"The seven deadly sins of kid culture"

Actually worth a look. An interesting and entertaining piece in this weeks Metrotimes written by Curt Holman.


The 7 Sins are as follows:



Insipidness
"...shows such as Teletubbies or the BabyFirstTV channel seek to train infants to be TV watchers. The concept scares the bejesus out of me,"

Brattiness
"Such cartoons have educational value and effectively expand her vocabulary — for insults."

"Princess-ness"
"The Disney Princess product line dominates and feeds this impulse, earning $2.5 billion in sales in 2003."

Stereotyping
"You can make a case for the values in the original tale of Little Black Sambo, but how can you convey the harm in the name?"

Violence
"Even imaginary violence is like playing with fire."

Vulgarity
"The bar for vulgarity and bodily-function humor has dropped well below the waist, egging on our juveniles to engage in juvenile jokes."

Sluttiness
"Bratz dolls come dressed in sexualized clothing such as miniskirts, fishnet stockings, and feather boas ... It is worrisome when dolls designed specifically for 4- to 8-year-olds are associated with an objectified adult sexuality."