My control-freak mom !

Well she decided that i could not watch that 70's show because they sometime take drugs. Drugs she said will destroy you life and drugs are not fun and she also said : Antoine why do you watch that show, they are always talking about sex . I think this TV show is great .



My mom is a control-freak !

 

yeah my mum has a go at me for no reason in particular sometimes...

 

She's afraid you'll start taking drugs, either ally her fears by confirming them most definitly (those will be some lain fears, she won't be happy but there we are) or be making sure that she knows that you won't do them, I'd err on the side of caution w\ that one

 

I like that show a lot too, I think it's hilarious, unfortunately though, I'd be with your mother on this one.

 

that show is harmless! what will happen when your mom gets confronted with real life?
its natural to have sex and its not like its a show about junkies.....

 

sex isnt natural....sex is an evil thing that only mummies and daddies do because they have to.

 

but shes right that drugs on the long term can destroy your life and theyre not allways fun. just sometimes

 

i was watching that 70s show with my mom once...she was laughing the entire time, i dont think she understood it.

 

Haha, the funny part is by denying something from someone, it'll just increase the mysteriousness and desire... ignorance doesn't work.

 

Sure, I agree with you, sex is natural, BUT, would you really want your 14 year old doing it? And as far as drugs go, I don't think there's a whole lot of obvious drug usage in the show. I mean, heck, years back when I first watched the show, I didn't even pick up on it. *laughs* But kids these days know a lot more than I sure did. I think his mother is simply protecting him. He's only 14 afterall. She has a right to say what he can and can't watch at this stage in his life. It has nothing to do with control, it has to do with keeping the exposure to certain matters minimal.

Peace, just looking at the flip side of the coin.

 

i suppose im real lucky then, i can do pretty much anythin i want, well most of the times

 

By the way canadian boy, I'm not picking on you hon, or anyone else at all, just trying to show you another mama's view. I understand why your mom is probably doing what she is. True, I don't know her personally, and heck, I could be way off the mark and maybe she is very controlling and this is just another thing for her to control, but if she's doing it in the mindset that you're still her "little boy" and she doesn't want you getting ideas from a television program, then I can appreciate that. She's only trying to protect you for as long as she can. She knows that her time doing that is limited and she's trying to look out for you.

Then again, like I said, I could be way off the mark.

 

Keeping the exposure to certain matters minimal is control. But the thing is, the reason drugs are in demand is because they're illegal or controlled. Not only that, but I just don't believe in ignorance as a teaching tool as it defies learning and makes it somewhat of an oxymoron. I see your point and have nothing against it, I just think that it would be better to learn about it from your parents than if your kids grew up and started doing it behind your back after they learned about it from their friends and learned why their parents kept them away from it... Because if someone denies someone something, there's got to be something to it. Not only that, but the government wouldn't make drugs illegal if it were dangerous for people, they make it illegal because certain drugs are dangerous for them, but I believe the CIA was distributing and selling cocaine as a profit... It's just a very strange and touchy topic.

 

well i wouldnt wont my 14 year-old child doing sex but, like i said that show is harmless you dont see ANYTHING. and i think he knows that sex does exist . it would be different if it was a pornographic show or so. and well i think its good and important to talk about sex even at that age. you cant lock children away from everything and surprise surprise when the kid gets pregnant at 15

 

yeah that really sucks. theyre not drug addicts, they just smoke pot once in awhile. they do talk about sex a lot, but thats what teens do! my mom saw them smoking pot and she didnt understand. she was like "jackie, what are they doing?"
me: oh, gee...i dunno mom. teehee

 

Yeah, that's what I was getting at... it's kind of a thing you can't avoid, so you can't keep them away from that. It's better to just tell them how you feel and see what their opinions are on it. It's going to happen sooner or later.

 

True, very true. But I can say that I lived a very sheltered life as a teenager, and I never once went behind my parent's backs when they told me how they felt on certain matters. They never had to stress about me having sex or doing drugs. I was too afraid to. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't perfect by any means, but all in all, I was a good kid and my parents never really had to worry.

When I was 18, things changed a bit, but then, I was considered a legal adult, and I was living with my husband (then fiance) at 19 years old, married at 20.

Anyway. No, you are totally right in saying that you cannot shelter them forever, but as a mother myself, the maternal instinct I feel to protect my children is overwhelming. I can't even describe it. I realize that I cannot turn a blind eye and expect my kids to not have sex, or not experiment, especially in today's world, but at least I can try and provide some guidance, and hope for the best. That's all.

Peace...

 

man, thats a bitch. whats great about that show is when they smoke up its quite realistic....its funny as hell


on a side note: i wasnt allowed to watch rugrats growing up because my mom thought that was a bad name to call a baby.

 

I always watch it with my mom... I think it's really great. She's right about drugs, but that's not the solution. You should talk to her and tell her that you know that drugs are dangerous... And about sex, it's perfectly natural! Everybody talks about sex! My mom acts like that sometimes, and I know that's because she loves me very much and cares for me, so I just talk to her and explain her things... You should just talk to her and and ask her to wach it with you and she will see it's a very good and funny TV show!

 

i think that show is lame...i used to like it...i even think the old episodes are lame now too