Thursday, March 19, 2009

Turtles and Bears

My two year old daughter sometimes watches a show about a turtle named Franklin. This Franklin hangs out with his family and friends. He learns all sorts of lessons about getting along with others and basic academics.

She also has a book called Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? Jesse and his parents decide what he's going to wear throughout different times, seasons, and scenarios.

What is our world coming to? What are we teaching our kids?

When I was a kid, turtles were mutant ninjas who fought armies of criminal robots. Bears drank performance enhancing elixirs that enabled them to smash ogres. That's how it's supposed to be.

Society is going downhill in a hurry.

1 comment:

Grandpa said...

And when I was a kid I watched a coyote attempt to commit acts of terrorism with high explosives (from the Acme High Explosive Company) and instead blow himself up.

Back then, no one ever heard of a bike helmet or car seats, seat belts just had become mandatory equipment (but it was at your own discretion to use them or not).

How far the mighty have fallen...