Master of Our Own Household

Today all media report on the broadcasting commission’s (KPI) call for Lativi to push drop or push back its smack down program. KPI later sanctioned Lativi, undisputedly the worst TV station in the country, stop broadcasting these programs. Well that makes a lot of sense and it’s about time. Too may TVs are too relaxed with rules set out on broadcasting time, particularly in the interest of the children. And yes, sanctioned those TV stations, so they learn to better balance commercial and public interest.

A kid was actually killed in being a victim of his peers imitating those pro (and fake) wrestlers. I can relate to that, I have to repeatedly tell my kid that a cap can’t hold him from falling off the roof top. He was devastated to learn that Superman only exist in movies.

You see, these things that affect the way our kids think are everywhere. It is all too easy for us to blame the government, the media (and their capitalist backers) of everything. We can blame the schools too for not properly educating the children. Don’t get me wrong, some of these accusations are well justified. But they’re yours, ours.

So we need to acknowledge the other side of the problem. We parents are too often too relaxed on the kinds of show their kids watch. Rated R movies and we close their eyes in kissing or violent scenes. Or we let the maids watch soaps and mystical shows et al while they’re sitting on the kids.

For once let’s take control of our own kids in household. Tell them what to see and not to see. Forget the damn government.