Sex, Drugs, Violence, and...teens?

Now would be a great time to "unplug" the kids from the TV.

In these days of economic downturn, it seems the only good news that is easy on an already tight parents wallet would be the fact that most of them already own a very cheap babysitter: the television. Lets not forget that kids already spend a majority of their day SITTING IN SCHOOL, so it makes complete sense for them to naturally plop down infront of the TV(with a clear line of sight of the kitchen refrigerator most likely) and watch that four hour Spongebob marathon every evening. Mom and Dad aren't paying them any attention, so little Johny puts in another microwave pizza for dinner, with doritos and ice cream to boot. It's no wonder that almost a third of children and teens are overweight with all this sitting around and eating they do. No time to go out and play, my show is on! Parents could even do their kids a favor, by stepping in and being parents! Have dinner NOT in front of the tv for once, or take them outside and actually spend time with their kids: just like grandma used to do!

The American Psychiatric Association states "By age eighteen, an Amerian youth will have seen sixteen thousand simulated murders and two hundred thousand acts of violence." Now, I can't blame Spongebob for all of this, but there's plenty of garbage on the other four hundred channels your parents paid for. Violence and profanity are rampant in almost everything we are exposed to. Lets not forget video games either; plenty of gore, death, and language in just about any modern "war oriented" video game purchase. Personally, they seem so realistic these days I'm convinced America is being mentally prepared for an invasion and that I need to go buy Dragon Skin, another tactical rifle, and start filling sandbags.

If the modern pop culture wasn't a clear indication of the abortion of modern American values, than perhaps we can find something or someone else to blame for all the sex and drugs rampantly tossed at our young kids and teens. Miley and Lindsay, for example. The former will be in playboy in six months, all the while her cartoon reruns will still be showing on Nickelodeon. The later has been on a sinking ship for years and has nothing better to do than self destruct and pretend to be a lesbian. These are the kind of people our kids look up to! Our big TV heros!