Amanda:
Well lets see . . . Breakups are never easy. They are never clean. In the end, one person is always hurt more than the other. But how do you survive those messy things. You could jump right back into the dating scene, but I strongly suggest you avoid that scene. You should have a cry, even if it's just a few minutes. Crying isn't a sign of weakness it's a sign of truth. You admit to yourseld that no matter the duration of the relationship or the depth of the feelings that you did actually allow yourself to open up. Then get mad. You don't even have to be mad at anyone in particular. Then get happy. You are free to now do as you please without the constant inclusion of someone else that may or may not have enjoyed the same activities. Then just be you . Don't expect to find love/lust right aroung the corner. When its the right time it will find you and that person will enjoy you as you are . . . a baggage free entity. (Major rule for dating, never bring old baggage along).
Laura:
Well, since I have never been in a real relationship (having dated a guy in 7th grade for a few weeks, which was never real to begin with) I guess that I have very little experience in breakups. The only guy I ever dumped was a guy who had only asked me out because of a misunderstanding, and I dumped him 23 hrs later (simple math, no obsesion) and he is now one of my best friends, I guess I don't have a lot to say.
I agree with Amanda, you need time to recover and maybe even cry. I almost cried over the first relationship, but then I realized you can't REALLY date until you are older than we were.
There was no real reason for us to date other than he was the first guy to ask me out.
I hope my next relationship (Be it guy or girl) will be better than that was, and end better than that did.
Elane:
Breakups . . . they hurt. Each person, whether one may admit it and the other doesn't it hurts both persons. Haing a relaionship so strong with someone then suddenly getting that ripped out of your hands by problems or trivial matters or stupid reasoning, hurts alot especially if that person was someone you felt so connected to. After a breakup, you then feel that emptiness, that feeling of need and loneliness, that you need someone or things are all over in life, so you instead hurt someone else by having what is called 'a rebound' relationship with someone you think is a better person, but then realize not too long later you did it for filling that void for a little, however that just makes you look as bad as when you just were broken up with, or broke up with someone else.
Sierra:
I don't belive in rebound dating. It's bad and never ends well. I'm not to big into dating, because people get hurt and why not live life before we settle down.But what you need to realize before you start dating is that even though your with someone you need to know that you can make yourself happy without someone's "love" but most people confuse lust for love. And you should not let anyone pressure you into that unless you're ready and comfortable with yourself. You never owe it to someone. If you think you do you get hurt and feel guilty and a bad breakup normally follows.
With my experience I've dated jerks and nice guys and been aroung alot in the dating area and came to the conclusion: yes relationships are meant to find someone to make you happy and you want to make them happy. So, if you're not happy, figure out why and if it's the person, don't cling to the relationship or you will get hurt along with probably crushing the other person. Also if your in a sticky breakup, just remember if you care about a person you want them to be happy and that makes you happy so if they're happy means you move on and respect it.
Also breaking up should never be done over text, email, IM, message or anything but face to face in person and don't try to hurt them. When you do break up, wait at least a week, preferably a week and 3days before finding someone else so you can find out if your head is straight, then every girl deserves a day to mope and eat comfort foor even if it's not needed, you will feel better then get back to living. And remember just because you weren't meant to be together doesn't mean you weren't meant to be friends.
And to end this statement, loving is about making your loved ones happy, even if that means them being happy with someone else. This has to be one of the most important things to remember about dating.
Elane:
If you love someone and they leave you, remember to set them free. If they come back one day and you're there still waiting, it was meant to be. Also never let yourself be put down. You may not be with them anymore, but you don't look at yourself as it being your fault ot you'll never be able to date properly without seeing all these faults and problems and worries in yourself. As for finging someone, even if they have their problems and they act rude sometimes or have their flaws, remember that you do too. Believe in who your with and they will for you. Find someone whi is worth your time and you're worth their time. Be happy and make sure they're happy too.
Sierra:
I totally agree with that. We're all human and we have flaws. To love someone you have to accept that their flaws make them special and unique. And from personal experience, I dated a guy and after I broke up with him a month before homecoming he turned into a tota jerk and started spreading lies and rumors about me that eventually got aroung to the whole school and the teachers and principal did nothing to help but put me in suspension, punishing me for their cruelty.
So my story is get to know the percon first. Most definately because you might enf up being known as "the pregnant girl" or herpies or easy or some immature thing and the pregnant thing, people still ask if I am and it's almost been a year so watch out who you date, don't just date a person for looks, date on the inside, love feels with the heart, not the eyes.
Elane:
That's harsh. People do that. After me and a girl dated, her parents found out and sent her to another state to try and 'de-gayafy' her. She came back and spread all sorts of rumors about me along with my used to be best friend and made a lot of my old friends hate me.
Sierra:
People are so immature with that kind of thing and don't notice that words hurt because once they're said you can't take them back and depending on what was said, people will remember forever.
Elane:
I lost almost all of my friends minus like 3, and now I am known as the girl who goes through guys incredibly easy and that I ruin girls by turning them gay.
Laura:
I never had any rumors like that, my ex never spread a rumor. He was just a jackass (still is).
But my prefered method of description on the love vs. lust is that lust falls into what I call Luv. It's an easy loophole that I like. Luv, is not even close to Love. Luv is lust, boyfriends, girlfriends, people you aren't yet sure about having forever with.
One of my best friends dated this guy on and off for a while. He would break up with her and move to this other girl, then they would split and he would go back. Repeat cycle.
I got pissed off because my friend was mad at the other girl, ready to rip her to shreds.
Then they got back together for supposedly good. A week into the relationship they were saying and texting 'I love you" (which inspired the Luv realization). But I hardly say Love to anyone except imediate family.
I would feel uncomfortably is the 'i love you's came before 8months to a year.
Sierra:
Love can come fast sometimes, though. And luv or lust can come even faster. My advise on that is to wait.
Autumn:
Even thought most break-ups are hard, they can be easy too. I guess it depends on the relationship. Almost all relationships I've had, I broke it off because it wasn't working. I didn't find it hard at all. (But that may be due to the fact that I'm a bit . . . unemotionsal, I guess. In those types of situations.)
Monday, July 25, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Topic 2: Picking Favorites
Amanda:
Ok. Picking favorites happend all the time. In school it was based on stereotypes, in life it's based on cultures and I can say this with honesty because I see it everyday where I work. I'm a hostess at a chinese place. There are rules for everything and I've seen waitresses (both chinese and american) get chewed out for doing even the simplest thing wrong. Like putting the glass water glasses in the top of the wash basin with other dishes (they go in the bottom one so they don't break as easily). But once we got an older chinese waiter things changed . . . such as he does everything wrong (the water glass thing included) and when broughtup to the boss he says to 'stop picking on the new guy and let him work' Total culture thing 'cause the waiter is older male (even older than the boss) but not fair for those that got chewed out for the same thing. There really is nothing you can do about the favorites thing other than keep doing what you are doing. Eventually people will learn, although unfortunately they may not realize the lesson until they lose you.
Autumn:
It may sound wrong, but picking favorites in your family or at work is natural. A person can't help the fact that they like one person better than they like another. If someone has such a problem with that, maybe they should work on being a better person. Or not, because if someone favors someone else over you, it could just be that their personallities match and yours doesn't. And you can change your personality, but that person still won't favor you anymore than they did before because they already know how you originally are, and then switching up the way you act can cause suspicion. But picking favorites is nothing to get all bent out of shape over, because everyone does it, consiously and unconsiously.
Elane:
I am guilty of picking favorites. I am actually ashamed because I hate it when people pick favorites and treat me bad. I picked favorites for this one family of kids I babysat because one of them was way more behaved and listened compared to the other kids. Otherwise, I really don't think picking favorites at work is good. Everyone has their flaws, but they also have something they are better at than others. Don't pick favorites at a job, instead why not balance out what everyone is good at and that way nobody is better than another and get picked as a 'favorite'.
Laura:
I think Autumn is right, some people click and others don't but I still can't say that I approve or that I'm going to sit back while it's done to me.
At the same time, I have preferences which are similar and I am guilty of subconsious favoritism. I'm not ashamed of it, and I try to fix it when it's noticed, but it isn't right and can't be stopped.
Sierra:
Well picking favorites might happen alot and nobody ikes it but it happens when you pick your friends, you favor them more than other people. And when in dating you favor things about them to the point you find them attractive compare to someone you hate. When picking cloths and shopping. It's everywhere and people don't notice. Although we don't like it. And being raised in this culture it's not to great we pick favoritism in race, sex, hair, clothes, everything. I personally like it and dislike it because it makes you who you are and individual although favoritism is not.
Not advised, we still pick favorites in the moments we should remain nutral.
Laura:
I have very little more I can say anymore.
*the conversation was unnanimously ended shortly afterward
Ok. Picking favorites happend all the time. In school it was based on stereotypes, in life it's based on cultures and I can say this with honesty because I see it everyday where I work. I'm a hostess at a chinese place. There are rules for everything and I've seen waitresses (both chinese and american) get chewed out for doing even the simplest thing wrong. Like putting the glass water glasses in the top of the wash basin with other dishes (they go in the bottom one so they don't break as easily). But once we got an older chinese waiter things changed . . . such as he does everything wrong (the water glass thing included) and when broughtup to the boss he says to 'stop picking on the new guy and let him work' Total culture thing 'cause the waiter is older male (even older than the boss) but not fair for those that got chewed out for the same thing. There really is nothing you can do about the favorites thing other than keep doing what you are doing. Eventually people will learn, although unfortunately they may not realize the lesson until they lose you.
Autumn:
It may sound wrong, but picking favorites in your family or at work is natural. A person can't help the fact that they like one person better than they like another. If someone has such a problem with that, maybe they should work on being a better person. Or not, because if someone favors someone else over you, it could just be that their personallities match and yours doesn't. And you can change your personality, but that person still won't favor you anymore than they did before because they already know how you originally are, and then switching up the way you act can cause suspicion. But picking favorites is nothing to get all bent out of shape over, because everyone does it, consiously and unconsiously.
Elane:
I am guilty of picking favorites. I am actually ashamed because I hate it when people pick favorites and treat me bad. I picked favorites for this one family of kids I babysat because one of them was way more behaved and listened compared to the other kids. Otherwise, I really don't think picking favorites at work is good. Everyone has their flaws, but they also have something they are better at than others. Don't pick favorites at a job, instead why not balance out what everyone is good at and that way nobody is better than another and get picked as a 'favorite'.
Laura:
I think Autumn is right, some people click and others don't but I still can't say that I approve or that I'm going to sit back while it's done to me.
At the same time, I have preferences which are similar and I am guilty of subconsious favoritism. I'm not ashamed of it, and I try to fix it when it's noticed, but it isn't right and can't be stopped.
Sierra:
Well picking favorites might happen alot and nobody ikes it but it happens when you pick your friends, you favor them more than other people. And when in dating you favor things about them to the point you find them attractive compare to someone you hate. When picking cloths and shopping. It's everywhere and people don't notice. Although we don't like it. And being raised in this culture it's not to great we pick favoritism in race, sex, hair, clothes, everything. I personally like it and dislike it because it makes you who you are and individual although favoritism is not.
Not advised, we still pick favorites in the moments we should remain nutral.
Laura:
I have very little more I can say anymore.
*the conversation was unnanimously ended shortly afterward
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Topic 1: The Evolution of Disney
Laura:
We all know Disney as it was when we were kids. Cinderella, Kim Possible, Even Stevens, nice shows that were funny and age appropriate. Now we have Shake it Up!, Good Luck Charlie, a bunch of under 18's (minors) running around in miniskirts with to much jewelry and unrealistic situations.Sierra:
Totally. Right after Life with Derick and those shows started going off everything turned to crap.Elane:
I miss the show Naturally Sadie. And these shows now adays are just ridiculous. Even Hannah Montana is ridiculous. It promotes lying to your friends and your life about who you are all in generalAmanda:
When I was a kid...many moons ago lol...Disney movies were the only kid's movies around and they didn't have Disney Channel yet. I can remember when The Lion King first came out (in '94 i believe...so i was around 8) there was a controversy about it because it was the first Disney movie to show blood splatter (when Scar and Simba were fighting) they had to do a re-release and get rid of the blood. But now its in everything kids watch (because they are moreosly de-sensitized). then when we hit teenage years there were rumors of pornographic materials hidden in each disney movie and that became the thing to investigate. i know totally wrong, but then it was funny. Now i enjoy watching the new disney movies that come out, but really can't stand the tv shows. The kids come off as bratty spoiled and whinny. I like iCarly and The Suite Life (can't stand the rich girl). But hey ~to each their own~Laura:
iCarly is Nickeodeon, which is different. if a nick girl has a short skirt on, it's tutu length and then jeans or full length legings. Nick girls (with the exeption of Jamie Lynn Spears) are pretty nice and wholesome. Disney isn't.Amanda:
oops, well you get my drift though right...Laura:
Well i was going to mention Nick anyway. They are great and the shows are better than anything Disney has had for years.Elane:
Hannah Montana is bad because is exposes lying to everyoneLaura:
Also, I recently found out that Demi Lovato and Miley Cyrus have tattoos. When Demi wears all of the bandles on her wrists, its to cover the tattoos she has there.Autumn:
I think that Disney has always been corrupted. If you were to look at the old shows now, you'd find tons of innuendos in them. The only difference in the new Disney and the old Disney is that the new Disney is aimed towards a different generation of kids. The audience these shows are aimed at don't care about how unrealistic it all seems. Also, kids nowadays love the new Disney because it's filled with pretty faces, like Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez (which I actually like her show; It's very entertaining), who do everything that the old Disney stars did (sing, dance, and act), except now it's more current. So to me, it seems like the same Disney from when I was six; except now, it's fit to the present.Amanda:
Tats aren't bad as long as they are tasteful and people realize they are permenant. I have 5 and most people would never know thatLaura:
I'm not against them either, but it comes down to the fact that these girls are the role models for children five and older. When we were that young, Disney would never have considered testing that boundary. I understand that the tats arent even showing, but I know certain mothers wouldn't let their ten year olds watch this if they weren't careful about hiding them
And as Amanda mentioned, the new Disney movies.
I find most of them crap, personally. Certain ones are alright, but Disney has stopped making fairy tales and even when they were, none of what they are doing would make Walt Disney happyElane:
I agree. I hate how Disney movies are nowadays. I'll stick with Pocahontas and the Lion King. Laura:
Fantasia
I wouldn't show half of the new Disney to my kids until they were 10-12 and Cinderella has become Cars and Tangled (both are alright) but I like the cheesey guy gets girl story line. The classic with dragons and sword fights and evil stepmothers. Elane:
I Agree. I like the movies like Pocahontas, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty.One that is particularly bad is The Princess and the Frog.Amanda:
I don't know, I kinda liked The Princess and The Frog one. Elane:
I didn't like the Magic Mumbo Jumbo stuff. I wouldn't show that to my kids as childrenAmanda:
i mean the spoiled girl didnt get what she wanted but the hard-working one did. the prince learned what it was to love someone other than himself and not be waited on hand and foot. the firefly taught everyone that no matter how small you are you can shine bright and the gater learned that being true to himself will pave his road to success
Well my 3-year-old niece watched it, the colors are what gets her. She understands the different tones of music too, so when the bad guy is on doing his mumbo jumbo she knows 'oh he is not being nice' and when the old lady is on she knows 'oh she is good' and as kids get older it teached them right and wrong on their own path of religeos discoveryElane:
I guess, but I still wouldn't show it to my kids til aroung 10-12. The magic voodoo wad kinda iffy Amanda:
I'm also one that belives children should be open to learning of all different religion so they don't judge anyone based on what diety they hail. We don't want our 'leaders of tomorow' being closed minded.Elane:
I understand that, but the Voodoo kinda was a little too creepy even for meLaura:
Well, I don't know about Amanda, but I was raised with an understanding of things like Karma and Spirits, Ghosts and Tarot.
Recently I learned Voodoo is a good/bad thing.
Every child needs to realize that there is a balance to things like that. While I haven't seen the movie, I can understand how things like that are.
Also being from Louisiana, It isn't unlikely that I could meet a Voodoo priest just setting foot in New Orleans.
Magic and Voodoo are only creepy when they are bad like Ouiji Boards and Summonings.
But Disney shouldn't be putting things as controversial as that in their movies.Elane:
True, I guess I could show my older childrenLaura:
Like Pocahontas was Native American/Indian.
None of the Indian traditions were shown in the movie, at least nothing we weren't already aware of. Or nothing we couldn't handle.
Putting in Voodoo was going a little far. Sierra:
I personally loved Thumbalina it was awesomeAmanda:
Laura, you should know how I was raised, the same way we are of the same family. But mom also insured that we had an understanding of other religions too. Anyways, Beauty and the Beast was always my favorite. One of those don't judge based on looks things.Laura:
Beauty and the Beast
And religion wasn't something we discussed in my memory, because I wasn't curious about that.
It was like there is God and we were kept away from the belief of sin and repent and things like that.
I believe in God, I do not follow religion and as far as it goes, to each his own with belief and things like that. is my favorite princess tale of Disney. I haven't seen Thumbelina in forever.Elane:
My favorite is Pocahontas and The AristocratsSierra:
I don't know. Disney used to be awesome.
Disney
Now the animated shows are not even right. What happened to Lilo and Stitch and Brandy and Mr. Whiskers, and the two others they had that were REALLY popular. used to be awesome, full of many shows with real actors in real situations. Everyone looked realistic and fit. Now its not, everyone's trying to look older and be older so they're getting actors and putting so many different colowful makeup assortmants onto them. It's rediculout, they look like they've been gangbanged by crayola. And then there's product placement everywhere and bandwagon and so many different types of advertisement, they're trying to be so futuristiv to the point it's disturbing. They're getting to be more of an appropriate to a child version of adult swim. Laura:
Which two others?Autumn:
On the tattoo situation, parents have to realize that while these stars are role-models, they shouldn't be constricted with what they do to their bodies. These kids are seventeen/eighteen-years-old. Them and their parents have probably talked about it. And luckily, they cover them up. But even if they didn't, parents shouldn't make a big fuss about it. Just sit down and tell your kids about tattoos and how they can only get one when they reach legal age.
My favorite Disney movie was the Little Mermaid :). Ariel was the typical teenage girl. For some reason, she seemed to be the only Disney princess that really acted like the teenage girl they always tried to portray.Sierra:
But then they made her seem really bratty if you think about it. Like she was singing about how she wants so much more than she already had and they really messed hat movie up. If you think about it. But then again I love it. My favorite little mermaid was the one with her daughter. That one was good, but they do teach you that to love someone you can't be selfish and they show how you make sacrifices for love.
Back then the movies have themes and morals to teach how it's stuff the "bog corperations" teach and stuff with all the subliminal messaged and yes back then they pushed sex, but now it's even worse. Disney is portraying fakeness and being a conformer and what big corperations want people to do.
Amanda:
Another thing that annoys me about disney is how they change oroginal stories like Hercules.
Laura:
Seriously, I don't think it really sunk in until I was in like 7th grade, that Hercules was a lie.
It came down to the fact that it wasn't little things. They changed EVERYTHING about it. Hercules was never full god, and Hera hated him with every bit of her being.Amanda:
Yep, Disney really annoys me by changing stories and sugar coating them. Life isn't sugar-coated. Elane:
For Kids, though, do you really want your kids to know the truth in life and be completely well, . . ruined so early in life? I would rather have my kids watch the morals coming from old Disney movies, then to let them watch the stuff they do now-a-days. Laura:
There is a moral to alot of Disney movies, but they need the truth along with it.Elane:
True, but for kids they don't care they just like the colors and characters.
Laura:
But then they grow up and wonder why we ever let them watch stuff like that. Or at least I wish they could grow up to be that smart.
Elane:
Some just don't care of remember, I however want to talk about Mulan and the Aristocats. Their Morals.
Laura:
Mulan is about not stopping whether you're a boy, girl, or anything else. Keep going onto your goals.
Disclaimer: No one on this website owns anything other than their opinions. Every movie and show mentioned here belongs to either Disney and Nickelodeon which are their own corperations. All people and actors mentioned are owned by themselves.
We all know Disney as it was when we were kids. Cinderella, Kim Possible, Even Stevens, nice shows that were funny and age appropriate. Now we have Shake it Up!, Good Luck Charlie, a bunch of under 18's (minors) running around in miniskirts with to much jewelry and unrealistic situations.Sierra:
Totally. Right after Life with Derick and those shows started going off everything turned to crap.Elane:
I miss the show Naturally Sadie. And these shows now adays are just ridiculous. Even Hannah Montana is ridiculous. It promotes lying to your friends and your life about who you are all in generalAmanda:
When I was a kid...many moons ago lol...Disney movies were the only kid's movies around and they didn't have Disney Channel yet. I can remember when The Lion King first came out (in '94 i believe...so i was around 8) there was a controversy about it because it was the first Disney movie to show blood splatter (when Scar and Simba were fighting) they had to do a re-release and get rid of the blood. But now its in everything kids watch (because they are moreosly de-sensitized). then when we hit teenage years there were rumors of pornographic materials hidden in each disney movie and that became the thing to investigate. i know totally wrong, but then it was funny. Now i enjoy watching the new disney movies that come out, but really can't stand the tv shows. The kids come off as bratty spoiled and whinny. I like iCarly and The Suite Life (can't stand the rich girl). But hey ~to each their own~Laura:
iCarly is Nickeodeon, which is different. if a nick girl has a short skirt on, it's tutu length and then jeans or full length legings. Nick girls (with the exeption of Jamie Lynn Spears) are pretty nice and wholesome. Disney isn't.Amanda:
oops, well you get my drift though right...Laura:
Well i was going to mention Nick anyway. They are great and the shows are better than anything Disney has had for years.Elane:
Hannah Montana is bad because is exposes lying to everyoneLaura:
Also, I recently found out that Demi Lovato and Miley Cyrus have tattoos. When Demi wears all of the bandles on her wrists, its to cover the tattoos she has there.Autumn:
I think that Disney has always been corrupted. If you were to look at the old shows now, you'd find tons of innuendos in them. The only difference in the new Disney and the old Disney is that the new Disney is aimed towards a different generation of kids. The audience these shows are aimed at don't care about how unrealistic it all seems. Also, kids nowadays love the new Disney because it's filled with pretty faces, like Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez (which I actually like her show; It's very entertaining), who do everything that the old Disney stars did (sing, dance, and act), except now it's more current. So to me, it seems like the same Disney from when I was six; except now, it's fit to the present.Amanda:
Tats aren't bad as long as they are tasteful and people realize they are permenant. I have 5 and most people would never know thatLaura:
I'm not against them either, but it comes down to the fact that these girls are the role models for children five and older. When we were that young, Disney would never have considered testing that boundary. I understand that the tats arent even showing, but I know certain mothers wouldn't let their ten year olds watch this if they weren't careful about hiding them
And as Amanda mentioned, the new Disney movies.
I find most of them crap, personally. Certain ones are alright, but Disney has stopped making fairy tales and even when they were, none of what they are doing would make Walt Disney happyElane:
I agree. I hate how Disney movies are nowadays. I'll stick with Pocahontas and the Lion King. Laura:
Fantasia
I wouldn't show half of the new Disney to my kids until they were 10-12 and Cinderella has become Cars and Tangled (both are alright) but I like the cheesey guy gets girl story line. The classic with dragons and sword fights and evil stepmothers. Elane:
I Agree. I like the movies like Pocahontas, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty.One that is particularly bad is The Princess and the Frog.Amanda:
I don't know, I kinda liked The Princess and The Frog one. Elane:
I didn't like the Magic Mumbo Jumbo stuff. I wouldn't show that to my kids as childrenAmanda:
i mean the spoiled girl didnt get what she wanted but the hard-working one did. the prince learned what it was to love someone other than himself and not be waited on hand and foot. the firefly taught everyone that no matter how small you are you can shine bright and the gater learned that being true to himself will pave his road to success
Well my 3-year-old niece watched it, the colors are what gets her. She understands the different tones of music too, so when the bad guy is on doing his mumbo jumbo she knows 'oh he is not being nice' and when the old lady is on she knows 'oh she is good' and as kids get older it teached them right and wrong on their own path of religeos discoveryElane:
I guess, but I still wouldn't show it to my kids til aroung 10-12. The magic voodoo wad kinda iffy Amanda:
I'm also one that belives children should be open to learning of all different religion so they don't judge anyone based on what diety they hail. We don't want our 'leaders of tomorow' being closed minded.Elane:
I understand that, but the Voodoo kinda was a little too creepy even for meLaura:
Well, I don't know about Amanda, but I was raised with an understanding of things like Karma and Spirits, Ghosts and Tarot.
Recently I learned Voodoo is a good/bad thing.
Every child needs to realize that there is a balance to things like that. While I haven't seen the movie, I can understand how things like that are.
Also being from Louisiana, It isn't unlikely that I could meet a Voodoo priest just setting foot in New Orleans.
Magic and Voodoo are only creepy when they are bad like Ouiji Boards and Summonings.
But Disney shouldn't be putting things as controversial as that in their movies.Elane:
True, I guess I could show my older childrenLaura:
Like Pocahontas was Native American/Indian.
None of the Indian traditions were shown in the movie, at least nothing we weren't already aware of. Or nothing we couldn't handle.
Putting in Voodoo was going a little far. Sierra:
I personally loved Thumbalina it was awesomeAmanda:
Laura, you should know how I was raised, the same way we are of the same family. But mom also insured that we had an understanding of other religions too. Anyways, Beauty and the Beast was always my favorite. One of those don't judge based on looks things.Laura:
Beauty and the Beast
And religion wasn't something we discussed in my memory, because I wasn't curious about that.
It was like there is God and we were kept away from the belief of sin and repent and things like that.
I believe in God, I do not follow religion and as far as it goes, to each his own with belief and things like that. is my favorite princess tale of Disney. I haven't seen Thumbelina in forever.Elane:
My favorite is Pocahontas and The AristocratsSierra:
I don't know. Disney used to be awesome.
Disney
Now the animated shows are not even right. What happened to Lilo and Stitch and Brandy and Mr. Whiskers, and the two others they had that were REALLY popular. used to be awesome, full of many shows with real actors in real situations. Everyone looked realistic and fit. Now its not, everyone's trying to look older and be older so they're getting actors and putting so many different colowful makeup assortmants onto them. It's rediculout, they look like they've been gangbanged by crayola. And then there's product placement everywhere and bandwagon and so many different types of advertisement, they're trying to be so futuristiv to the point it's disturbing. They're getting to be more of an appropriate to a child version of adult swim. Laura:
Which two others?Autumn:
On the tattoo situation, parents have to realize that while these stars are role-models, they shouldn't be constricted with what they do to their bodies. These kids are seventeen/eighteen-years-old. Them and their parents have probably talked about it. And luckily, they cover them up. But even if they didn't, parents shouldn't make a big fuss about it. Just sit down and tell your kids about tattoos and how they can only get one when they reach legal age.
My favorite Disney movie was the Little Mermaid :). Ariel was the typical teenage girl. For some reason, she seemed to be the only Disney princess that really acted like the teenage girl they always tried to portray.Sierra:
But then they made her seem really bratty if you think about it. Like she was singing about how she wants so much more than she already had and they really messed hat movie up. If you think about it. But then again I love it. My favorite little mermaid was the one with her daughter. That one was good, but they do teach you that to love someone you can't be selfish and they show how you make sacrifices for love.
Back then the movies have themes and morals to teach how it's stuff the "bog corperations" teach and stuff with all the subliminal messaged and yes back then they pushed sex, but now it's even worse. Disney is portraying fakeness and being a conformer and what big corperations want people to do.
Amanda:
Another thing that annoys me about disney is how they change oroginal stories like Hercules.
Laura:
Seriously, I don't think it really sunk in until I was in like 7th grade, that Hercules was a lie.
It came down to the fact that it wasn't little things. They changed EVERYTHING about it. Hercules was never full god, and Hera hated him with every bit of her being.Amanda:
Yep, Disney really annoys me by changing stories and sugar coating them. Life isn't sugar-coated. Elane:
For Kids, though, do you really want your kids to know the truth in life and be completely well, . . ruined so early in life? I would rather have my kids watch the morals coming from old Disney movies, then to let them watch the stuff they do now-a-days. Laura:
There is a moral to alot of Disney movies, but they need the truth along with it.Elane:
True, but for kids they don't care they just like the colors and characters.
Laura:
But then they grow up and wonder why we ever let them watch stuff like that. Or at least I wish they could grow up to be that smart.
Elane:
Some just don't care of remember, I however want to talk about Mulan and the Aristocats. Their Morals.
Laura:
Mulan is about not stopping whether you're a boy, girl, or anything else. Keep going onto your goals.
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