Inappropriate Victorious episode

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Hi, I wanted to share a concern about an inappropriate Vicorious episode on Nickelodean, & I thought I would do that here in a parenting forum instead of Popular Media. I had been noticing that some of the content on icarly & Victorious has been inappropriate for kids. My kids are teens so I let them continue watching, but I would worry about younger viewers & some of the content. Tonight’s episode of Victorious called The Breafast Bunch was over the top. It was a parody of The Breakfast Club. It was wildly inappropriate for kids.

To be honest, I loved The Breakfast Club when I was 20, but I never thought I’d be discussing the drug use in it with my 14 year old. If I had seen this parody on a show for adults, I would have found it very entertaining. It was very well done if you were feeling sentimental about 80’s movies. The Judd Nelson character was JUST like him… We did not see the whole thing, just long enough that I had to explain the pot reference & the reference that kept comparing vegans to virgins.

My family had a teachable moment. Other 8-12 year olds are going to tease to watch the movie that was hyped to them, or just watch it themselves. I tried to contact Nickelodean to voice my concern, but the only contact info was to voice a safety concern about the nick.com site. I left a message there, but I am not sure it will ever reach the correct department or the TV network.

Also, while at the nick.com site I clicked on a link that said parent connection & ended up at a site called nickmoms.com. It looked like part of the official nick site, but I am not sure it was. The 2nd time I went there, a window popped up that said I was leaving nick, but the 1st time there was no such warning. Like I said, it seemed like official nick .com, & there was typical stuff there about great moms connecting & supporting each other, but there were also articles entitled mom p-rn & something about euphemisms for adult topics. The content was REALLY inappropriate for kids(Although I can’t really describe it here & I don’t know how to provide a link.) I worry thet kids might happen upon it just as I did.

Does anyone know how you can contact a TV network like Nick when they don’t have an online contact, or how you can find out who their advertisers are? Thanks so much for letting me vent! :mad:
 
My nieces watch that show, and I, cranky old 26-year-old I am ;), find the show in general to be inappropriate. Which, to anyone who has seen my posting on any similar threads, should come as no surprise. 🙂
 
I would humbly suggest that you take this opportunity to reflect and consider ditching the TV all together. My family has been greatly blessed in a multitude of ways by simply not having one in our home. Yet, when I look back on the decision to drop it off at the thrift store years ago, I can only see it as a mistake.

I should have smashed it and spared someone else the burden.

I’d strongly recommend the books *Airwaves from Hell *and the sequel Television: A Prelude to Chaos both by Fr. Poncelet. They present a thoughtful and orthodox Catholic case for eliminating the television from your home.

Pax Christi
 
NickMoms is advertised by Nick and affiliated. It would be one place I would raise my concern regarding the age appropriateness of the episode content. If you are referenceing hte message boards on nickmoms, it is NOT meant to be a children’s site–hence the broader range of topics from parenting to discussing adult topics.
 
My 16 year old daughter was watching that last night while I was at the computer (a few feet away). I said hey I think their spoofing an 80’s teen movie, a bad one. She’s never seen Breakfast Club so she didn’t get it. I remember saying the funny thing is the kids watching this probably have never seen the movie and don’t even get it.
I asked her this morning if she took anything from the vegan references (which I actually didn’t connect either -I wasn’t watching it just over hearing parts) and she said no. When I told her in the actually movie they were talking about being a virgin she told she had no idea that’s what they were talking about. They didn’t talk about pot in Victorious, they made it hot sauce.

I’m thinking teens today wouldn’t have got it if they hadn’t seen the movie -which I doubt most have.
 
Well just to say I think you should discuss drug use with kids before age 14. I can’t tell you how many people started using pot, cocaine, drinking alcohol, and smoking cigarettes when I was in Junior High (yes we called it Junior High back then…lol). This was at a private Christian School. You need to prepare your kids way before they hit that age.

Now with that said, I don’t think television is the proper venue to get that sort of information. Parents should do it. Also I see that they didn’t even make the references and unless they have seen the movie they wouldn’t have even got what they were making a reference to. So unless someone explained the reference, there really shouldn’t be a problem. Just my thoughts.

Honestly it is hard to contact any program and generally they ignore letters like this unless they get a TON. They do what sells. It is way more important to these television programmers to make money then to make parents happy.
 
Every parent of young teens should have already discussed drug use with them.
 
mmm1 said:
… but I never thought I’d be discussing the drug use in it with my 14 year old.
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At what point do you think it is appropriate to start discussing drug use with your children?🤷

Have you ever heard of DARE? Drug Abuse and Resistance Education. It is taught in many, many school beginning in 5th grade - that is 10 and 11 years old.

I can guarantee you your 14 year old daughter knows someone who has at least tried drugs. If she in enrolled in school, whether public or private, I guarantee she knows someone who knows where to acquire illegal drugs.

You can continue ignoring discussing drug use, but drug use is not going to magically go away or not affect your child in some form or another. Especially if she is 14!
 
prodigalson2011 said:
My nieces watch that show, and I, cranky old 26-year-old I am ;), find the show in general to be inappropriate. Which, to anyone who has seen my posting on any similar threads, should come as no surprise. 🙂
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Hey, thanks, I guess more & more I’m noticing it, & i’m concerned even more so with the kids that are young & watching it. God bless you for your concern at 26, too!👍
 
Dan_Daly said:
I would humbly suggest that you take this opportunity to reflect and consider ditching the TV all together. My family has been greatly blessed in a multitude of ways by simply not having one in our home. Yet, when I look back on the decision to drop it off at the thrift store years ago, I can only see it as a mistake.

I should have smashed it and spared someone else the burden.

I’d strongly recommend the books *Airwaves from Hell *and the sequel Television: A Prelude to Chaos both by Fr. Poncelet. They present a thoughtful and orthodox Catholic case for eliminating the television from your home.

Pax Christi
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I really appreciate your response & am going to think about your suggestions. I have heard of other people who have done this, but I’m not sure my family would survive it. More & more I see how my family, including myself, are too dependent on it, so I guess all the more reason to think about reducing that influence. At the very least I would love to limit it greatly for Lent. Thanks & God bless!
 
Ellyakamommy said:
NickMoms is advertised by Nick and affiliated. It would be one place I would raise my concern regarding the age appropriateness of the episode content. If you are referenceing hte message boards on nickmoms, it is NOT meant to be a children’s site–hence the broader range of topics from parenting to discussing adult topics.
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Ok, I thought it seemed to be an official Nick site, but then I wasn’t sure because of the one warning I got about leaving Nick. The questionable things I saw were on the main NickMoms site & not the message boards. I was just surprised to see it on a Nick site, & one designed for moms. I am hoping kids don’t hit the wrong link & wind up there. I did leave a complaint there & I appreciate knowing it’s definitely Nick affiliated.
 
rayne89 said:
My 16 year old daughter was watching that last night while I was at the computer (a few feet away). I said hey I think their spoofing an 80’s teen movie, a bad one. She’s never seen Breakfast Club so she didn’t get it. I remember saying the funny thing is the kids watching this probably have never seen the movie and don’t even get it.
I asked her this morning if she took anything from the vegan references (which I actually didn’t connect either -I wasn’t watching it just over hearing parts) and she said no. When I told her in the actually movie they were talking about being a virgin she told she had no idea that’s what they were talking about. They didn’t talk about pot in Victorious, they made it hot sauce.

I’m thinking teens today wouldn’t have got it if they hadn’t seen the movie -which I doubt most have.
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Thanks, & I completely agree with you that a lot of kids would not get the references. For a lot of it my daughters were asking what something was about, but my 14 year old asked if they were joking about drugs during the hot sauce bit, & my 16 year old picked up on the vegan/virgin thing. I’m glad most kids won’t get the references, but I just think kids programming shouldn’t be spoofing inappropriate movies. They mentioned the real movie on the website & some of the kids are going to try & watch the original. My sarcastic self is hoping they don’t decide to spoof The God Father or Rent next.
 
JoArtist, Castello & Catholic90, I can see how my original post made you think I had not ever discussed drugs with my teen, but I hadn’t meant to leave you with that impression. I agree that would be really irresponsible. I was on a bit of a mom rant last night & didn’t express myself very clearly. She went through DARE at school & we have talked about it quite a bit over the years.

I should have phrased it better that I didn’t expect to need to discuss it during Victorious. I mean, that’s not what I expect from kids programming on Nick or Disney. It wasn’t such a big deal for her since she’s 14, but I was shocked to find Nick spoofing & therefore promoting an innapropriate movie on a G rated show.
 
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