Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.metro From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Kids aren't boobs about trash on tube Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 15:23:03 EST Message-ID: \SE B;METROPOLITAN;COMICS;DEAR ABBY \SS (WS) \HD Kids aren't boobs about trash on tube \BY Abigail Van Buren \CR UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE DEAR ABBY: I am a fifth-grade elementary school teacher in Axtell, Texas. I have read your column for years and believe that you want what is best for children and families. Allowing vulgarity, profanity and sexually explicit material in the movies and on TV to go unchallenged only weakens our country's moral fiber and family units. Your recent survey showed that 67,783 readers "felt many movies and TV shows today insult our values, intelligence and morals. Only 213 readers disagreed." I asked my students (all 10-year-olds) to write a few sentences expressing how they feel about what they see and hear on TV and in the movies. I submit their comments. - MRS. JEANIE OWENS, AXTELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEAR ABBY: I do not like the scenes that the TV stations put on the TV screens. All that kissing embarrasses me. - COLT WEST DEAR ABBY: What I see on TV embarrasses me when my cousins are watching TV with me. Thank you for wanting my opinion. - KRISTIN HARRIS DEAR ABBY: I don't like dirty words on television. One day another girl asked me, "What does that mean?" It made me feel stupid. - NATASHA WILSON DEAR ABBY: I don't think it's right when some parents don't know what their children are watching on TV. Young children do not need to watch that filth. - JEREMY BENNETT DEAR ABBY: I am tired of dirty language on TV. I am also tired of the nasty videos. - CATHERINE HERNANDEZ DEAR ABBY: I wish there was at least one show that people of all ages and races could enjoy together. - LACY WITT DEAR ABBY: I think there is too much violence and cussing, but most of all it is embarrassing to kids when people kiss on TV. - LAURA LUPU DEAR ABBY: I disagree with the kissing and all the other mushy stuff on TV. I am 10 years old and in the fifth grade. Thank you. - ADAM LAW DEAR ABBY: I don't like some of the fighting and killing on TV. It is just not nice. This is my opinion. - ALINA TANASA DEAR ABBY: I really hate the bad talking and kissing on television. Thank you. - NATALEE DOLLINS DEAR ABBY: I am a 10-year-old at Axtell Elementary School, and I am writing to you to state my displeasure at the illicit material used on VCR tapes, in movies and on television. Crime in a city near me has risen 37 percent. Sometimes I get scared when I hear the news about kids killing kids in school. I wonder if these kids have been watching all the violence on television and then have tried to copy it. I was always told by my parents that killing doesn't make you a grown-up. I was also told that to be a grown-up, I am to treat others as I want to be treated. - JOHNATHON DOOLET DEAR MRS. OWENS AND STUDENTS: Your thoughtful letters are much appreciated. If enough of us demand better TV and movies from the networks and film studios, we'll get results! This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM