ot.........scary movies and kids

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Mon, 08-01-2005 - 11:37pm

bad mommy and daddy report tonight..we were channel surfing and dh decides to announce that we're going to watch the abc movie sixth sense. i'm saying no way and the oldest two, ages 6 and almost 8, are all for it because it's *scaaaaaary*. at every commercial i'm saying it's just make believe it's just make believe and even encouraged a channel change. we watched the entire movie and when it was time to go to bed, my oldest asked a genuine question: what do you do if (big emphasis on *if*) things pop out of the television mom? i reminded her that it was only a movie and that would never happen. she was certain i was wrong and kept asking "but what *if*...." i said it wouldn't happen and included other shows that wouldn't pop out either like her favorites spongebob and lizzie mcguire.

i feel so bad that these kids watched this movie. are there limits on programming at your home and would you have handled the scenario the same way with children at this age? tia for any btdt or advice.

m3t who can't wait til the school year starts so we can get back into a routine of 8P bedtime.

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Wed, 08-10-2005 - 3:13pm

Is there a place for gay men and women?

PumpkinAngel

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Wed, 08-10-2005 - 3:19pm
yes there is.....if you're insinuating that because the church does not accept their choice lifestyle we don't accept *them*, you're wrong.
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Wed, 08-10-2005 - 3:19pm

What did the Catholic church do to prevent the abuse

PumpkinAngel

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Wed, 08-10-2005 - 3:20pm

How on earth?


PumpkinAngel

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Wed, 08-10-2005 - 3:29pm

huh? what don't you understand?

it's like my 9 year old boy's family who didn't let their premarital sex get in the way of keeping religion alive. or a divorced woman who keeps strong ties to her faith regardless of her sin. or a homosexual man who prays for forgiveness every week for his morally wrong way of life.

everybody is a sinner.

handfuls of lifestyles like all of the above are *excuses* why people/families drift. that's sad.

edited to include the fact that my own church here in texas holds support groups for these very kinds of people. one of the very active groups is called the roundtable.




Edited 8/10/2005 3:32 pm ET ET by mom3texas
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Wed, 08-10-2005 - 3:33pm

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PumpkinAngel

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Wed, 08-10-2005 - 3:37pm

I guess your church should hold support groups for everyone then, not just those especially-disfavored-sinning types, because we are all sinners, right?

We're confused because preventing active homosexuals or divorced/remarried people from holding leadership positions in the church doesn't have the first thing to do with a 9 YO boy loving his faith. Why you think it does is a mystery.




Edited 8/10/2005 3:42 pm ET ET by dogma_2
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Wed, 08-10-2005 - 3:38pm

I don't understand what divorce and homosexuality have to do with a 9 year old born out of wedlock.

PumpkinAngel

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Wed, 08-10-2005 - 3:45pm
Heidi, you have spent too much time reading M3T's posts - she's starting to wear off on you. I believe you mean "accepted."
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Wed, 08-10-2005 - 3:57pm

what i meant is that there are a zillion sinners in my church including homosexuals, divorced men and women etc. that are accepted for who *they* are.............to go as far as saying my church will marry a gay couple or allow a divorced man or woman to marry again without an annulment is not the point.

would you believe there are loads of spiritual leaders in the catholic church that come from complete opposite ways of living, i think even moreso than ones who have always believed in the same church law since infancy.




Edited 8/10/2005 3:58 pm ET ET by mom3texas

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