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| So, according to this article at the CMI watching TV with your children can be beneficial both to their own growth process and to strengthen family bonds. As parents, we have come to think that screen time is bad for young children — or maybe that it’s an inescapable evil. We feel guilty about letting them watch what we fear is too much or the wrong kind of TV and other electronic media. But there’s a mounting body of evidence that if you are actually watching along with your preschool or elementary school-aged child, screen time might not be that bad. On the contrary, as long as you are an active participant, it can have multiple beneficial effects. It is up to the parents to guide the watching experience in such a way that the child can reap its benefits to the full. The article argues that a positive shared experience can play a key role in the child's intellectual and emotional development (see Figure 1). Further down: Watching media together also gives parent and child a shared language with which to communicate when they’re not watching, explains Matt Rouse, PhD, a clinical psychologist. “By really being involved you can get more mileage out of those lessons and adapt and use it in everyday life.” Communication takes different forms at different steps of the growth process, and it is important to adapt to each stage and evolve the appropriate strategies. The article continues: When parents watch with their kids they can use strategies on the shows in the real world to coach kids on emotional regulation. It’s good for parent and child to be working from the same playbook. In sum, are you a responsible parent, aware of the importance of sharing entertainment with your kids?  Figure 1. Emotionally damaged child. |
TirinchasMar 20, 2024 10:09 AM
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| I don't have children, so I usually watch anime alone or with my partner. Or sometimes with my cats. =^_^= |
SerafosMar 20, 2024 10:02 AM
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| I'm not married or have any significant other or offspring, i live alone relationless. |
| Nah, I’d never watch anything with them lol It would be so weird and awkward (Oh, also, I’m not a parent yet) |
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| No, but I watch Anime with the wall behind me. |
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| My daughter is only 2 but there are certain anime that I have on in the background that she likes, such as Sailor Moon (she loves Luna the cat) and Treasure Island 1978 (likely because Jim had a pet tiger and it was colourful). There's a bunch of anime I'll show her when she's older, Sugar Plum Fairies, Ronja the Robbers Daughter, Cities of Gold, CCS etc Don't think I'd ever show her myanimelist though, or I'd have to wipe all the hentai from my list first, and maybe all the spicy shows too. |
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| I have no kids and typically watch it alone as no one I know locally is an anime fan. |
| I can't really have kids unfortunately, but if I did, I would probably share some stuff with them once they get older (like 7+). |
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| I watched some stuff with my little sister, that's the closest thing and yeah it was fun! |
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| No i have no interest in having children. |
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I watched some stuff with my little sister, that's the closest thing and yeah it was fun!
APolygons2 said: I watched some stuff with my little sister, that's the closest thing and yeah it was fun! Same with my younger brother, but that was 10+ years ago. Other than that, I'm still single and haven't had a girlfriend. |
| I don't have children but if I did I'd only watch Shrek with them like other parents because I only know to watch anime in reclusion. |
| No kids here. But if I had I would choose option 2 or 5. |
 -Tohka is better than Kurumi. You can't change my mind. |
| I don't have children and I don't plan to have but if I had and they were interested in watching anime, I would definitely pick something appropriate for them as there are so many anime options out there, for everyone really. And as I like watching stuff for younger viewers, it wouldn't be a problem to sit with my bf next to them and watch together xD |
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| I don't have any children but I do watched anime with my mom and my sister sometimes. We watched together on TV if there have any interesting Shoujo and any Romance anime. This two genre is their strong suit genre and they loved it. |
| If I had kids, I totally would watch anime with them. Sounds like fun! But there are no guarantees that my child would turn out to be a huge nerd like myself and might not even be interested or god forbid, prefer battle shounen over SOL. I'd send that brat packing to the nearest orphanage. |
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| I don’t have kids and I don’t want any but if I do, I’ll watch these with them, as I thought they were wholesome My neighbor Totoro Ponyo Doraemon Pokémon Hamtaro Chis seeet home Grave of the fireflies Moomin |
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| I don't have children, but if I did, I absolutely would. I firmly believe that kids need to know the difference between reality and fiction, and that parents should keep tabs on what their kids consume. Two things a shocking amount of people seem to have hard time grasping the concept of. I had to learn that on my own by purposely going against my mom and watching things she didn't want me to. She was the type that would throw away my Yu-Gi-Oh cards because she thought they were satanic, to give a good idea of that situation. So again, I had to learn for myself that tv was fake and I shouldn't copy everything I see. And I shouldn't have had to. All that said, I think I'd be a little too lenient with what a child is allowed to watch, but at least I'd be there. |
| So, since nobody have children here (how surprising, yeah, guys?) there is nothing to stop me from leaving a comment too. I don't have children but I guess I wouldn't watch anime with my children not because of how inconvenient it would be for me but for them. Children need a free space to explore things independently, to think and to have an important inner monologue. Many anime show things which make to think, it's not your another predictable movie based on comics. Even traditional moral/social focus 'friendship is a magic' is vary strongly from anime to anime. |
| How would one cope if they had bad taste? Confining them in the basement? |
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| I think you haven't checked -> https://myanimelist.net/advertising Majority of mal users are in the age which it is usually considered too early for becoming an adult. Or in the age when they are trying to try having a child so still too early to watch anime with em. I ain't having kids yet |
| I voted yes despite not having any children bcz I am children |
| there can't possibly any MAlers that have children. right? |
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| Yes, I watch certain anime with my ten year old son. We watched Kimetsu no Yaiba, Nanatsu no Taizai, One Punch Man, Hi Score girl, Ghibli movies and some more together. The bad thing is that he really likes shounen and it's not one of my favorites. I can't get him to watch Slayers or CardCaptor Sakura. |
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| Nah, having children is always a mistake. I can see how disappointed my parents were with me my whole life. I can see how the financial burden of having a wife and kids drained the life out of my dad, to the point where he had to physically abuse me to let go off his life frustrations. I'm fine being a genetic dead end. I'm too smart to have kids. I think with my brain, not with my emotions (aka penis). |
Reply to TsutanaiFuun
there can't possibly any MAlers that have children. right?
| @TsutanaiFuun Not every anime fans has MAL accounts so we don't have exact data. There could be a unknown of anime fans that don't have MAL profiles that are also parents out there. But back on topic: I'm not a parents yet. But I have put on anime for my niece when she was 7-8 years old (she's 13 years old now). And yes, we have talked about anime now and then even today. |
Reply to juanlqr
Yes, I watch certain anime with my ten year old son. We watched Kimetsu no Yaiba, Nanatsu no Taizai, One Punch Man, Hi Score girl, Ghibli movies and some more together.
The bad thing is that he really likes shounen and it's not one of my favorites.
I can't get him to watch Slayers or CardCaptor Sakura.
The bad thing is that he really likes shounen and it's not one of my favorites.
I can't get him to watch Slayers or CardCaptor Sakura.
@juanlqr Wow this sounds wholesome and it's a cool of you being such a fun dad like that, it's wonderful... You must feel happy whenever you watch anime with your son ^.^ |
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Reply to mdo7
@TsutanaiFuun Not every anime fans has MAL accounts so we don't have exact data. There could be a unknown of anime fans that don't have MAL profiles that are also parents out there.
But back on topic: I'm not a parents yet. But I have put on anime for my niece when she was 7-8 years old (she's 13 years old now). And yes, we have talked about anime now and then even today.
But back on topic: I'm not a parents yet. But I have put on anime for my niece when she was 7-8 years old (she's 13 years old now). And yes, we have talked about anime now and then even today.
| @mdo7 yeah well that's true there could be many parents like that but when we talk about your average mal user i think it is unlikely that they could be a parent. not impossible but highly unlikely. |
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| Naht yet I'll watch Texhnolyze with my boy |
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@mdo7 yeah well that's true there could be many parents like that but when we talk about your average mal user i think it is unlikely that they could be a parent. not impossible but highly unlikely.
| @TsutanaiFuun TsutanaiFuun said: i think it is unlikely that they could be a parent. not impossible but highly unlikely. Just to let you know there are a lot of inactive MAL users that haven't used MAL for the last few years, and MAL users that don't comment on this website's forum (I met several MAL users that don't want to talk on or use MAL's forum). So we don't know how many MAL users (both active and inactive along with those users that don't go on MAL's forum) that are married and have children out there. Also factor in parents anime fans that don't have MAL profiles/accounts. |
| If I had kids I'd totally show them Ghibli and OG Dragon Ball. |
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| My daughter rolls her eyes and sighs when I mention anime. The only time she'll watch is if the guy she is dating is into anime... then its normally the shounen stuff. Needless to say we have different tastes and I'm firmly stuffed into the 'awh ma, you're embarrassing me' box 😂 |
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@TsutanaiFuun
Just to let you know there are a lot of inactive MAL users that haven't used MAL for the last few years, and MAL users that don't comment on this website's forum (I met several MAL users that don't want to talk on or use MAL's forum).
So we don't know how many MAL users (both active and inactive along with those users that don't go on MAL's forum) that are married and have children out there. Also factor in parents anime fans that don't have MAL profiles/accounts.
TsutanaiFuun said:
i think it is unlikely that they could be a parent. not impossible but highly unlikely.
i think it is unlikely that they could be a parent. not impossible but highly unlikely.
Just to let you know there are a lot of inactive MAL users that haven't used MAL for the last few years, and MAL users that don't comment on this website's forum (I met several MAL users that don't want to talk on or use MAL's forum).
So we don't know how many MAL users (both active and inactive along with those users that don't go on MAL's forum) that are married and have children out there. Also factor in parents anime fans that don't have MAL profiles/accounts.
| @mdo7 i see. so that means can't really say anything about the parent part. |
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| I dont want kids bcs I dont want them suffer in a unfair and cruel world. I am a genetic dead end. |
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| I'm not a parent but I have watched a lot of anime with my sisters like Fruits Basket, Yona of the Dawn, Inuyasha, etc. |
| Go read Berserk and One Piece they're the best thing ever |
| I answered hypothetically as I'm not married or have children YET, but if I ever do I will likely share my favorite anime with them! (When they're old enough of course). I already raised my kid sisters on them (little sis watched One Piece with me when she was 8 and is still a fan at 21) so I'd just be repeating the process, and I look forward to it! |
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| I don't understand the amount of comments that it would be weird to be a father and watch anime. For me, watching anime is the same as watching any other series, be it The Simpsons, Family Guy, The Office, Skins or Game of Thrones. TV shows for entertainment. I am from Argentina, I am 36 years old, in the 90s, my youth (?), when there was no internet and we watched television with advertisements and fixed schedules, one got used to seeing what was on. Some things were liked a lot and others little or not at all. At that time The Simpsons was something that was shown on both cable TV and free-to-air channels. Obviously I'm a fan of them. Then you had the channels that showed animated programs, and there were a lot of anime there, like Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball, Slayers, Captain Tsubasa, Saint Seiya, Slam Dunk, Ranma, Pokemon, CardCaptor Sakura, Zenki, B't X, etc. And also others like Jem and the Holograms, Rugrats, Beetlejuice, X-Men, Garfield, etc. Even a channel called "Magic Kids" had a segment called "El Club del Anime" on the weekends, where they talked about magazines, series, music, and spent hours straight watching the same anime. Or movies like Mononoke-Hime. By the end of the 90s there was even a channel on TV called "Locomotion" that showed a lot of anime. Evangelion, Saber Marionette, Cowboy Bebop, Aika, Blue Seed, were some of them. What am I getting at with all this long message? That it is normal to like Anime, one could consume a lot in a time where the Internet did not exist. And it is also normal that one can have a partner, have children, and do the same thing one did when one was a child. Sometimes parents "drag" their tastes to you. Sometimes not. Another example, I was always a soccer fan, I always played and watched a lot, I go to the stadium to follow my team. But my dad wasn't, it's something that came from me. Now my son watches anime and we watch together, which is something that came from me and not from his mother. But he doesn't get hooked on soccer, despite having taken it to the stadium. Each one their tastes, each one in their moments. Doing anything you enjoy is perfect. |
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@mdo7 i see. so that means can't really say anything about the parent part.
| @TsutanaiFuun Exactly, and I want to point out between 2013-2019, I was inactive on MAL because I was deeply involved in K-pop, and other fandom and at that time, I took a big break from anime to focus on K-pop and also discovering stuff outside of anime (hence why I didn't use MAL a lot at that time). So we don't know if those inactive MAL users that hasn't used MAL in a long time could've been busy doing stuff outside of anime/manga, it's possible that there are inactive MAL users that have became parents and spend an amount of time focusing on being parents and probably haven't made appearance on MAL since becoming parents. It's also possible that there are MAL users that moved to Anilist and they haven't used MAL since moving on to Anilist since then. |
| I don't have children but I would watch anime with them |
| If I had I wish I could introduce them to anime and enjoy it together That would be awesome |
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@TsutanaiFuun
Exactly, and I want to point out between 2013-2019, I was inactive on MAL because I was deeply involved in K-pop, and other fandom and at that time, I took a big break from anime to focus on K-pop and also discovering stuff outside of anime (hence why I didn't use MAL a lot at that time). So we don't know if those inactive MAL users that hasn't used MAL in a long time could've been busy doing stuff outside of anime/manga, it's possible that there are inactive MAL users that have became parents and spend an amount of time focusing on being parents and probably haven't made appearance on MAL since becoming parents. It's also possible that there are MAL users that moved to Anilist and they haven't used MAL since moving on to Anilist since then.
Exactly, and I want to point out between 2013-2019, I was inactive on MAL because I was deeply involved in K-pop, and other fandom and at that time, I took a big break from anime to focus on K-pop and also discovering stuff outside of anime (hence why I didn't use MAL a lot at that time). So we don't know if those inactive MAL users that hasn't used MAL in a long time could've been busy doing stuff outside of anime/manga, it's possible that there are inactive MAL users that have became parents and spend an amount of time focusing on being parents and probably haven't made appearance on MAL since becoming parents. It's also possible that there are MAL users that moved to Anilist and they haven't used MAL since moving on to Anilist since then.
| @mdo7 that makes sense. very high chance that adult responsibilities and other interestsmrendered people unable to use mal. plus it feels like forums are really dying out these days. mal isn't as active as it used to be during lockdown times as far as i remember. |
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@mdo7 that makes sense. very high chance that adult responsibilities and other interestsmrendered people unable to use mal. plus it feels like forums are really dying out these days. mal isn't as active as it used to be during lockdown times as far as i remember.
| @TsutanaiFuun MAL used to be more active back in in early 2010's and I think around 2013/2014 before I took a hiatus from it due to my obsession with K-pop and Korean pop culture (this was before BTS and Blackpink became the mainstream face of K-pop today). I mean Anime News Network's forum used to be more active in late 2000's and early 2010's but since then the forum is not as active as it was during when I was in my 20's. |
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