Re: Children and the Net

[jamesd@netcom.com (James A. Donald)]

Mike Duvos writes
> Young kids have the same feelings looking at realistic
> depictions of violence in movies that they would have looking at
> the real thing.  This is true even if they intellectually grasp
> that what they are viewing never really happened.  Many movies we
> wouldn't think twice about can cause children intense emotional
> pain.

I will decide what movies my kids see thank you very much.

I took Jim to see his little brother being born, and I
took them both to see "Total Recall"

Are you going to call the cops and charge me with child abuse?

> effect of all this is that a parent can take a 6 year old to
> "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and put him in therapy for the rest of

My children are doing just fine.  Screw you!


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