Idiot Boy?

Spongebob, are you really going to take that abuse? I was washing dishes in my kitchen the other night when McKenzie, my 5yr old comes racing through yelling,"Idiot Boy!" and singing some song called Idiot Friends. I stopped her in her tracks immediately and asked,"Where did you hear those words?"
Her ever so innocent eyes looked up at me and said," Thats what was on Spongebob." I was floored, ok not literally or anything, but still. To me Idiot is not a "Nice" word. I started to think back on all the little things that never really caught my attention. Spongebob cross dressing. "panty raids" And then it hit me! I've stuck my kids in front of the T.V to kill time or to entertain them so I could get things done, and Nickolodeon taught them it's ok to call people Idiots. I know you cant swear off Television for any kid under 18. Its part of life now a days, So I started looking into other shows that at first I thought were boring or assumed my kids wouldn't watch, and to my surprise the loved PBS. Dinosaur Train and Word World, My daughter was picking up the right stuff on these shows, She was learning how to spell small words and meanings of bigger ones! As sad as it sounds I felt like a great parent for changing the channel and saying, "ok, if you're going to watch T.V then its going to be channel 10!"
        Moral of the story, really take a look into what your kids are watching, because it cant be beneficial or detrimental.♥