Topic: Bring Back the Cosbys,,,,
msharmony's photo
Tue 12/15/09 02:06 AM
Where are the parents who parent (teach and guide) their kids instead of befriending(hanging out) with them? I so miss the Cosby show and their style of parenting, why dont we have those examples in the media anymore?

LadyOfMagic's photo
Tue 12/15/09 05:09 AM

Where are the parents who parent (teach and guide) their kids instead of befriending(hanging out) with them? I so miss the Cosby show and their style of parenting, why dont we have those examples in the media anymore?

Because the media considers disfunction newsworthy...not the things that we do that are right

msharmony's photo
Tue 12/15/09 06:24 AM


Where are the parents who parent (teach and guide) their kids instead of befriending(hanging out) with them? I so miss the Cosby show and their style of parenting, why dont we have those examples in the media anymore?

Because the media considers disfunction newsworthy...not the things that we do that are right



good point

Quietman_2009's photo
Tue 12/15/09 07:17 AM
also I read an article a few days ago about media reporting

most of the media journalists have a preconceived view of the world. that view just happens to be socially progressive and all the news has to fit in that template of their view or they just don't report it

they could just as easily be conservative and reporting in that template. the point isnt the nature of their bias just the fact that it exists

msharmony's photo
Tue 12/15/09 07:54 AM
well, reporters suck then,,,lol I want media to be balanced and fair,,is that a pipe dream or what?

Quietman_2009's photo
Tue 12/15/09 08:04 AM

well, reporters suck then,,,lol I want media to be balanced and fair,,is that a pipe dream or what?


these days I think it is

but then again I guess its always been that way

remember the "yellow journalism" of the turn of the century. The Spanish American War was almost directly attributed to Hearst and Pulitzer's sensationalistic reporting

Foliel's photo
Wed 12/16/09 07:40 AM
I also see alot of parents that use the tv or video game system as a babysitter instead of actually doing things with the kids.

msharmony's photo
Wed 12/16/09 11:26 AM

I also see alot of parents that use the tv or video game system as a babysitter instead of actually doing things with the kids.


That is true,,,and though I think this is mostly run off from the need for both parents to work outside the home and the desire for people to have fewer kids(more siblings often mean that the children can occupy and enjoy each others company),,there are those that just were never selfless enough to truly care for children beyond using them as a personal trophy of achievement.