We interrupt this program for a brief rant…
4 August 2009
Tonight is the book discussion for Me, Just Different hosted by my home church, Southwoods. If you’re in the KC area, you should totally come check it out. And if the book isn’t draw enough, Sheridan’s Frozen Custard has donated a bunch of $5 gift cards that we’ll be giving away. I’m SO excited about this. As if I needed another reason to adore that place…
So I really feel like I need to get something off my chest. I very strongly dislike The Secret Life of the American Teenager on ABC Family. For one thing, I think it’s a total joke it’s on ABC Family. I assume it snuck in there because it was created by Brenda Hampton, the creator of Seventh Heaven. For those who may not have seen it, the show is entirely about sex. About who’s having sex, who’s not, who said they wouldn’t but now are, and so on. One of my friends has a daughter in sixth grade and says all the girls are obsessed with it. Sixth grade is way too young to be watching Secret Life. Honestly, sometimes twenty-five feels too young.
I’m sure there’s a camp of people out there saying our kids know all about sex anyway, and there’s no harm in them watching a show that talks about everything they already know. But Secret Life isn’t just talking about high school sex, it’s glorifying it. I’m sure they don’t think they are. My guess is they think by showing Amy’s life as a teenage mother they’re showing the darker side, but none of the other characters on the show are thinking twice before they “hook up,” so why do they expect young viewers to put on the brakes because of Amy? Aargh.
Okay, stepping off soap box now. (Though, truthfully, I’m still growling as I do so.)
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