Im not talking about overprotective parenting but simply age appropriateness.
There are many other “themes” apart from gay relationships that are also not appropriate for small kids such as sex,goriness,and drug taking.
The last time I checked, showing kissing, hugging, hand holding, and weddings in shows is not considered too mature for children. Granted, there was a time when kid’s shows had references to alcohol and smoking, so maybe I’m just out of the loop, but given that kissing while waiting in line at Cold Stone is not taboo while cutting off someone’s head is, I’m guessing things haven’t changed too much.
The issue is one of purely moral consideration, not age appropriateness. Frankly, I’d imagine children will accept what their parents say on the matter. There might be a question or two, but children don’t tend to really rebel against their parents’ morals until they become teenagers, at which point you’d probably have to be more convincing than “because God said so” on pretty much everything.
scriptwriters etc shouldn’t be pushing agendas onto kids.
I doubt the existence of an agenda is a problem If that were the case, people would also be complaining about anti-bullying, anti-drug, and pro-family agendas. They’d also be yelling at VeggieTales for having a clear Christian agenda. Basically, trying to frame the issue as screenwriters having an agenda is disingenuous. It’s that what was shown/taught wasn’t to the person’s liking.
It’s not kids of that age that are asking for these characters-they are more interested in lions and fairies,magic,talking funny animals etc-so why the necessity to add them to kids shows?
When I was a kid, many of my favorite shows and movies had some romantic elements in them. Sure, not all of them did, but I’d say that a good chunk did. I always liked it, even if I obviously never wrote the producers and asked for them to keep up.
Kids will be exposed to things in this modern world but responsible parenting means filtering things.
At least where I live, filtering out LGBT content would mean not leaving the house. If I were a parent, I’d rather not have the discussion with a gay couple there or in the middle of Mass. A TV show makes it easier to do that.
Edit: To clarify, my church isn’t “accepting”. The priests are all pretty conservative but would probably bring the topic up during the homily sooner or later.
