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crb2099
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Sharing Older TV Shows with Kids
Does anyone watch (or tried to watch) older TV shows from your youth with your kids? I'm talking sitcoms and such, like Full House, Friends, Brady Bunch, M*A*S*H*, etc. (Cartoons don't count, lol.)
What did DCs like/dislike? How did you handle dated references or mature content?
Message edited 8/18/2018 9:58:08 AM.
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Naturalmama
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Christine
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Sharing Older TV Shows with Kids
My 7 year old likes to watch Friends & Everybody Loves Raymond, lol. It is usually on a non school night when he is up past his 8:30 bedtime and sits with us to watch it. I find that most of the mature content goes over his head.
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| Posted 8/18/18 11:53 AM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: Sharing Older TV Shows with Kids
We watch the black and white Twilight Zone show with 12yo DD. We also watch Married With Children with her.
We explain a lot of the dated material and mature content very straight forward and exactly what it is.
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| Posted 8/18/18 6:48 PM |
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MyBabyG
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Sharing Older TV Shows with Kids
My 6 yr old DD loves Golden Girls. We also watch Reba and Friends
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| Posted 8/18/18 7:36 PM |
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Dolphinsbaby
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Re: Sharing Older TV Shows with Kids
This makes me laugh because when I was a kid on Sunday nights my family would watch America’s Most Wanted and then I would go to bed. Talk about inappropriate for a kid. What the hell were my parents thinking?!?!? No wonder I was exhausted on Monday mornings (who could sleep after that show?).
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| Posted 8/18/18 11:54 PM |
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Katareen
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Re: Sharing Older TV Shows with Kids
Posted by Dolphinsbaby
This makes me laugh because when I was a kid on Sunday nights my family would watch America’s Most Wanted and then I would go to bed. Talk about inappropriate for a kid. What the hell were my parents thinking?!?!? No wonder I was exhausted on Monday mornings (who could sleep after that show?).
LOL! We watched unsolved mysteries! I still find it terrifying to this day.
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| Posted 8/19/18 10:00 AM |
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Katareen
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Sharing Older TV Shows with Kids
My 7yo loves Saved By the Bell and Boy Meets World
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| Posted 8/19/18 10:02 AM |
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b2b777
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Sharing Older TV Shows with Kids
My 5 yr old loves to watch old movies...not so much shows. We've already watched Home Alone, Goonies, Wiz of Oz, and Labyrinth. Call CPS!!
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| Posted 8/20/18 1:42 PM |
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Sash
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Re: Sharing Older TV Shows with Kids
Posted by Katareen
Posted by Dolphinsbaby
This makes me laugh because when I was a kid on Sunday nights my family would watch America’s Most Wanted and then I would go to bed. Talk about inappropriate for a kid. What the hell were my parents thinking?!?!? No wonder I was exhausted on Monday mornings (who could sleep after that show?).
LOL! We watched unsolved mysteries! I still find it terrifying to this day.
Omg his voice.
We watched Americas Most Wanted and Cops as a family.
My mom watched General Hospital (Soap Opera) with my sister as a kid. Then when my sister was older she made me watch it with her.
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| Posted 8/20/18 2:45 PM |
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Sash
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Re: Sharing Older TV Shows with Kids
My son watched Full House and Fresh Prince on his own from Nick @ nite.
I did watch the original TNMNT with him.
I would love to watch Different Strokes with him.
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| Posted 8/20/18 2:48 PM |
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BargainMama
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Sharing Older TV Shows with Kids
My teenager watches ALF all the time!
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| Posted 8/22/18 11:53 AM |
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crb2099
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Re: Sharing Older TV Shows with Kids
These are all great answers! Would anyone here be interested in being interviewed for Newsday about this?
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| Posted 8/22/18 11:57 AM |
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MrsT809
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Re: Sharing Older TV Shows with Kids
Posted by Dolphinsbaby
This makes me laugh because when I was a kid on Sunday nights my family would watch America’s Most Wanted and then I would go to bed. Talk about inappropriate for a kid. What the hell were my parents thinking?!?!? No wonder I was exhausted on Monday mornings (who could sleep after that show?).
My favorite as a kid was Rescue 911 I'm still scarred from some of those stories.
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| Posted 8/22/18 12:06 PM |
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M514
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Re: Sharing Older TV Shows with Kids
Posted by MrsT809
Posted by Dolphinsbaby
This makes me laugh because when I was a kid on Sunday nights my family would watch America’s Most Wanted and then I would go to bed. Talk about inappropriate for a kid. What the hell were my parents thinking?!?!? No wonder I was exhausted on Monday mornings (who could sleep after that show?).
My favorite as a kid was Rescue 911 I'm still scarred from some of those stories.
Lol I used to watch these too! Rescue 911 kept me up at night but I just HAD to watch it.
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| Posted 8/22/18 5:17 PM |
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drpepper318
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Re: Sharing Older TV Shows with Kids
So far my kids watch mostly kiddie shows still, but they do love Saved by the Bell... and I will definitely be showing them Full House, Brady Bunch, Growing Pains, I Love Lucy, Three's Company... etc. on DVD. They just don't make shows like those anymore!!!!
And I too was obsessed with Unsolved Mysteries & Rescue 911 as a kid... no wonder I was terrified & couldn't stay asleep through the night as a kid!!
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| Posted 8/27/18 12:37 AM |
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Budjeg11
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Sharing Older TV Shows with Kids
I used to watch soap operas with my grandmother when i was really young (and she would ask me to translate for her bc she didnt speak English lol). In fact, some of my best memories are all of us either in the living room or my parents bedroom watching Dynasty, Dallas and Falcoln Crest ... =)
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