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As a father of two kids, both of whom like the Fresh Beat band (although my older one has grown out of em) I was utterly amazed at the play this”news” story generated.

I won’t go into who the fresh beat band is or a background on them since I’m assuming if you’re reading this post, you already know who they are.

But, in case your kids are fans of the show, and you really don’t keep up with the chatter on the net about em…let me do a fast recap of what I’m talking about.

One of the 4 main characters decided to leave the show and a main character was replaced for the third season of the hit TV show.

Some parents had a S*it fit over this.

As evidence, this article on blogcritics.org has almost 300 comments and almost 300 facebook shares for this topic

via The Fresh Beat Band – Unexplained Cast Changes Keep Annoying TV Tradition Going – Blogcritics Video.

It actually stands out in a significant way, and both of my kids noticed it immediately. No explanation has been given as to the change in appearance of the character, and so kids are expected to be as resilient as Bewitched fans seeing Dick Sargent become Darrin (replacing Dick York) without any explanation.

Personally, my kids never EVER mentioned the change.

But, It’s clear that other kids did notice this change.

Here’s some news:

Most people do NOT like change. About anything!

My personal opinion – it was more the parents who were upset than the kids.

Some comments I saw about this online were just downright nasty! Parents were so concerned about things like kids noticing change, and it’s not fair to do this to children. And, it will really disturb kids and can have detrimental effects to see their favorite characters all of a sudden replaced, etc.

Yet, parents didn’t hesitate to write, frankly, disgusting insults about the new girl who took over the role of the character that had to do with everything from her singing ability to picking out features of her face they didn’t like.

Maybe that sort of behavior has a little more influence over your kids than a make believe sing and dance character on a tv show.

Just my opinion.

So, I found this article about technology being bad for kids.

via Children and technology: Parents should sometimes unplug tech-savvy kids – Orlando Sentinel.

These type of article are very popular nowadays.

Everything is bad for your kids. TV, computers, video games, etc.

In this article, the main concern seemed to be that kids were spending too much time with technology and not doing other things like spending time outside or interacting with other people.

Here’s a quote from the article

One little boy was so excited to share how he got a new Wii and how he loves to play soccer. I replied, “That sounds like fun! Then, do you go outside and play soccer in the grass?” To my surprise, he answered, “Silly! You don’t play soccer in the grass!” It was at that point that I began to worry about how too much technology might be harming our young children.

Is too much technology the problem? Or is it the fact that the child doesn’t go outside to play real soccer?

What if the child loved to read books more than anything? What if they read books about soccer over and over again.

Would the same people then say too much reading is bad for your kids?

In my opinion the problem seems to be that some kids have more of an interest that does not involve social aspects of life, than other kids do.

Whether that is technology or reading.

What do you think?

On Sunday evening, at 7pm, my kids love to watch AFV.

In case you don’t know that’s Americas Funniest Home Videos.

I have 2 boys who love to not only watch it live, but they make us DVR it so they can watch it over and over again during the week.

I am wondering if this is something unique in my home or do any of you experience this as well?

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