Streubenville And The Family Guy Generation Summary
English 1301
20 May 2013
A Poor Excuse for Poor Parenting A recent article in Time Magazine has claimed that teen offenders of violent crimes are in essence also the victims because of the confusion over right and wrong, due to being raised on television programs such as Family Guy. While it’s true that TV shows such as this appear to contain an endless supply of inappropriate humor and degradation of women in general, it is erroneous to try to lay blame for the actions and attitudes of today’s teenagers on these cartoons. A culture that not only allows, but also avidly watches this type of programming in the first place, should be in question. Instead of blaming television programs for raising children poorly, parents should accept the responsibility …show more content…
After citing several examples of recent incidents that have appeared in the news, she then says that even adults are unclear about what constitutes rape and what kind of things are appropriate to make jokes about, therefore causing confusion among young people. Schrobsdorff even makes a plea to the reader, “Before we condemn them, let’s remember they could be our children.” Schrobsdorff tells of how her own 16 year old daughter stated that the degrading jokes and language used by kids describing the Steubenville incident is common among young people today. She then goes on to say that these types of jokes and vulgar humor are “just part of teen online culture now.” Although Schrobsdorff admits, “Perhaps it’s time we made it our responsibility, as parents, to explain where the line is and who is crossing it …” the time to take responsibility instead of make excuses is during the childhood and development of the
20 May 2013
A Poor Excuse for Poor Parenting A recent article in Time Magazine has claimed that teen offenders of violent crimes are in essence also the victims because of the confusion over right and wrong, due to being raised on television programs such as Family Guy. While it’s true that TV shows such as this appear to contain an endless supply of inappropriate humor and degradation of women in general, it is erroneous to try to lay blame for the actions and attitudes of today’s teenagers on these cartoons. A culture that not only allows, but also avidly watches this type of programming in the first place, should be in question. Instead of blaming television programs for raising children poorly, parents should accept the responsibility …show more content…
After citing several examples of recent incidents that have appeared in the news, she then says that even adults are unclear about what constitutes rape and what kind of things are appropriate to make jokes about, therefore causing confusion among young people. Schrobsdorff even makes a plea to the reader, “Before we condemn them, let’s remember they could be our children.” Schrobsdorff tells of how her own 16 year old daughter stated that the degrading jokes and language used by kids describing the Steubenville incident is common among young people today. She then goes on to say that these types of jokes and vulgar humor are “just part of teen online culture now.” Although Schrobsdorff admits, “Perhaps it’s time we made it our responsibility, as parents, to explain where the line is and who is crossing it …” the time to take responsibility instead of make excuses is during the childhood and development of the