Spongebob Squarepants and Patrick behaving badly? (OP)
Salam,
Is it just me or are cartoons a bad influence on kids? Who'd have imagined a bit of sponge with square pants can worry a mother a mother of an 8 year old son. But it did!
I was watching the cartoon with my son and Spongebob's mate Patrick aka Patricia dressed as a girl went to the CrustyCrab. All the males went wild. I mean Squidwid and the others were all fighting for his (her) attention just because he'd donned a short skirt and a bit of lippy. I was like oh ow..this can't be good for my son - right? I'm petrifieddd.... I was thinking is this somehow teaching my son that this is how men should react when they see sucha female? I know they're only fish* but still? :confused:
Hmmm... I dunno.. might sound silly, but could kids be influenced by things like this at this age?
I studied "the effects of cartoons on children" in psychology. Yes they do have some influence on a child (well, to be absolutely honest, mankind learns a considerably large amount of actions from observation). However, this depends on whether or not the action was inforced as "bad" or "good" by other characters: those that are inforced as "good" are generally copied by manking, not just children might I add.
By default, all actions are generally accepted except ones that evoke an emotional response within the individual (death etc) as the child will know within themselves that the action is wrong (gut feelings, instinc etc). It is therefore upto the adult to tell the child that action X is wrong - in these cases, sympathy should be explained to children.
Personally, I'd watch the program with my child. Children are very clever at pointing "odd" things out in programs, so atleast I'd be there to explain the situation.
The blogger obviously does not know what satire is. Spongebob uses a lot of satire and sarcasm in addition to loveable sea-creatures, oh and a squirrel. That's comedy genius right there: a freakin squirrel that lives under water, albeit with a space helmet on and a starfish with a pair of underpants - I don't know about you, but that cracks me up every time.
(sorry for that large-ish post. Kudos to you if you did actually read it.)
Someone said to the Prophet, "Pray to God against the idolaters and curse them." The Prophet replied, "I have been sent to show mercy and have not been sent to curse." (Muslim)
Re: Spongebob Squarepants and Patrick behaving badly?
format_quote Originally Posted by Rabiyal
no sis that's not what they meant. They meant, beling glued to the one particular show, meaning spongebob. and I agree with Noor, that if you don't change their habbits when they are young it gets worst as they grow old, and kids become rebelious, and they think they know what they want. So the particular episode we were talking about, if we see it we should just change the channel or distract them to do something else. Which so far has worked like a gem for me.
Correct me if i am wrong!!!
I think AvarAllahNoor was saying that if we don't expose kids to what is forbidden, they will do it when they're older? Maybe I've misunderstood. Personally I think the more kids are exposed to wrong things the more chances there are of them being influenced.
dreamer
lol I read the title of this thread and though.... lol but MASHA'ALLAH good point there...I dont have kidz but Insha'Allah if I ever do firstly I wouldnt have T.V and if I did I wouldnt let em watch silly irrelevant stuff like spongebob and tweenies or any of that rubbish I mean...whats the point? you can read to em or play with em...they dont need the t.v
You know what it is sis? Single parents and often those with one child have a heck of hard time in keeping a child entertained or occupied. All mums know they have housework to do TV is the only helping hand sometimes. Honestly you can only play and read so much with a child. There've been times when the TV had to babysit for me lol.
When families lived together, kids always had someone to play with. Mothers babysat for each other and it was safe for the kids to play out. These days unless you're living back home, things are totally different. The TV is the new nanny.
Re: Spongebob Squarepants and Patrick behaving badly?
Whats generally wrong with these type of shows is they believe they have the same exact audience they had 5 years ago, which is why they mature them I suppose. I was watching a youtube clip about this foolish spongebob movie and I couldn't believe what I saw- Spongebob and Patrick were high and "stoned" from over eating cake.
Re: Spongebob Squarepants and Patrick behaving badly?
format_quote Originally Posted by Muslimah_Sis
I think AvarAllahNoor was saying that if we don't expose kids to what is forbidden, they will do it when they're older? Maybe I've misunderstood. Personally I think the more kids are exposed to wrong things the more chances there are of them being influenced.
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Sister i don't mean they should be exposed to drink and naked flesh. If you sit and explain to the child this is what you've just seen, but this is the truth regarding it. They'll understand it well. We have a saying 'The first teacher of the child is the mother and father'
Sat Shri Akal
Ėk Gusā Alhu Mėrā
The One Lord, the Lord of the World, is my God Allah.
Dhan Guru Arjan Dev Mahraaj Ji!
Kal Meh Bėḏ Atharbaṇ Hū Nā Kẖuḏā Alhu Bẖa.
In the Dark Age of Kali Yuga, the Atharva Veda became prominent; Allah became the Name of God.
Re: Spongebob Squarepants and Patrick behaving badly?
format_quote Originally Posted by AbdulHassanAmir
I was watching a youtube clip about this foolish spongebob movie and I couldn't believe what I saw- Spongebob and Patrick were high and "stoned" from over eating cake.
LOL!
You know what, I don't think it's the cartoon that's the problem, I think it boils down to whether or not you have that particular sense of humour. Clearly, some here do have it and some do not.
Someone said to the Prophet, "Pray to God against the idolaters and curse them." The Prophet replied, "I have been sent to show mercy and have not been sent to curse." (Muslim)
Re: Spongebob Squarepants and Patrick behaving badly?
format_quote Originally Posted by AvarAllahNoor
Sister i don't mean they should be exposed to drink and naked flesh. If you sit and explain to the child this is what you've just seen, but this is the truth regarding it. They'll understand it well. We have a saying 'The first teacher of the child is the mother and father'
Sat Shri Akal
My apologies for misunderstanding your post. Thanks for the clarification. I agree about explaining to children there and then if they see/hear something that goes against our own teachings. Alhumdulillah, I do that every time. But vetting isn't 100% effective. A parent may have gone to answer the phone/door/bathroom and it only takes a few seconds for a child to have seen something they shouldn't. The only sure-fire way I can think of is a total ban on such programmes.
And yes we do that saying too. I think that's a universal belief.
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