Orlando Sentinel: Kids Are Buttheads, and It’s TV’s Fault
It’s official.
Television is to blame for all of the unpleasantries of adolescence – and all the unpleasantness of adolescents.
It must be true. It’s in the newspaper.
Though most TV watchdog groups fret about violence and sex on television, some parents say they’re increasingly concerned about TV’s attitude problem. From cartoons to sitcoms, the stars are now sassy children who deliver flip one-liners, put down authority figures and revel in a laugh track.
And their attitudes are contagious. Formerly polite kids are smart-alecky, eye-rolling and harrumphing, just like the kids on television. In Jean and Brian Martin’s Longwood home, that behavior came to a quick halt after Jean began paying close attention to her children’s TV diet. What she found were shows full of wiseacre kids and nonexistent (or worse, dumb) parents.
Not So Funny, Orlando Sentinel
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