Reply #173: This is extremely sensible. Kudos!

[jane_pippin]

Childhood lasts so few years. Why expose them to laser-violence and wise green trolls before they are ready. Don't get me started on Chewbacca. If I wanted kids to be afraid of dogs, well, I'd let them pet dogs.
Also, this might be a tangent but I don't like letting kids watch Spongebob because of all the screaming--can't Spongebob and Patrick just talk things out first?! Diary of a Wimpy Kid is out because it teaches them to think subversive thoughts, plus it starts them into reading comic books and I don't want to have to explain animae/manga stuff to a kid. No way. Plus comic books aren't books. BOOKS WITH WORDS ARE BOOKS.
I am sick of things being shoved down our throats too!! That's why my kids can't watch Dora the Explorer. I mean, a talkin' backpack?!! That's just something they can't handle yet and I resent having to explain to them why they can't watch it and like, parent, just because other kids are allowed to go on a magical journey of discovery and bilingual learning.
Seriously, I wish I could put every kid in a soundproof bubble from ages birth to 12. That way they wouldn't find out about our harsh world and I wouldn't have to worry about explaining things that make me uncomfortable until I'm good and ready. They'll be so happy and safe we'll both be shittin' rainbows well into the kid's 30s.
Kids are our nation's most precious gift--more precious than even clean coal and High Fructose Corn Syrup!!!--and I say you do what ever it takes to keep them pure and unblemished. They don't know how to think for themselves until they're like 25 anyway.
I know you got a lot of flames, but your kid is your business so if you don't want him/her to be indoctrinated into the military-industrial-laser-war complex/warped for life and turned into a gun totin, rootin' tootin' lunatic who drives around in a spaceship bootlegging god knows what and shootin' first, I say hat's off!