Thursday, October 9, 2014

My 90's TV Values

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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