I am not a conservative person.
I’ve got tattoos.
I’ve been pierced in more places than just my ears.
I’m not easily offended.
And I like to say fuck.
A lot.
But when it comes to my kids, that’s a whole different story.
We’ve got seven kids.
Yeah. Seven.
The youngest five are all under ten years old.
And when it comes to them, I’m pretty old fashioned.
I’m big on manners.
On being respectful of adults.
I’m conservative with respect to what they can watch on tv.
I’m not sure if you know, but the shows for kids on tv these days suck.
They are largely inappropriate and use language I don’t want my kids to hear until they are old enough to comprehend when its use is appropriate and when it’s not.
Our financial situation forced us to cancel our cable subscription.
That turned out to be a good thing, because now I don’t have to worry about the shitty programs my kids are finding on tv.
At least we still had satellite radio.
Well we did. Until we couldn’t afford that and had to cancel it.
So now we listen to “terrestrial” radio.
My kids, as most of them do, prefer you pop radio stations.
And you know what?
YOU TOTALLY SUCK, TOO.
And not because you play Justin Bieber and One Direction and a whole bunch of other “artists” that would cause my younger, 22-year-old self to throw up in her mouth a little bit.
I’ve officially passed that point where I would rather be caught dead than caught listening to anything labeled Top 40.
I don’t even care about that anymore.
No. You suck for two totally different reasons.
First, you fail to censor songs on your station that younger ears have no place hearing.
It’s bad enough that bitch isn’t bleeped out of All About That Bass, and that I have to listen to Ed Sheeran complain about his stupid ex girlfriend who disappeared with him to have sex of course.
But this fucking song, Stay High,
this uplifting and inspirational song for young girls by Tove Lo?
I eat my dinner in my bathtub, then I go to sex clubs
Watchin’ freaky people gettin’ it on
It doesn’t make me nervous, if anything, I’m restless
Yeah I’ve been around and I’ve seen it all
I get home, I got the munchies, binge on all my Twinkies
Throw up in the tub and I go to sleep
And I drank up all my money, tastin’ kind of lonely…
Well, that one is too much.
I just don’t have the energy to explain to my 5 kids who are under the age of ten what sex is and what bitch means and why some depressed chick is puking in her goddamned bathtub.
So there’s that.
And then there is the bullshit that the djs discuss.
Yesterday on my way to preschool, do you know what your stupid morning radio hosts taught my kids?
Your djs introduced my children to the term, man boobs.
Do you know how many times a 4-year-old will ask you what man boobs are?
No?
Me neither. Because my four-year-old is still asking.
I think we are up to about 4, 872 times. And counting.
And so, 98Q, I am dumping you.
And when my preschooler teaches his whole class his new vocabulary word, I’m going to direct his teacher to you.
Thank you for making me Number 1!
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sarah says
I second that! Everytime we turn on the tv its sex sex sex sex sex sex. It debilitating. I try to change the channel asap. Im in the same boat with cable. I have that hd antenna so I get like 6 channels and its still that way. Ugh!!!
Manicmom says
We cancelled cable too. Now we listen to community radio and pandora online while we’re at home, and NPR in the car. My kids are older, so when I had to explain things Isis to them, it wasn’t a pleasant thing to talk about, but at least they’re up on their current events, and it’s not inappropriate (totally) for their age. When It’s too much we listen to audiobooks from the library.
Any time I accidentally land on a commercial radio station I throw up a little in my mouth too. If it weren’t for parodies of popular songs on facebook, I wouldn’t know anything about current music.
Beth says
Yep. Pandora helps. I listen to NPR a lot, but my kids want to hear music, of course! And they should get to hear (appropriate) music!
Irene C. says
I agree. A couple of weeks ago a radio DJ was talking about a music artist (I don’t remember who) who dyed her private area hair rainbow color. Seriously, NO ONE needs to know that! My 8 year old kept asking…”What was rainbow colored?” I was mortified.
Annette says
I agree. Regular radio is not safe for children and kid radio is…just awful. Maybe you already do this, or can’t do this, but skip the radio and play music YOU like (CD, MP3). Maybe the kids will complain or maybe they will grow up with an appreciation for “old” music. Although I love a lot of music from my childhood/teenager-hood, I also have a deep affection for my mom’s favorites (Simon and Garfunkel, Jim Croce, etc) and my husband brought along Elvis, John Denver, and Neil Diamond from his mom.
Some of my favorite memories are my mom singing along while driving/cooking/doing dishes. Maybe that is another reason I love that music so much.
Andrea says
Agree TOTALLY! My husband & I bring an array of oldies but goodies from our childhood, too (The Platters, Johnny Cash, old school Elton John) the list goes on & on. I love when the kids ask for specific songs from our phones that we grew up singing while doing our chores on the weekend……records blaring (yes, RECORDS!).
I realized a few years ago how bad even the commercials (radio & TV) can be a few years ago when my daughter asked me constantly what ED is…….. Sheesh! And how about the perfume commercials – soft core porn! Give me a break!