September 2,2012
Since I was young I would enjoy watching reality shows. I stopped watching them for a couple years being a teenage mom and my family growing so fast wouldn’t really give me time to watch television. When I would come home and after doing all my chores and attending my kids I would go to bed turn on the television and watch True Life, it was one of my favorites. I especially enjoy watching when the topic would be about obesity, food disorders, obsession with steroids ,depression. Those to me where especially interesting because it would help me understand what others would go through ,how difficult it is and to realize that it’s an illness. These shows taught and continue teaching me a lot .It helps you think that others out there go through this everyday , that to them it’s practically normal when it’s not. It takes away there health , time to be enjoying with friends ,family, enjoying the taste of food. To me these shows teach others that there are so many people that have these illnesses. What is even worse that all these illnesses some how relate to one another. It is all due to having low self esteems, having a hard time when growing up ,wanting to look good since now a days with today’s society being thin and fit and healthy is one of the top stories.
These shows in my opinion are very helpful. I don’t think it harms society , I think it benefits a lot of people out there. Sometimes we don’t take others peoples disorder, problems or illnesses into consideration. I myself being a mother of five and seeing how sometimes due to friends comments amongst each other they tend to make fun of peoples weight, or hygiene . My oldest two sons have come to me saying how they have friends that say they don’t want to eat because they’ll get fat , and its sad because us as parents are forgetting to educate them , teaching them that eating healthy and exercising will help you stay healthy and fit. When my son first approached me with these question I was concerned because so many young children have these problems. I allow my children to see these shows , it teaches them that there are so many young and grown up people that go through there daily lives starving themselves when they can be enjoying the taste of food. The ones that take steroids , how dangerous it is to take them , that in the long run all it does is get you addicted to them and even take away your life. The ones that go through depression how it takes away time from actually trying to enjoy the simple things in life ,like going outside to breath air . The ones that are made fun of due to obesity. That they cry out for help. I am very open to talking to my children about all this , they come to me when they have questions or concerns and it also helps them to talk to a friend that might be going through the same, telling them that there is help out there.
Reality Television or Not ?
Since I was young I would enjoy watching reality shows. I stopped watching them for a couple years being a teenage mom and my family growing so fast wouldn’t really give me time to watch television. When I would come home and after doing all my chores and attending my kids I would go to bed turn on the television and watch True Life, it was one of my favorites. I especially enjoy watching when the topic would be about obesity, food disorders, obsession with steroids ,depression. Those to me where especially interesting because it would help me understand what others would go through ,how difficult it is and to realize that it’s an illness. These shows taught and continue teaching me a lot .It helps you think that others out there go through this everyday , that to them it’s practically normal when it’s not. It takes away there health , time to be enjoying with friends ,family, enjoying the taste of food. To me these shows teach others that there are so many people that have these illnesses. What is even worse that all these illnesses some how relate to one another. It is all due to having low self esteems, having a hard time when growing up ,wanting to look good since now a days with today’s society being thin and fit and healthy is one of the top stories.
These shows in my opinion are very helpful. I don’t think it harms society , I think it benefits a lot of people out there. Sometimes we don’t take others peoples disorder, problems or illnesses into consideration. I myself being a mother of five and seeing how sometimes due to friends comments amongst each other they tend to make fun of peoples weight, or hygiene . My oldest two sons have come to me saying how they have friends that say they don’t want to eat because they’ll get fat , and its sad because us as parents are forgetting to educate them , teaching them that eating healthy and exercising will help you stay healthy and fit. When my son first approached me with these question I was concerned because so many young children have these problems. I allow my children to see these shows , it teaches them that there are so many young and grown up people that go through there daily lives starving themselves when they can be enjoying the taste of food. The ones that take steroids , how dangerous it is to take them , that in the long run all it does is get you addicted to them and even take away your life. The ones that go through depression how it takes away time from actually trying to enjoy the simple things in life ,like going outside to breath air . The ones that are made fun of due to obesity. That they cry out for help. I am very open to talking to my children about all this , they come to me when they have questions or concerns and it also helps them to talk to a friend that might be going through the same, telling them that there is help out there.
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