The T.V. List

I've gotten a few requests and emails asking if I could share our T.V. list after our realization that perhaps our son was being exposed to unnecessary violence. This is by no means an all-inclusive list--as our kiddos were still only watching a selective number of shows and movies. We created these lists based on what shows and movies they were already watching. Also, I realize there is violence of some form or other in most shows. If you get really nit-picky you could say that things like name-calling, tattling, being rude/mean, etc. are violent. For us, it was important to not show them shows that contained overt violence, like physical violence or intentional, unwarranted violence. When a show on the OK list has some form of undesired behaviour (that is not overt physical violence), it's usually because it's part of the plot-line and the characters make a point to resolve it. We like that because it has the potential to teach the kiddos an important lesson. Also, for some of these, we just fast-forward the undesired parts!

Banned List

• Almost all Disney movies (especially the old ones).
• Cartoons, such as Sponge Bob (they had watched it a few times).
• Inspector Gadget (Remember!? The old version--we {re}discovered it on Netflix and the kiddos really liked it--but it's super slapstick violent).
• Babar The Movie ( most of this movie is OK, we just fast-forward some parts).
• Ice Age

OK List

Shows

• Franklin
• Dora
• Diego
• Curious George
• Wonder Pets
• Sesame Street
• Elmo's World
• Little Bear
• Big Comfy Couch
• Clifford
• Arthur

Movies

• Barbie Movies--some we don't allow, depending on the content. The ones that get the OK so far are Twelve Dancing Princesses, Charm School and Island Princess.
• Nemo
• Curious George-the movie
• Tinker Bell-The Great Fairy Rescue
• The Little Mermaid (again, we fast forward some parts).

Hmmm and I think that's pretty much it for now. Hope it helps those that were wondering about this!