S is for Shank: ‘Sesame Street’ to teach kids about when Mommy Or Daddy Goes To Jail
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007
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Glorifying criminals whilst ignoring victims.
Liberalist thinking.
Why does sesame st not give a voice to the victims of crime?
Because the liberal dogma says criminals are victims.
007
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It helps by glorifying criminals and ignoring the plight of victims.
007
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Billy the Great Khan
Uwaa OmO
DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
Nazi!
tekkychick
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and yet you have the power to stop him and you don't. {shrug}
By showing kids that they are not bad people simply because there parents are in jail. By helping kids to understand that it is not a reflection on them and that they themselves do not have to end up in jail and that they are not the only ones facing the situation.
Mott the Hoople
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Trolls are easily managed. Don't feed them. I like it very much that on JPP the moderators use their powers judiciusly and conservatively. If you don't like what someone posts. Don't read it. If you have to read it, don't respond. If you have to read it and they offend you, put them on ignore. If they hijack your threads, ban them from your threads.
That way we don't put the moderators in the position of being the JPP thought police.
That's already obvious to everyone without the need for a muppet. How does the muppet achieve the goals you say it does?
They gloss over the criminal act. The character refuses to talk about it. Then a human character says her parent was in jail also. Hey, 2 out of 4 characters have a parent in jail.
Totally not normalizing this situation in the minds of the average target viewer. /sarc
I guess if you refuse to believe that children might get the message that it's normal to have a parent in jail then this would seem like a good thing.
I hope your children grow up thinking criminals are just dandy
Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
Let's just say it's a less threatening and more affective way to communicate to children than having some pontificating old asshole harangue them about the facts.
But what is the message young minds will get from this?
target viewer is age 3-8
please tell me you understand my concern?
I have no kids, so really, I don't give a shit what your children grow up learning. It doesn't take a shrink to know that little kids will get the message that it's normal for someone to have a parent in jail.
Do you want your kids to hang out with the kids who have parents in jail? I doubt it, you fucking hypocrites. But you'll let television tell your kids that they should have zero reservations about a kids whose parent is in jail.
We all know you'd be delighted to learn the little fellow your child brought home this afternoon was raised by a jailbird. /sarc
target viewer is age 3-8
please tell me you understand my concern?
I have no kids, so really, I don't give a shit what your children grow up learning. It doesn't take a shrink to know that little kids will get the message that it's normal for someone to have a parent in jail.
Do you want your kids to hang out with the kids who have parents in jail? I doubt it, you fucking hypocrites. But you'll let television tell your kids that they should have zero reservations about a kids whose parent is in jail.
We all know you'd be delighted to learn the little fellow your child brought home this afternoon was raised by a jailbird. /sarc
I heard Prozac has a good track record!
I am happy to have my kids hang out with kids who have a parent in jail. If the kid is a good kid, I don't judge based on who/what their parents are.
It teaches the child it isn't their fault and just because their parent is in jail it doesn't make them a bad person. They do not have to pay for the sins of the parent. They do not have to be ridiculed because of the mistakes of the parent.
Exactly
It doesn't hurt them to lessen the stigma. They aren't responsible for their parents action, anymore than you are responsible for the way your parents treated you.
Where does Seasme St teach that jail is no big deal? And that the parent has been wronged by the system?
God damn, I'm not fucking knocking the kids, you morons! I'm suggesting the message young children will get is that it's normal to go to jail. They will get the message that it's normal for a kid to have a parent in jail and they'll make the leap that being in jail is normal.
What's next? A character who has a drug addicted parent? A character who has an abusive parent? Seriously, why lionize the children of criminals when there are countless better victims of parents behaviors?
What's next? A character who has a drug addicted parent? A character who has an abusive parent? Seriously, why lionize the children of criminals when there are countless better victims of parents behaviors?
Crutmauler
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Increasingly, having a parent who is incarcerated is a fact of life for many children. And kudos to Sesame Street for trying to help the kids deal with the issue.