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Whenever I read one of these types of stories, it makes me sad for the kids whose parents trust them so little that they feel they have to censor what they do or see, rather than letting them watch, and then discussing it with them. I was never censored as a child, and I have never censored either of my two children. The closest I ever came to censoring was telling them that they could only watch certain tv shows or movies while I was in the room.
I agree with the person who said that all that is accomplished by forbidding certain things is to make them more appealing--and I've seen the evidence over and over with my friends growing up, and my children's friends. The ones whose parents try to "shelter" them from certain things and ideas rather than discuss it with them when it comes up end up rebelling the most. In my opinion all these controlling parents are doing is crippling and retarding their children, so that when the kids go off to college they end up over-compensating because they have too much freedom all of a sudden.
Shari
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