The question is: What can children watch on TV?
Yesterday M and I (the movie buffs we are, decided to watch all the movies coming up on TV). So it was Ashiqui 2 and then Aurangzeb.
A decided to watch with us. Usually, kids are not allowed to watch movies with us. Mostly, it is because we watch movies after they sleep. But this time, we thought, why not? After all it is just a movie.
Oho! Wrong decision. Totally!!
Ashiqui 2 came up with all the super engrossing love scenes and then there was a bombardment of all the emotions that a 7 year old should not watch: Alcoholism, being hopelessly in a weird form of love, suicide..well, it had it all.
Then came up Aurangzeb. Frankly, we were expecting bloodshed. But there was lot more. Explicit love making scenes taken multiple steps ahead. M and I were left stealing glances. Honestly, I was left wondering what to do first. Hide myself, hide A, make him go to his room...Oh my..what???
Making him go to the room would have been too obvious that it is not an appropriate scene, but then it definitely was not an appropriate scene. But then, creating curiosity was also not a good option. So, just the way I have confused you now, we were too equally confused. Ofcourse by then the scene got over. Thank you very much.
If you are going to tell me how much the ever child friendly cartoons? Well, POGO has definitely been bribed by the Chota Bheem makers. They just do not seem to show anything else in the damn channel. There is this little boy and his group of friends, who apparently have no parents to make sure they sleep and eat on time. All they do is fight injustice after eating laddoos. (yeah, that's the new vitamin.)
Hungama has been banned in our home 2 years back. I cannot digest those Japanese cartoons where the mother is always being a freak and the child is being freakier.
The other day, I told A to watch Nat Geo (to make it safe). There came a documentary on all the animals' breeding habits. What do I say when A or N asks me, "What are they doing??" God save me.
I am worried about all the exposure our kids are getting much before the appropriate age. How much can parents control 24*7? I am doing as much as I can...books, board games, sports, fun activities. But TV is not completely avoidable. I can put on age appropriate CDs for them and the likes. But what about casual TV watching?
The question still remains: What can children watch on TV?