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Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

about Family Guy?

92 replies

AngryMotherF · 03/01/2012 21:13

Regular name changer here! Although I could well be recognised by those in the know anyway, I am too angry to care!

Ds is 11. He is quite an immature and unstreetwise 11, and he also has aspergers. His Dad and I split up years ago, but most of the time we have a really good relationship. We completely co parent together, and I would say that we are actually quite good friends as well.

A couple of moths ago, I found out that ds had been watching Family Guy at his Dads house. I wasn't happy about it, but I've never really watched it so I didn't think I was in a good position to judge. So I watched it to see for myself. I still wasn't happy about it, but I figured the damage had been done so I chatted to ds about it and tried to explain some of it to him. He told me that he found a lot of it confusing, but he thought some of it was funny. I basically explained that the things he didn't understand we're mainly sex related jokes meant for adults, and tried to do it in a way that would encourage him to ask me about things he wanted to know. I knew his Dad was going to allow him to continue watching, so my approach was one of damage limitation.

Believe me, it really isn't easy to explain this stuff to a child with AS who doesn't like deep conversation at the best of times!

Spoke to ex about it, he says loads of 11yo's watch Family Guy, and I wouldn't stop my children watching a panto that has jokes aimed at adults in it. Hmm I asked him to only let him watch it when he was there so he could explain things that he thought needed explaining. I can usually trust his judgement well, and we would normally respect each others wishes about stuff like this.

Anyway (sorry, I know this is getting long) today ds came home with the Family Guy annual. It even says on the front that it is intended for mature audiences. I read a couple of pages after taking it away from ds, and it talks of bondage, pedophiles, sadomasochism, and that's just for starters!

WTF do I do about this? Ds understands why I have taken the book and why I don't want him to learn about things in this way, but I'm out of my depth, know very little about this stupid bollocks programme, and my ex is refusing to talk about it. He put the phone down on me when I told him I took the book off our son.

I'm not BU right?

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fivegomadindorset · 03/01/2012 21:15

If it was OK for 11 year olds to watch it then why is it on at 11pm at night?

StrandedBear · 03/01/2012 21:15

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pigletmania · 03/01/2012 21:17

YANBU at all. I would not let any child watch FG. You should be more firm with your ds dad, is not appropriate for children, its hardly The Simpson's is it!

JustHecate · 03/01/2012 21:18

No way would I let my children (also autistic) watch family guy. It is not appropriate for children. the number of times the dad smacks the mum, the constant punching of the daughter, the paedophile neighbour, the frankly bizarre baby, etc etc etc.

I don't think it is suitable viewing for children.

pinkhebe · 03/01/2012 21:19

my dh is very laid back but he doesn't think it's suitable, too much swearing and adult humour. I love Stewie though

tralalala · 03/01/2012 21:19

no way let him be a kid, as he is one.

needanewname · 03/01/2012 21:20

Stranded it is absolutely nothing like the Simpsons! Apart from it is a cartoon.

It has a very adult theme that is totally inappropriate for children, I'm amazed that you can't see this

needanewname · 03/01/2012 21:20

And by the way I love family guy and think its hilarious, just not suitable for children

Mumcentreplus · 03/01/2012 21:22

YANBU 'family guy is funny as fuck' does not mean it's suitable for a child..

PrincessScrumpy · 03/01/2012 21:22

I love Family Guy but no way would I deem it appropriate for an 11yo even without asperges. YADNBU!

My dh reckons 14 is ok depending on the child.

McHappyPants2012 · 03/01/2012 21:22

yanbu, i love family guy, any how it is unsutiable for your son to watch as he don't get the jokes and this programme is just confusing him.

Hairynigel · 03/01/2012 21:22

Family guy is hilarious but deffo not for kids to watch! Ds has no SN and I would never let him watch it.

Your ex DP is BU

JustHecate · 03/01/2012 21:23

agree, needanewname. It is very very sexual, isn't it?

Gertiegoolash · 03/01/2012 21:23

yanbu, I also think its as funny as fuck, but don't think it's very appropriate for an 11 year old imo.

piprabbit · 03/01/2012 21:24

I love Family Guy, but I wouldn't let an 11yo watch it.
The Annual seems especially inappropriate. On TV, the jokes whizz past pretty fast and may go unnoticed. The printed word can be returned to and puzzled over time and again.

AngryMotherF · 03/01/2012 21:24

Thanks for the replies, I'm glad you mostly agree with me, but what do I do!?!

His dad just isn't listening to me, it's like he's trying to score points as the 'cool' parent or something.

He said the same thing about Simpsons, but Simpsons is on at 6.00, not 11.00, and there is a reason for that!

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fergoose · 03/01/2012 21:24

I wouldn't let an 11 year old watch it, but I do let my nearly 15 year old watch it - but only just very recently.

StewieGriffinsMom · 03/01/2012 21:24

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daenerysstormborn · 03/01/2012 21:25

family guy is definitely not on a par with the simpsons! south park maybe, but not the simpsons. it's for adults, not kids.

AngryMotherF · 03/01/2012 21:26

HappyPants, that's one of my worries. The world and the people in it are confusing enough for ds without his parents adding to that.

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LovesBloominChristmas · 03/01/2012 21:26

Not on par with the Simpsons at all Confused

Don't blame you for taking tge book away. Has your ex fully accepted the condition your son has and how it affects him?

pigletmania · 03/01/2012 21:29

Where do I start, the humour is of an adult nature, its gory and there is some violence in it, yes its as funny as fuck but not for an 11 year old child. There is a reason why its on at 11pm and the Simpsons is on at 6pm

pigletmania · 03/01/2012 21:30

I woulden't even let an NT child watch it, nothing to do with the op ds having SN

StrandedBear · 03/01/2012 21:30

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needanewname · 03/01/2012 21:33

Just to add when I went in to waterstones to buy annuals for my dd's, family guy was there next to peppy pig and horrid Henry, I did comment on this but should probably have made more of a fuss

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Think some people see a cartoon and think automatically it's for children