lizzyfizzy
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agreed. on both topics.
Spongebob
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agreed. on both topics.
DawnMarch
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We love Spongebob too. I was originally against it because I don't usually like Nick cartoons -- they are too bratty and disrespectful for me. BUT, my DH suggested that we watch the movie one time, and it was totally different from what I expected. I agree that it is very sweet and generally quite innocent. I can understand people thinking that there are more educational things there kids could watch, but I can't think of anything I've found objectionable.
krystalhartley
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We're pretty particular about what we watch in our house, but Sponge Bob is okay with us. I found him extremely annoying before I had kids, but Landon just really digs him (starting pretty young, too...maybe 3 or so...right after his obsession with Veggie Tales wore off). And my kids definitely aren't imitating bad behavior...they are always the "angels" at school, church, etc.
LibbysMommy
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Spongebob usually annoys the poo outta me, but DH and Libby love it. I used to mind her watching it, but the older she gets and the more she displays that she's not being influenced by what they say on there, I don't mind it.
pewtertm
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Rachel likes 'Bob-Bob Bits', but she prefers Thomas, Bob the Builder, Olivia (yay for new shows), and Backyardigans.
I look at Spongebob as similar to the Looney Tunes that alot of us grew up on. There was alot of ridiculous cartoon violence in them, but I don't remember anyone looking for Acme bricks to drop on each other.
Things like the TMNT and Power Rangers, on the other hand...that kind of stuff will never see the light of day in my house. Every time I went to a pre-k teacher conference back in the 90s, someone would bring up the fact that their students were acting the shows out on each other (happened in my classroom too).
I look at Spongebob as similar to the Looney Tunes that alot of us grew up on. There was alot of ridiculous cartoon violence in them, but I don't remember anyone looking for Acme bricks to drop on each other.
Things like the TMNT and Power Rangers, on the other hand...that kind of stuff will never see the light of day in my house. Every time I went to a pre-k teacher conference back in the 90s, someone would bring up the fact that their students were acting the shows out on each other (happened in my classroom too).
AmyM
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We didn't let Kassi watch it until she was older, maybe like 5? Old enough to where we knew we could sit down and explain that this was fake and that was something you should never do, stuff like that.
There's a lot of shows out there that are banned from my house. The neighborhood kids come over here, get the remote, and get the smack down from me LOL. Seriously, most of the stuff on cartoon network is trash. I about had a heart attack when I figured out what some of the kids are watching. But I'm a T.V. nazi like that. I always watch the stuff before Kassi does just to make sure. Television is THE most tightly controlled aspect of our family. I take real issue with letting things in that shouldn't be here. There's enough mess going on in the world to mess up your kids, why ad more to it, KWIM?
There's a lot of shows out there that are banned from my house. The neighborhood kids come over here, get the remote, and get the smack down from me LOL. Seriously, most of the stuff on cartoon network is trash. I about had a heart attack when I figured out what some of the kids are watching. But I'm a T.V. nazi like that. I always watch the stuff before Kassi does just to make sure. Television is THE most tightly controlled aspect of our family. I take real issue with letting things in that shouldn't be here. There's enough mess going on in the world to mess up your kids, why ad more to it, KWIM?
No Spongebob here. But they do get to watch it in hotels and sometimes at Grandmas, along with Fairly Odd parents and a few others. I don't like those shows. I think the characters exhibit very annoying traits and my kids think it is funny to copy them.
But every once in awhile, like when I need them to just CHILL for a bit when we are on vacation, I'll put it on and it will absorb them because they never get to see it. However if those places have Noggin or PBS kids as an option I go with them. Most places don't offer those though.
But every once in awhile, like when I need them to just CHILL for a bit when we are on vacation, I'll put it on and it will absorb them because they never get to see it. However if those places have Noggin or PBS kids as an option I go with them. Most places don't offer those though.
meganmecrazy
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Agree on both of these! We have loved Spongebob from the first day the show was on the TVs!