Tampons, Teen Pregnancy and Fighting

Here are some things that I pondered about this weekend.

So, my kids are watching Full House this weekend on the FAMILY channel. Now to me the title of that channel would indicate that things aired on that channel will be family friendly. Not the case I have found out. As their 6 eyes are glued to the TV, a commercial comes on for Tampax tampons. REALLY??? Tampons? REALLY??? Not only do they show the tampon, they go on to describe how it expands and how much it absorbs. I'm sitting behind them, bracing myself for the what the enquiring minds will want to know. Surprisingly, they asked no questions. Perhaps they didn't need to ask any questions because the commercial did such a wonderful job of explaining it! Directly following the feminine hygiene product, the FAMILY network airs a commercial for a show titled... "The Secret Life of an American Teenager." As the extremely young teenager in the commercial debated the pluses and minuses of her PREGNANCY my three impressionable young boys sit staring at the girl who is too young to be pregnant. I tell my kids you have babies when you get married. Yet here's this show telling my kids, nope, you have a baby when you're a teenager. REALLY??? Great! Thanks FAMILY channel!! Oh and on top of it, let's stress the she's an "American Teenager!"

SO, the commercials on during the Superbowl are supposed to be great, right?? REALLY??? Thanks for all of the SEX ads for my boys!! So, no family channel, no sporting events?? What can I let them watch??? And when I restrict them from watching these shows, yup, I'm The Meanest Mom Ever! Can you see my eyes rolling from there?

Another thing I pondered this weekend (ok I ponder it pretty much daily), is if the fighting and arguing gene is attached to the Y chromosome? "He looked at me, " He didn't look at me," "He smiled at me," " He touched me," "I wanna play too," I don't wanna play," oh I could go on and on... and so could they.