All summer long, Tommy opted to sleep on the floor in his bedroom. We moved the mattress to the floor where it stayed until just a couple of days ago, when he decided he wanted to relocate back to the top bunk. This was great news for me because now I could walk around in the room without having to navigate between objects on the floor, mainly the mattress.
I suppose he had decided to make productive use of his time after being sent there for misbehaving earlier, so he cut out various pictures from magazines and drew some of his favorite symbols to cover the walls. I had barely glanced at the display on the walls until yesterday, when I happened to take a good look.
Good thing I did. While I expected to find the skateboarding pictures, I wasn't at all expecting the bikini shot. Good grief. He's not even ten years old!
Oh, and the very descriptive quote you see, unbeknownst to the person who put it there, has been removed. I can't understand why these magazines can justify printing this. Does it actually generate more profit for them? Can't they just eliminate the expletitives? I mean, really. Is it any wonder our kids are growing up showing the extreme disrespect they do for elders these days when they are taught that this is all a perfectly normal part of the English language. I'm just waiting for the day when I'll find expletitives with their intended meanings in dictionaries.
Wow. If I had put the "F" word on my wall as a kid, my parents would have killed me. Literally.
ReplyDeleteIt's not who publishes the magazines....it's who bought the magazines for the CHILD. Everything they view needs to be carefully sensored. This is not appropriate material for a 9 year old. Get control before it's too late!
ReplyDeleteIn 5 years or less, your child will most likely be in a juvenile center if you allow this behavior to continue. There is no telling what type of damage he is/will do to himself and his siblings, if he has any.
ReplyDeleteListen, I certainly didn't purchase the magazine for him. He got it for Christmas, with the buyer intending to get him a full year's subscription, but I vetoed it so this was the only one he had. I thought I had discarded it, but it apparently was buried under some other books and was rediscovered by my "future juvenile delinquent" when his room got reorganized. But hey, thanks for the uplifting words of encouragement! I'd address you personally but you didn't sign your name(s).
ReplyDeleteI saw your "juvenille delinquent" on the soccer field Saturday morning. He was sooooo patient playing with his little brother and his friend. Don't worry, he won't be showing up in the police log anytime soon. He does know how to push your buttons though, doesn't he?
ReplyDeleteApparently, since you posted this, you were not appalled at this behavior. I'd have a hard time "displaying" my childs clearly warped mind of what is morally wrong! Our children really should be sensored from this in every way, t.v, magazines, etc. Where do you think a 9 year old would even learn to hang a picture of a womans bikini body bottom on the wall? It can't really be raging hormones yet, can it??? Maybe it's from other people or teens he's seen do that, or from t.v.? I don't agree that he'll be anywhere like a juvenile hall in 5 years, but you still may need to start worrying where he is and what he is doing with who knows who in 5 years... As a parent, we need to be on top of even our youngest children. I'm not a perfect parent, but I certainly know what is hanging in my childs room!
ReplyDeleteIf these images are not fit for a little boy's room, why would they be fit to show the world!?
ReplyDeleteAnonymous you crack me up. Kerri is reaching out to friends, family and "the world" in an effort to share her frusrations and worries --maybe even a little humor at the absurdity of things kids do. I'm not sure what age your child or children are, but I will be curious to know what kind of rebelling he/she/they will be doing under your close to perfect style of parenting techniques. It's easy to kick a woman when she's down by posting anonymously. At least Kerri has the guts to share her privacy with "the village" and gain some perspective -- but I'm pretty sure she didn't ask for anyone to judge her. Don't like it? Don't want to see it? Stop reading it. And if you're wondering, I have four boys. Ages 8, 7, 5 and 15 mos.
ReplyDeleteKerri, my parents reminded me of the horror they felt when they heard me singing The Violent Femmes "Day After Day" --first verse..Why Can't I get just one kiss (repeated), second verse...Why can't I get just one screw (repeated), then why can't I get just one f***. I remember them taking my album/tape away and hearing I would end up in a juvenile detention center. Instead I went on to college and work in congress. LOL Same difference, eh? :-P
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