I believe that many parents are not unfamiliar with such a scene:
Isn't that exactly what their children look like ultraman?
While posing the signature action, there are words in his mouth - "Do you believe in the light?" "Destroy!"
However, a few days ago, someone found that the child's mighty and holy embodiment of justice, "Diga Ultraman", was actually taken down.
Netizens searched many platforms with questions, and Ultraman did disappear.
This "light of justice" that illuminates the childhood of countless people has really been "banned by the whole network"!
In response to this, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television issued a response saying that it is necessary to support Internet platforms in producing, introducing, and broadcasting excellent animations that promote truth, goodness, and beauty in accordance with the law, and resolutely resist the online broadcast of animations containing violent and bloody and other undesirable plot pictures.
In the face of this decision, parents have issued two very different voices.
Parents who support the removal shouted loudly, saying that Ultraman should have been removed from the shelves a long time ago, and the children looked at home to be "magic", shouting and shouting to kill every day, and even fighting with their friends.
In their view, although there are violent scenes in animations such as Ultraman, their essence is to promote justice, not the so-called "promotion of violence".
Although parents' concerns are not unreasonable, we still need to realize that although the violence of children is related to the impact of cartoons, the real reasons behind it are closely related to the safety education of parents.
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"Kids fight, they all learn from cartoons"
We always feel that children who usually imitate the movements of cartoons are just playing, and will not really do dangerous things.
But in fact, they do not have the ability to distinguish between true and false.
In Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, there was a vicious incident of imitating the animation "Happy Sheep and Gray Wolf" and "roasting sheep".
Li Moushun and his playmates Hao Hao and Ran Ran play at the mouth of the village. After playing for a while, several children came up with a "new game" in which they imitated the gray wolf roast lamb.
But this time it's not lamb, it's human flesh!
After assigning the role, Li Moushun tied Ran Ran and Hao Hao to the tree, and then lit the hay piled up under the tree.
What he did not expect was that the fire quickly ignited by the wind, and in a short while it burned on Ran Ran and Haohao.
At this time, Li Moushun, who set the fire, saw that he had caused a big disaster, and he was scared to stay aside, and did not dare to come forward to untie the rope, and Ran Ran and Haohao, who were tied up, could not escape on their own.
Fortunately, the villagers on the side found out in time and saved the child, but the two children were still burned to varying degrees.
Coincidentally, a similar tragedy was repeated in Dujiangyan, Sichuan Province.
Xiaoxiao, an 8-year-old girl, invited her friends to her home to play.
Taking advantage of the parents' lack of attention, the two children imitated the plot of jumping off the building with a rope tied in the cartoon "Bear Haunting" and played a "rock climbing game".
But when they were young, they could not tie the rope at all.
Xiao Xiao just flipped out of the window and did not climb a few steps, he fell straight down from the tall building, was seriously injured on the spot, and finally died of ineffective rescue.
The successive exposure of such tragedies seems to confirm that cartoons do have the suspicion of inducing children to make dangerous moves, and more and more parents are focusing on the negative impact of cartoons.
But think about it carefully, because the child has one accident after another, he stares at the shortcomings of the cartoon, which is actually a leaf obstacle.
Although we cannot deny that the plot of the cartoon did have an inducing effect on this case, why should parents who neglect to take precautions be held responsible?
There is a sentence in the book "A Good Mother Is Better Than a Good Teacher":
"A big problem in modern family education is that parents can give their lives and money to their children, but they are not willing to spend time and effort for their children."
Admittedly, the lack of family safety education is an unshirkable responsibility for similar tragedies.
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The "danger education" of fairy tales is a double-edged sword
In the eyes of many parents today, not only will the "bloody and violent" fight scenes pose a threat to the child, but the fantasy plot in the cartoon may also give the child a certain danger hint.
For example, the scene in "Peppa Pig" in which Page jumps from the cabin makes parents shudder, afraid that their children will learn from the same way and also come to a "high-altitude fall".
This is really not a parent's concern.
Not long ago, such an incident occurred in Yinchuan, Ningxia.
An 8-year-old boy is seduced by an animated character flying in the sky and wants to try the feeling of flying.
So the child, who lacked common sense, held up two umbrellas on the balcony and held them above his head, and flew down from his home on the 4th floor.
The umbrella apparently couldn't take him flying, and the child ended up with multiple fractures all over his body.
In fact, in such cases, the root cause of parents' concern is the amazing imitation ability shown by the child.
But we overlook that children imitate those dangerous and cruel actions because they do not have a complete understanding of the world.
Parents, on the other hand, should take on the responsibility of building this awareness for their children.
In fact, the dangerous plot in the cartoon is a "double-edged sword", and the key to what kind of impact it will have on the children depends on how parents teach.
In an educational forum a few years ago, a mother asked on the spot that there are many dangerous hints of crime, lies, and fights in many cartoons now, but the child is very fascinated, what to do?
In this regard, Ms. Jiang, an education expert present, expressed her own views, she believes that although the cartoon is broadcast to children, the role of parents cannot be ignored, for young children, whether it is watching animation or reading, parents need to accompany and correctly guide.
Yes, there are dangers and malice, but we live in the real world, and there is not only "truth, goodness, and beauty".
Education scholar Yin Jianli once said: "Children will encounter many problems in their growth, and parents cannot create every ideal growth condition for their children." ”
For children, the real meaningful education is not to build a beautiful but false "castle in the air" for them, but to let them learn a keen sense of malice and danger as soon as possible.
Therefore, animation should not be a barrier against harsh reality, but a mirror that reflects reality.
As for how to let children use this "mirror" correctly, parents need to play a role.
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Parents have to do well
Fairy tales and the "goalkeeper" of the real world
Between fairy tales and reality, there is an insurmountable boundary. But in the eyes of a child whose mind is not yet mature, this line is not clear.
At this time, parents need to take on the responsibility of "goalkeeper".
Remember the programmer dad in Beijing two years ago who used the "mind map" hardcore to bring a baby?
This father is usually very busy at work, there is no time to accompany the child, and gradually feel that it is embarrassing to talk to the child for a day.
In order to bring the relationship closer to the child, the father came up with a clever trick.
He used his programmer's expertise to graft his children's two favorite animations, "Peppa Pig" and "Super Flying Man", onto the "mind map" most commonly used in his work.
He spent more than half a year carefully preparing this gift for his children.
On these two mind maps, dad not only sorted out the character relationships of the cartoon clearly, but also recorded the child's favorite lines according to the child's imitation frequency.
What is even more amazing is that he also carefully sorted out the qualities that children need to learn in the animated characters and the truths that parents should understand, and carefully arranged his family plan according to the content of the animation.
In this way, the complex life principles and realistic family life are seamlessly connected with the vivid animation world of children.
The child's mother said that the son who received the gift was very surprised and loved it, and now the two pictures have become the "treasure of the town house" at home.
In this way, the father taught the child to distinguish between right and wrong, to know good and evil. How can a child who is loved with such a heart slip out of a dangerous border?
Recall the tragedies mentioned earlier that mimic the situation of the animation.
If the child is accompanied by his parents when watching cartoons, and timely reminds him, "This is very dangerous, you can't try it casually", is it not a tragedy that will not happen?
Tao Xingzhi, a famous educator in China, said: "To teach people, we must start from an early age. Young children, such as seedlings, can be properly cultivated to germinate and grow; otherwise, if they are injured at an early age, they will not die prematurely, and it will be difficult to grow. ”
As he said, childlike wisdom is a critical stage in the cultivation of teaching, and it is also a golden period when parents need to show their skills.
So, moms and dads, you may wish to put aside the matter at hand and explore the mysteries of cartoons with your children.
Turn those fantastic fantasy scenes into keys to open the door of children's imagination;
Use those "violent" pictures of good and evil to sow the seeds of justice and bravery in the hearts of children;
Let those who fight openly and secretly fight in the scheme game, teach children to cope with the ever-changing world.
Let the fairy tale guard the dream and grow up with reality!
Let's create a colorful and happy childhood with our children.