Went to Kending for a couple days over the long weekend. My hubby, 5-year-old kid and I walked through the nightmarket and when walking past a pub the guy gave us a flyer advertising the male and female dancers and happily added “Xiaohai bu yong qian” Your kid can get in for free 
I just laughed and kept walking but after thinking about it, I kind of pissed me off. What are those people thinking about?
Wait until you go to a Sunday afternoon wedding, with the entire family, friends, neighborhood, and the strippers come out to dance and take off their clothes. Families, kids, grandparents, and all… then the stripper walks around and shakes the family’s hands.
Or the temple opening ceremony… huge semi-trucks that convert into strip clubs with pole-dancing, on the street in the middle of the city or in a rice field.
The kids are seeing too much violence on Video, TV and Computer games. Time they get to see some positive stuff…naked gals 
We don’t have a TV. But when we visit relatives our kids just sit their watching because everyone leaves their TV on all day.
I’ve found you really have to supervise. In the UK there’s a 9 pm watershed: not much in the way of sex or violence before that. But here anything can come on at any time of day.
I’ve told the kids they’re only allowed to watch the official kids’ channels, but they like to surf away while the adverts are on.
Anyone else thought about this?
[quote=“smithsgj”]We don’t have a TV. But when we visit relatives our kids just sit their watching because everyone leaves their TV on all day.
I’ve found you really have to supervise. In the UK there’s a 9 pm watershed: not much in the way of sex or violence before that. But here anything can come on at any time of day.
I’ve told the kids they’re only allowed to watch the official kids’ channels, but they like to surf away while the adverts are on.
Anyone else thought about this?[/quote]
In Australia people would think you were strange and oldfashioned, and would most likely assume you were religious.
We were at our nanny’s house a few months back and had to ask her to turn off the perpetual Taiwan TV news because they were then broadcasting endless “news” stories of the man throwing the baby in boiling water and we didn’t feel it would be good for our girl to watch such stories.
On the other hand, I finally rented Don’t Mess with the Zohan this past weekend, in which Adam Sandler is an Israeli counter-terrorist who wants to be a hairstylist and thrusts his hips sexually for most of the movie, while licking old ladies’ ears. I was slightly worried it might be too sexual for a 5 year-old, or there might suddenly be explicit sex which might be inappropriate, but there was no actual nudity and she doesn’t know what sex is so she just found it to be incredibly goofy and, like chocolate cake and icecream, it sent her into harmless paroxysms of giddiness.
[quote=“smithsgj”]We don’t have a TV. But when we visit relatives our kids just sit their watching because everyone leaves their TV on all day.
I’ve found you really have to supervise. In the UK there’s a 9 pm watershed: not much in the way of sex or violence before that. But here anything can come on at any time of day.
I’ve told the kids they’re only allowed to watch the official kids’ channels, but they like to surf away while the adverts are on.
Anyone else thought about this?[/quote]
Yes! Sometimes there’s a family movie on the movie channels and I need to make sure an adult is in charge of the remote control otherwise they can see quite a bit in the previews.
I’m not against TV, just too much of it, or too much that’s inappropriate for children. When they were younger and most of my day was organized around them I had the time to watch TV and movies, now it’s just not possible to screen/watch everything.
We’re also not too conservative about movies, I just try to use good judgement about what they can/can’t handle at their respective ages.
One thing I learned the hard way when my eldest was 4 or 5 was that our friends and loved ones don’t always agree with us so I whenever I paid a sitter or had to count on a family member to babysit (not often) I was clear about what the kids (very young at the time) were allowed to watch.[quote=“Fortigurn”][quote=“smithsgj”]We don’t have a TV. But when we visit relatives our kids just sit their watching because everyone leaves their TV on all day.
I’ve found you really have to supervise. In the UK there’s a 9 pm watershed: not much in the way of sex or violence before that. But here anything can come on at any time of day.
I’ve told the kids they’re only allowed to watch the official kids’ channels, but they like to surf away while the adverts are on.
Anyone else thought about this?[/quote]
In Australia people would think you were strange and oldfashioned, and would most likely assume you were religious.[/quote]
Nudity on TV or elsewhere doesn’t bother me a bit. My son’s seen his own equipment and he’s observed a nude female or 2, so I don’t think he’ll get any lasting damage from seeing more. What I do worry about is the nasty violence, real and fictional, that’s aired around the clock.
I’m with Fortigurn on this. I’m scratching my head about what the big deal is about. This wouldn’t even be an issue in Europe. Even “conservative” Poland has porn on public display. Big deal.
Sexy dancing shows ain’t gonna do nobody no harm.
About the only thing that I have managed to find outrageous in recent years was a mother who took her 6-7 year old daughter to see Crank 2 and sat all the way through to the end with no protests from cinema staff. Call me crazy but extreme mutilation, death, murder, hardcore fucking and poles shoved up assholes are not quite suitable viewing for a 7 year old. Pretty good movie though btw.
If I recall correctly in Europe where you get most TV channels for free via satellite (Astra) there is no porn or violence before certain times, and dedicated porn channels are subscription based.
I’m not talking about hardcore. I’m talking about a few tits.
My son would never wear clothes if I didn’t make him. He’s naked in the house all the time. He’d play outside naked if I’d let him. He learned this from his father who used to strip as soon as he walked in the door. My son hasn’t seen his father since he was 2–it’s been 4 years–and I still can’t get him to wear clothes in the house.
Well, I guess I COULD get him to wear clothes in the house, if I really thought it was a big deal, but I don’t. I think it’s a bit odd, but no big deal. I though he would have gotten a bit self concious by now and started to at least wear undies, but so far, he has not. I think that he will eventually and I’m just not worried about it, but until further notice, don’t ever enter my home withough knocking first.
Nudity is nothing to be ashamed of, or get worked up over. The naked body is natural. There is no harm in being or viewing nudity. Especially between parent and child. It all depends on who you’re looking at and what you’re thinking. And even if you’re thinking lecherous thoughts and looking at Kate Hudson, that’s another natural thing that isn’t shameful and is only “dirty” if you want it to be.
People, especially me fellow Americans, are WAY too uptight sometimes. And I’m probably more uptight than a lot of people, but I’m a sight more liberal than most people around here in Arkansas! In fact, about 12 years ago or so, my aunty asked me what I did over the weekend and I told her I’d gone to a local place and gone skinnydipping. I had taken to doing that regularly when getting off work after a 14 hour shift as manager of a local resturant. She almost had a heart attack! “Housecat! Don’t you know that’s illegal? You can’t be nude in public!” No, no, no, Aunty, the naked body is natural. I’m being nude, yes, but not lude." “It doesn’t matter Housecat, you can’t be naked in public–if a ranger comes around, you’ll get a ticket and he might take you to jail!” “No, no, no Aunty, if a ranger comes around I’ll just ask him to join me.” Whooo boy! That was one fun conversation. I really nearly killed my poor Aunty.
Sorry, I didn’t know a few tits are considered porn. 
Sorry, I didn’t know a few tits are considered porn. [/quote]
They’re considered a government in my country.
Sorry, I didn’t know a few tits are considered porn. [/quote]
They’re considered a government in my country.[/quote]
Haha. I was wondering when someone would make that inevitable comment.
Yea, but you live in Arkansas: deep in the heart of rural, conservative, bible-belt, red-state arkansas.
Not all of America’s like that. Where I lived in Northern California (Humboldt County) we had a handful of good nude beaches within a bike ride from my house, none of which ever faced any legal problems. Up in the mountains we used to nude sunbathe at the river and I once saw our female mayor naked there. When my brother got married in Marin County the bride, groom and a bunch of guests swam naked in the ocean and the next day in a pond. Heck, even my parents jump naked in their hottub even though the uphill neighbors could theoretically peer into the tub (if they were interested in what a naked 80 year-old looks like :eh: ).
In fact, sadly to say, the most prudish person I’ve ever met with regard to nudity may be my wife, who will dash desperately from bathroom to bedroom, if she foolishly lacks covering, for fear someone might be watching from across the street. Ho hum.
[quote]And even if you’re thinking lecherous thoughts and looking at Kate Hudson, that’s another natural thing that isn’t shameful and is only “dirty” if you want it to be.
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Oh, I want it to be! I DO! And it IS! Most definitely. And probably highly illegal in Arkansas, too.
In the state of Texas, it is illegal to shoot a buffalo from the second floor of a hotel. It is also illegal to milk someone else’s cow.
neither of these things means squat to Kate Hudson admirers, though.
probably doesn’t make a hoot of difference to bring a five year old into a strip club, but to bring a fifteen year old might be a little different… especially if you’re not related.