Change is inevitable so they
say-we all agree to this fact. A lot more has changed not just in the way we
live and work but also to what we watch. This change comes with a lot of
repercussions and ramifications to some extent although we can’t rule out the
fact that we have some positives on the way too. A little kid walked into my
house a few days ago, I was busy working and my TV set was off. Jane didn’t
care about what I was doing-all she wanted was to watch her favorite cartoon. I
was shocked that she knew all the cartoon channels. “I want Jim jam” she would
say, after a few minutes we would be changing to the lion king and many more.
I love kids and this made me take some time to remind myself those
days when I could visit a friend who had a TV set in their home just to catch
up some cartoons. It was the good old days. We loved watching cartoons just
like Jane is at the moment. It hits me hard and I decide to focus and watch the
lion king which we latter change to the little mermaid and many more. As
we watch these cartoons in utter silence, I am hit with the reality that it is
true a lot has changed in the production and content of cartoons.
When these changes occur in cartoons, it isn’t just disheartening
but dangerous as it comes with many repercussions on the minds of these young
boys and girls. What has really changed? Let us have a look at what the 90’s
cartoons had in-depth. During our days, mickey mouse running adventures and
Winnie, the pooh’s honey search were the main key cartoon players. It was an
adventure series in search of something. These adventurous cartoons seem to be
long lost.
I would gladly say that the cartoons of our days were innocent yet meaningful. They were simple cartoons; the fake Scooby-Doo ghosts were adventurous cartoon series just the way they were meant to be. What is up with today’s cartoon? They are not just animated moving figures but rather a disturbing and dangerous series far from being innocent. Has this affected our kids and the way they behave? It is said that human beings preferably children are imitators of what they see. No wonder some are corroded from what they see on these cartoons.
Scooby Doo animation-cartoon-character.
For instance, an ugly naughty cartoon character called Shinchan
portrays some ill characters, as a character, he takes offer his pants for no
apparent reason and shows off his buts to his friends. It is such a bad act to
the extent that as a parent, it becomes hard to reason out with your kid why he
or she should not do it yet they have seen it done on TV. In the past, most
cartoon characters were fully packed with positive values that the producers
wanted to communicate.
We are able to strike the difference between what is communicated
in modern-day cartoon animations and what was present in the early ’90s. In the
early days, values were the main production focus of cartoons. It was an open
play where most people what to grow and impart the younger generation with
valuable knowledge and values that would change their lives for the
better.
Shinchan, for instance, calls her mum a fat lady in a Hindu
translated word. What would this teach to our children? Cartoon characters are
these days filled with irritability and such aggressiveness in whatever they do
and this is transferred to our children. As a parent, you wake up in the
morning that so and so “one of your sons” is aggressive to his friends or even
brother. Where would he or she have learnt this aggressiveness from? Cartoons
have made little kinds to become irritable, aggressive, they are hallucinating
maniacs who want to be glued on the screen to watch the same episodes or series
over and over again. It is so sad that young children no more about cartoon
series than they know what class they are in, let’s face the truth.
Cartoons of these days are filled with a lot of acts that are not the right content for the younger generation. Cartoons like “The Little Mermaid” have sexual acts widely and openly displayed to our children. Ben Ten, for instance, has been a widely watched cartoon series in the recent past-what lessons can we draw from what is displayed on the screen. As a character, he struggles to fight everyone from the start of the series to the end. The main quest that comes to my mind is, is life all about fights? Do we have to solve everything through fights? Can’t we teach our children social values that can be portrayed by cartoon characters?
It is no doubt that the current generation of young adults are
fury driven, most of them cannot make the right decision without confrontation
and what have you. It is miserable that the depiction of this age has such
genuine reactions on a child’s mind and there is little we can do about it as
it appears that the period of guiltless inventiveness has seen the graves. The
animation creators probably won't be prepared to change the content they
produce however it lies in our grasp to fend off our children from the threat of
not all innocent kid's shows. Parents should be aware of the effects of this
cartoon series to their children.
It is all advisable to check the content of what you want your
children to watch way before making it available at their disposal. Raise them to
know what is good and what is not valuable to their lives, after all, they are
your kids and you are their parent. Play your role well, read books with them,
act for them, and let them learn from you-you are the best real model they will
ever encounter.