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To Ban Nickelodeon? And possibly Youtube

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SuperAmoo · 14/05/2012 20:50

I have watched my 6 year old turn into a a total eye-rolling back-chatting nightmare. She views everyone and everything with disgust. She watches a lot of Nickelodeon - iCarly, Victorious, Big Time rush etc.... - am I being unreasonable to ban Nickelodeon watching indefinitely? I'm sure she's just copying those two brats from iCarly. I have let my daughter watch it thus far because I was a wierd kid and didn't fit in and I didn't want my own daughter to be the 'wierd kid' that's not allowed to watch Nickelodeon. But I'm starting to wonder if being a wierdo would be better than being an obnoxious little brat?!! The YouTube thing is that she watches music videos and they all seem highly sexualised and inappropiate and all the women are portrayed as total porn stars in next to no clothes. Thoughts please?

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LST · 14/05/2012 20:53

Ban them? Just stop her from viewing them.

annalovesmrbates · 14/05/2012 21:14

She is 6 and you are the parent. Just tell her she can't watch them.

annalovesmrbates · 14/05/2012 21:14

She is 6 and you are the parent. Just tell her she can't watch them.

chandellina · 14/05/2012 21:17

not everyone has Nickelodeon. If it's affecting her behaviour, definitely pull the plug. And music videos are horrible, I would never want my children watching them though they can be a bit inescapable in our broader media/culture.

DialMforMummy · 14/05/2012 21:32

How much of it does she watch per day? Reducing could be a start if she spends too much time watching crap on TV or the computer.
You can always use the banning of the TV for bratish behaviour.

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SuperAmoo · 14/05/2012 21:56

She watches an hour a day in the evening. And the weekend she probably watches a couple of hours each day. She does lots of other stuff. this is just what she likes doing to relax.

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hazeyjane · 14/05/2012 21:59

I don't think any of dds friends (she is 6) watch stuff like icarly or music videos, they all seem to watch cbeebies and tiny pop and scooby doo!

doormat · 14/05/2012 22:00

oh dear..i predict a bunfightGrin

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SuperAmoo · 14/05/2012 22:18

That's what concerns me hazeyjane - I like cBeebies but she stopped watching it 2 years ago saying it was babyish. She talks about Justin Bieber and the Wanted and One Direction and her boyfriends at school. She thinks a lot about her hair and how to style it and what she looks like. And what people think of her. She loves chart music and can tell you all the latest chart songs and who sings them. I have to admit i was obsessed with boys from around 8 but the other stuff...I didn't start thinking like that till I was 11. It worries me. I want her to be a child but she's just not. She's so bloody moody and cross all the time. She's like a teenager.

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MardyBra · 14/05/2012 22:20

Ha Ha. I misread the thread title and thought that you wanted to ban nickelbabe.

DumSpiroSpero · 14/05/2012 22:24

My DD is 7.8 and sounds quite similar to yours OP!

She also watches a lot of those shows and does pick up odd bits that make me grind my teeth (or LMAO at her!), but tbh, most of her school friends watch the same shows and a lot of the expressions she has picked up more from seeing her friends use them than from copying them on TV. Some of the shows actually have a certain amount of positive stuff in them too (I must admit I love iCarly Blush ), but DD knows from experience that if TV starts to take over generally, or she oversteps the mark with the attitude, I will lock all the channels for an indefinite period so she has to ask permission and wait for me to enter a PIN before she can watch anything.

She like YouTube, but I don't generally let her get on that unless I'm in the room with her, and if she hears something on the radio and wants to watch the video, I 'vet' it first.

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SuperAmoo · 14/05/2012 22:29

Thanks for that DumSpiroSpero - you're right about friends - even if I stop her watching it, I see the same 'eye-rolling' and hands on hips stuff from her friends - so it probably won't help! At least she can join in with her friends. The you-tube videos I'm not sure about though. She seems to get so lost in that 'falsely perfect' reality that she's off the planet half the time. She finds it hard to remember that it's not real I think.

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DumSpiroSpero · 14/05/2012 22:43

I tend to join in with her which rapidly makes her see how daft she's behaving.

Nothing like Mummy stealing your thunder to put you off your stride! Grin

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SuperAmoo · 14/05/2012 22:55

Mm yes, she seems to find me chronically embarassing already - I thought I'd get atleast another couple of years of silly dancing out of her. Atleast I have DD2 - I'm going to keep her in a cupboard watching cBeebies until she's 10 - HA!

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marykat2004 · 14/05/2012 22:59

NO You tube please! I have it blocked from my DD's login on the computer. You can't control what kids see and youtube is full of inappropriate material for under 18s. Even when we look at youtube together, something overly adult comes up, even looking at Daleks or something like that,a dn I immediately have to switch off. She she is online on her own she can't watch you tube.

i don't think our tv has Nicolodean.

MumPaula · 14/05/2012 23:31

Ban her. I banned my 7 year old when she started get all mouthy.
She is now fed a steady stream of cbeebies and plays webkins a little too much for my liking.

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