If you have an Alternative lifestyle, how important is to expose DC to Pop culture?

[peanutbutterkid]

We aren't that alternative, but still outside the mainstream. I have friends who raise their DC even more outside the mainstream... some (like us) make an active effort to keep their DC in touch with how other British people usually live, but some don't, they zealously shield their DC from perceived wrong/undesirable mainstream values/habits. I wonder if they're making a mistake, to shield their DC so much.

If you have an alternative lifestyle, do you worry about making sure your DC are still in touch with aspects of popular culture/lifestyleyou dislike, or do you think it's better to shelter them as much as possible for as long as possible?

i tell my dd about politics

but i wouldnt tell her how to vote

thanks vixen, you rock! deadbody - we should form an anti-mcds commune!

god no, that'd be the quickest way to them voting BNP or something just to fuck off their annoying parents.

deadbody you should make homemade nuggets

i make mine with cornflakes (organic of course) YUM

So where is the OP and why is she not filling us in on her alternative lifestyle?

There was a mum who posted recently - apparently they used to live/travel in a converted horsebox!

That's pretty alternative in my book. I'd love to give it a go but I'd only last a couple of days I reckon.

naily I do, I make yummy ones with stuffing mix, but DS doesn't like chicken so I eat them all myself

you roll the chicken in stuffing mix?

wat a great idea i must try that, tahnks!

d you know mercy, I was thinking about her the other day. Do you think she meant one of these

or something more like this

cos one them is bigger and better appointed than my actual house!

I too have never had a McDonald's!

and I spent the first 6 yrs of my life living in a commune, do I get alternative points?

yes, dip in egg then roll in the dry stuffing mix, it is devine. Psh nuggets, I call them!

lol Vixen that second one is bigger than my house!

lol, I think the first one would be a bit of a squeeze (and too dark), but that is exactly the image I had in mind when I saw her post!

hellsbells - snap on so many things.

DD is only 9 months and this is something I am starting to think about.

As she grows up she doesn't need to know about Mcdonalds, coke, etc until she's old enough to find out about them from other people.

But should I shelter her from them or introduce them to her myself?
Will keeping them from her lead to her wanting them more when she's older?

i still remember mil ignoring me and turning to dh and asking 'why can't dd have a kitkat?'. I couldn't decide if i was a ponce or mil an evil peddler of unethical sugary shite. poor mil!

hugharss

sorry but LOL at the idea of you 'introducing' dd to mcdonalds

just chill

she will probably want to go with her mates when she is 14 but i wouldnt worry

hughjarss ~

you cannot possibly expose your children to everything out there, so don't worry about not introducing her to certain things. For me, I don't ever eat at mcDonald's, so haven't had a reason to take DS there. I also don't have a tv. I've never been in a chaurch apart from to give blood, I don't have a car, I've never listened to folk music etc. etc.

It doesn't matter if children aren't exposed to everything they could possibly be exposed to out there, all that matters is that they are loved, happy, and get to make their own choices (appropriate to their age) that are informed.

thats a good post deadbody

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for gawd's sake, protect your children from the evils of folk music...

I'm sure kids who go to festivals still fit in with other kids at school, after all it is not so unusual to take your children to festivals is it?

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look, it's not my fault, I am allaergic to Immac, you bitch!