YouTube and Our Children

To say that our children are growing up in a world more advanced than ours is an understatement. When I did something stupid as a child it wasn't set in stone (internet), it was written on sand (lips and thoughts). And the worst we were exposed to as children was what we found in our parents bedrooms.

 

Recently my children have discovered YouTube, which makes me wonder who told them about the site. I refuse to view most things on that site because I am tired of being infected and having to reformat my computer. Not worth a couple hours of my time to see some cute clip or montage using stolen music (wish they had a section with just official without looking through all the personal things posted, not just listed as official). The boys have been looking at Psy videos, and angry bird montages, they even had a Sponge Bob version. So far nothing has popped up on their tablets of questionable taste (sexually explicit). I know at some time were going to need to go into the parental controls (thanks Toys R Us for giving that option on Tabeo). I don't want them to be in a bubble and have it pop when the real world hits... but at the same time I want them to be innocent and children as long as possible.

 

The fact is the trends of what is "hot" one moment (Psy is dying out like "Who let the dogs out" before it) is sneered at later. As a parent, I try to get the kids on home video dancing, singing, and "living".

 

Now the question comes on how exactly we prepare our children to live in this new world, with huge technical advances, day time TV with all five core curse words (desensitized), and with those that do not play by the rules while keeping our own integrity.

 

~*Live*~ ... ~*Laugh*~ ... ~*Love*~