What do you watch?

[Jen Reese]

> SSSusan:
> And there is a fair number of questionable shows for 7-year-olds!  
> 
> Frankly, some of the shows on Nick which my kids prefer bug me 
> because the parents are always MORONS and the kids have Attitudes 
Out 
> the Wazoo.  [Does "Fairly Odd Parents" bug anybody else besides 
me?]  
> I miss when my kids thought cartoons only existed on PBS and we'd 
> watch their "Bookworm Bunch" shows, including George Shrinks -- a 
> truly **great** cartoon... with ubercool parents to boot!

Jen: You aren't the only one! "Dexter" is the same way. And what's 
up with the mom on that show and her rubber gloves? I'm still 
wondering about that one. 

Unfortunately, we've bypassed Nick now (except Spongebob) for 
Cartoon Network, where many of the Y7 shows solve the problem by 
just leaving the parents out. There are so many orphans and kids 
with interestin' guardians (like the grim reaper on 'Billy and 
Mandy') that you forget parents/legitimate guardians are actually 
required for growing up.

Jen, still trying to decide whether the morons or the 'in abstentia' 
parents are worse.