Last week, a cast member of Saturday Night Live said the F-word loud and clear on the air. This week David Letterman was applauded by his audience when he admitted that he had had sexual relationships with women who had worked for his show. This morning I was speaking with a good friend of mine who has two young children and who told me that it is difficult for him to have his children watch television because of the commericals that show images that he does not want his children seeing. The sisters pictured above would not be happy. The values of our society have changed extremely rapidly and continue to, especially on TV, go down the tube (pun intended). Young people are using words regularly that if I would have used when I was a child, would have caused me to be in serious trouble. Anyone who denies that television, movies, the internet, and music is having a negative impact on our society is fooling themselves.
What can we do about this? Parents need to be responsible. Don't let the TV raise your children. Monitor what they watch and listen to. Talk to them about what they see. Counteract the negative stuff with positive stuff. We can bring values back to our society!
UPDATE:
The National Catholic Register has a good post about this topic here.
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