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Originally Posted by Red Ice Player
My junior high days were the early seventies. Back then there was maybe six channels on cable and most houses had one television, in the living room. Mom and Dad ruled the remote control. Most of the content was pretty tame stuff but my point was that my parents actually took note of what was on. I'm sure if I really wanted to, I could have chosen to visit the homes of friends whose parents didn't care what was on TV, but other than sports, I didn't watch much TV then.
I am not blaming South Park for this stupidity, which was probably bullies using an internet campaign as an excuse for doing what bullies do. I like the show. It was more of a blanket condemnation of parents who don't give a crap. A lot of those parents are from my generation, and they are seriously dropping the ball. When kids have a lack of parental guidance, they tend to take their cues from their peers and pop culture. That makes for some seriously screwed up people lacking morality and self control.
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I've been discussing this with a number of my peers in my masters program in education. What do you folk think the role of schools themselves should be in developing the moral character of youth? It's certainly a traditional role of schools.