horrible show
4.Wiggles- Dear god what an annoying turd show

[HardyGirl]

No kids of my own, but I do teach at a "Peace Academy". This means we try to solve problems w/ words, and toy weapons or weapons play of any kind is not permitted. No play fighting either. When we play action figures, I encourage the kids to go on missions and have adventures rather than fight. So we don't watch violent cartoons or videos. Even though they have seen 60s Batman, I fast forward past the fight scenes. If they balk about it, I turn it off.

[sauce]

My boy really has restricted viewing but he doesn't know it. He cannot watch just about everything on TV, except Mr. Rogers, Sesame Street, Star Trek TOS (he watches just a little) and Seinfeld (he wants to learn it because his mommy and daddy talk about it all the time!). Speed Racer is about as violent and racist as we get.

I had total control of the dial as a kid. I am messed up because of it!! LOL

[cjefferys]

These shows are no nos anyone violating these will be severly punished

1.Barney- I hate barney
2.Dora/Diego- those show blow
2.Tele Tubbies-Horrible show
4.Wiggles- Dear god what an annoying turd show

I'll give you 1-3, but I have to admit that I don't mind the Wiggles, and my son loves them. Damn those Aussies and their colourful shirts and catchy songs!

Because of my wife, he watches a lot of Japanese kids shows too. I have to take my wife's word for it that they are ok, but one cartoon segment involves a talking toilet that a character poops into sometimes. Maybe it's trying to teach toilet training, but I'm still suspicious.

[ctc]

>Family guy- WAY too adult for a 5 yr. old.

THIS one ends up on a lot of lists, which I find real weird since it's NOT a kids show. It's not even PRETENDING to be a kids show. The sexuality would be beyond most kids, and unless you're 30+ years old you probably don't get most of the refrences.

I guess 'cos it's a cartoon folks assume it MUST be for kids. Even folks who should know better...

Don C.

[huedell]

>Family guy- WAY too adult for a 5 yr. old.

THIS one ends up on a lot of lists, which I find real weird since it's NOT a kids show. It's not even PRETENDING to be a kids show. The sexuality would be beyond most kids, and unless you're 30+ years old you probably don't get most of the refrences.

I guess 'cos it's a cartoon folks assume it MUST be for kids. Even folks who should know better...

Don C.

Hear...hear...

The question marks were building in my head every time I saw it mentioned
in this thread.

And what kid in their right mind would WANT to watch FAMILY GUY?

I mean...what kid...would even understand it enough to like it?

[mitchedwards]

We stick with PBS kids, Sprout, and Nick JR.