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

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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 - 5:12pm

your church = large numbers


Gotcha.


Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color.  Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.

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Wed, 08-10-2005 - 5:13pm

Because it is a tradition that excludes people.


ETA


When I'm a guest in a church in which I'm not familiar with their belifs, etc ... I often refuse communion if offered. I don't want to mar the sanctity of their beliefs by partaking when my beliefs differ from theirs. But I find it a great honor to be invited to partake.

Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color.  Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.

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Wed, 08-10-2005 - 5:15pm

sorry for catching this post a little late pa.....but would you believe i'm a supporter of jk? during the last campaign, there were quite a few spreads about the boston diocese administering communion to him despite his political (not personal...political) views.

it goes both ways....imagine that.

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Wed, 08-10-2005 - 5:16pm

<<i found it mighty neat that i could receive the bread and wine (or was it grape juice?) at his church.......i guess i have a difficult time understanding why you can't share the same respect about our church tradition.>>


Because the tradition didn't go both ways?

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Wed, 08-10-2005 - 5:19pm

Just to back you up here. . .my church offers open communion (ie all who believe in Christ as savior

Virgo
 
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Wed, 08-10-2005 - 5:20pm

Yes, I believe you would be a supporter of JK, that doesn't surprise me in the least.

PumpkinAngel

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Wed, 08-10-2005 - 5:21pm

goes both ways


Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color.  Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.

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Wed, 08-10-2005 - 5:21pm
Actually, I think Lutherans may also take Communion with Catholics; it's the transubstantiation thing with the hosts. Lutherans believe in it; I don't believe any other Protestant denomination does (hence their exclusion from Catholic Communion).

Karen

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Wed, 08-10-2005 - 5:22pm

Oh....my mind was there too.


PumpkinAngel

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Wed, 08-10-2005 - 5:23pm

I think you're right. The Lutherans, from what I understand, are only a baby step removed from the Catholics. And, Methodists are only a few steps removed.


But I'm certainly not an expert on denominational differences ...

Elaine: "Is it a problem

Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color.  Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.

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