Commercials on parenting

sunstruck

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How sad is it that we now need commercials to tell parents the basics of raising children?

They say things like "Find out where your children are when they go out" and "Talk to your kids about drugs".

Ummm duh? I'm not bothered by the commercials so much, but by the FACT that they are actually necessary. Unfortunately the sad thing is, I think the parents that don't think about these things themselves, don't care about them at all.

So, helpful reminders? Or simply sad comentary?
 
Too bad it is a needed thing, or at least that the people in charge of making the commercials THINK that they are necessary.

With many parents these days being "so young", I think it just might be a needed thing.
 
Unfortunately, I wish more parents paid attention to those. They should make ones that say "tell your children to respect others" and "find out when your child's homework is due from his/her teacher, not from him/her".
 
Quadruple posting? Now, that's just silly.
 
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I think it is sad.

Maybe its the fault of child labor laws. Before those we know where our kids were and we just hoped they didn't get killed by any heavy machinery because the loss of their paycheck could mean eviction.
 
Eumenides said:
Unfortunately, I wish more parents paid attention to those. They should make ones that say "tell your children to respect others" and "find out when your child's homework is due from his/her teacher, not from him/her".

Actually many schools now have webpages where teachers post the homework every night so that parents know exactly what is due when. They also have tips and events listings and pretty much everything you need to know about your kids school. I have the school my neicefews attend bookmarked and whenever they are staying here I know what they are supposed to be doing.

I know when dealing with teenagers it's not always possible to know where they are 24/7. But you can have a general idea. Also knowing your kids friends and their parents is important.

The point is if you aren't going to be involved with your kids lives you shouldn't have them. People take breeding for granted.
 
sunstruck said:
The point is if you aren't going to be involved with your kids lives you shouldn't have them. People take breeding for granted.

I couldn't have said it better, so I quoted it.
 
Thanks. Anyone ever tell you you have a Helena Bonum Carter thing goin' on? Very nice.
 
sunstruck said:
Thanks. Anyone ever tell you you have a Helena Bonum Carter thing goin' on? Very nice.

I think that is perhaps the best compliment I've had all year! :kiss:
 
sunstruck said:
The point is if you aren't going to be involved with your kids lives you shouldn't have them. People take breeding for granted.

That's so true.

Also, if you're not going to put your kids as your first priority, then don't breed.
 
sad commentary, then again what would I know. I only gave up a carreer so somone else would not be raising my children
 
Those commercials are great. You have to remember that many young, low income people, who maybe didn't come from the best homes themselves, are raising kids.

Simple information like never shake a baby or talk to your kids about drugs, could be information they need.

Did you know that something like 1/3 of the kids who come out of our foster care system in this country become parents within two years of turning 18? How scary is that?
 
brokenbrainwave said:
sad commentary, then again what would I know. I only gave up a carreer so somone else would not be raising my children


Of course you did. You live up to Beefcake's rule and I agree with it totally.
 
sunstruck said:
How sad is it that we now need commercials to tell parents the basics of raising children?

They say things like "Find out where your children are when they go out" and "Talk to your kids about drugs".

Ummm duh? I'm not bothered by the commercials so much, but by the FACT that they are actually necessary. Unfortunately the sad thing is, I think the parents that don't think about these things themselves, don't care about them at all.

So, helpful reminders? Or simply sad comentary?

It's a sad commentary.


My students have homework every night. I put a new homework sheet in their folder on Monday outlining their assignments for every night and there's a place that i put a conduct "grade" every day. All the parents have to do is open their child's bookbag and look in the folder (a plastic, durable folder that i provided for each child).

I still have students who do not do their homework. Report cards went home in those folders on Jan 13th, today Jan 27th two of my students report cards are still in the same place in their folders.

If they're not going to do something so simple, are they really taking care of the important things?
 
Rubyfruit said:
Did you know that something like 1/3 of the kids who come out of our foster care system in this country become parents within two years of turning 18? How scary is that?

Oddly enough I did know that. And half of then do it intentionally, usually as a means of creating love in their lives they were never given. It's a cycle no one is quite sure how to break.
 
"Never, never shake a baby!" Now there's a message! What idiot would do that in the first place! What happened to common sense?
 
I like the one where the celebrity begs families to eat together once a week.
 
The adds are a good thing, since they are necessary. They also speak volumes on the state of the world today. The fact that we have to air something like them to get messages acrossed to young mothers and fathers is scary.

Some will be quick to blame the educational system for this, but I feel that parents should be tackling this at home first. Evidently, in today's world there are many bad parents or parents who could care less, or perhaps parents who themselves don't know about parenting.

I am glad that my parents were good and taught me the basics of being mindful of actions and reactions. They instilled in me respect for myself, and others too.

Raising a child today can be frustrating at times, but the rewards far outweigh the negatives far and above a measurable scale.
 
plasticman33 said:
"Never, never shake a baby!" Now there's a message! What idiot would do that in the first place! What happened to common sense?

Sadly it happens and it happens often.
I think the ads are a good idea, sad that they are needed but good idea.
I love New Zealand but we have a high rate of child abuse which sickens me so much.
There are so many young Mums having kids who have little or no skills/ or support.
(I was a young Mum so I am not pointing the finger at ANYONE)
I have seen young woman my own age who have been raised in abusive homes where they were neglected, left home alone from a young age and they have no idea how to look after a child and follow the only way they know how. The way they were raised.

Something I have noticed since I had my oldest? (14 years ago) The hospitals here are in so much more of a hurry to get you back home after babie's birth. When I had my oldest they showed you everything. Breast feeding, burping, holding baby safely, umbilical cord care, bathing, stress etc. When I had my second I saw young Mums being shown very little and being encouraged to leave as early as possible, in fact they were given disposable and other 'incentives' to leave the hospital as quickly as possible.

http://www.womens-health.org.nz/whwdec99.htm
"Consumers not satisfied with postnatal care

Consumer organisations have repeatedly lobbied the Health Funding Authority (HFA) for improvements in the structure and funding of postnatal services. The NHC's own survey notes that 'the level of satisfaction with postnatal care was not as high as for pregnancy care or labour and birth care...The main issues affecting satisfaction...were the need for adequate and consistent advice and support while establishing breast-feeding, the level of staff on busy postnatal wards, pressure to leave the hospital or maternity unit before women felt ready to go, and the amount of care provided after returning home.' The women surveyed have identified most of the barriers to establishing breast-feeding but the NHC, perhaps because their recommendations had to be able to be implemented within the existing maternity budget, makes no recommendations which address this issue. It is unlikely that the provision of a few extra visits to a medical practitioner will improve the rate of breast-feeding."


Some parents just don't know any better, lack the skills necessary to look after their children properly, come from abusive homes are are just abusive fuckers who do not deserve to have children in the first place.


If those ads help even one person to think about how they look after their children? Fantastic.
 
Some of those commercials give me goosebumps just because they make me realize what good parents my parents really were. They were very far from perfect, but they did so many things right.

The one that gets me the most (not sure if it airs anymore) is where they go through all these kids who are bitching about their parents, "You invade my privacy," etc... and then they go back through the kids and they each say thank you. I wish my mom was paying as much attention to my siblings as she once did to me. I wish all parents cared as much as mine did/do.
 
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