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Parenting Rant for Today

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 11:59 am
by dakshdar
I love Halloween.

My kid's really love Halloween.

I hate that Halloween season means cable TV starts airing Halloween Horror Nights and Knott's Scary Farm commercials after 6 or 7 pm repeatedly while we have something on like a Dodger's game. Annoying to have to scramble for the remote and flip channels to avoid exposing the kids to that stuff.

And that's my parenting rant for today, 10/3/2018.

Re: Parenting Rant for Today

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 12:02 pm
by Cnasty
But have they asked to play Fortnite yet?!!?

Re: Parenting Rant for Today

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 12:16 pm
by texasfan4444
LOL. my kid isn't as cool your yours. he wont sit and watch anything on the TV that's not Peppa Pig, Cailou, Drumming videos or movies.

Re: Parenting Rant for Today

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 12:29 pm
by DRiccio21
i fucking love Peppa pig.


datty pig is stuck in tub, george thinks thats funny, roll on floor, cut scene

Re: Parenting Rant for Today

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 12:38 pm
by shel311
My boys were huge into Peppa Pig. They're 7 now, those days are over.

It's all Fortnite and Minecraft and Roblox now!!!

Re: Parenting Rant for Today

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 12:39 pm
by Cnasty
My son watched 2+ innings of the playoff game last night with me and I think someone was cutting onions in the kitchen.

Kid hasn't been this hooked on something since his toddler years of Yo Gabba Gabba.

Re: Parenting Rant for Today

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 12:40 pm
by Weasel
My 1 yr old daughter cant get enough of the Disney characters.

"Minnie? Daisey?
"No, I dont think theyre around right now"
..."Donald? Pete?"

All. Day.

Re: Parenting Rant for Today

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 12:43 pm
by texasfan4444
Charlie just recently discovered the classic Looney Tunes Big Bad Wolf cartoon. Hopefully that will translate into some Marvin the Martian and Bugs Bunny shenanigans.

Re: Parenting Rant for Today

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 5:40 pm
by dakshdar
Cnasty wrote:But have they asked to play Fortnite yet?!!?
No. No guns allowed. I had to take the guns out of the packages of the Avengers and Batman toys he has (per wife's orders).

Doesn't stop him from running around saying he's going to "pew" everything while making "pew-pew" sounds.

Not sure what my wife thinks she is accomplishing...

Re: Parenting Rant for Today

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 5:42 pm
by dakshdar
texasfan4444 wrote:Charlie just recently discovered the classic Looney Tunes Big Bad Wolf cartoon. Hopefully that will translate into some Marvin the Martian and Bugs Bunny shenanigans.
We recently added Boomerang Channel on Amazon Prime Video. They have a load of the classic Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, and Scooby Doo. Worth the $5 a month for while they want to watch them and then can drop it any time and pick up a different channel if desired (we used to have the PBS channel but we get that on Spectrum and don't get Boomerang).

Re: Parenting Rant for Today

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:31 am
by ReignOnU
DRiccio21 wrote:i fucking love Peppa pig.


datty pig is stuck in tub, george thinks thats funny, roll on floor, cut scene

The password is daddy's big belly.

Re: Parenting Rant for Today

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:35 am
by ReignOnU
dakshdar wrote:I love Halloween.

My kid's really love Halloween.

I hate that Halloween season means cable TV starts airing Halloween Horror Nights and Knott's Scary Farm commercials after 6 or 7 pm repeatedly while we have something on like a Dodger's game. Annoying to have to scramble for the remote and flip channels to avoid exposing the kids to that stuff.

And that's my parenting rant for today, 10/3/2018.

I think the only thing we've ever turned the TV off for was when my wife had Shameless on and the kids came in to the room. That was just do the ridiculous language (I'm not a fan of the show I think it's terrible). We're usually just up front with the kids... this isn't real, this is a tv show, etc. Kids are 3 and 6.

Re: Parenting Rant for Today

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:39 am
by The_Niddler
My daughter just turned 2 and she is big into Peppa Pig right now.
That, Daniel Tiger and Pinkalicious are her favorites.

My son is 5 and into the Kratt brothers, which I love, because he learns a lot about animals.
That and he watches youtube for kids and watches a few good "shows" on there, but I dont recall their names right now.

Re: Parenting Rant for Today

Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2018 10:46 am
by ajalves
my kids haven't watched actual TV in years I'd guess. With teenagers its all youtube/twitch all the time. Occaisionally Netflix for a series of some kind

Re: Parenting Rant for Today

Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2018 10:51 am
by nick
at this girls place on the weekend and she has a 2 yr old.. and man... the people who make those youtube channels for kids are creepy as fuck.

Re: Parenting Rant for Today

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 10:56 am
by texasfan4444
nick wrote:at this girls place on the weekend and she has a 2 yr old.. and man... the people who make those youtube channels for kids are creepy as fuck.
fact.

Re: Parenting Rant for Today

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 6:20 pm
by texasfan4444
Speaking of Daniel. This popped up in my timeline today.

https://www.facebook.com/1000989907/pos ... 673036587/