I ended up taking a nap on the couch today, falling asleep to Boy
Meets World. All I remember (I don't recall dreaming anything) is that
when I woke up, I had an epiphany that a lot of what I learned was from
the 90's sitcoms I watch growing up, such as Boy Meets World and Full
House. Now that they are on re-runs, I can see the lessons they
subliminally taught kids. I remember specifically, there was a Full
House episode whether either Stephanie or Michelle had an issue in
school about not having a mother.Instead of the family focusing on how
sad her death was, they reinforced that the other people in the house
(Joey and Uncle Jesse) loved the girls just as much, as well as talking
about how other families are different with only having a mother or the
kids being cared for by grandparents. This is a hot subject right now in
my world because the teem mothers I work with are already worried about
how their six month old child is going to respond to the explaining the
situation with their child's father to their child someday (many of the
girls are no longer with the father someday). Anyways, here's what I've
learned from the TV shows I watch as a kid growing up:
1. to be non-judgmental and accept those as they are
2.
It is really important to be a good friend because you may be the only
positive person in that person's life, giving them the strength to be
successful in life.
3. The hard hitting
truth that there are children who are so advanced that they are
intellectually and developmentally in different stages in life, and this
is so difficult to actually cope with however there are not enough
services to fulfill their needs.
4. Life is tough, but you can survive it, you just have to figure out positive ways to cope with the difficult situations.
(P.S.
here's the interactive part. Guess which sitcom (Full House, Reba,
Smart Guy, and Boy Meets World) corresponds to which value. This is so
hard because its so subjective and I'm the one and only subject to the
tive)
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