Who should be responsible for parenting today's children?

The parents, technology, or the media? Where should the most responsibility lie......





Now, with that said, does the responsibility lie where it should?Who should be responsible for parenting today's children?
It belongs with the parents.


Some parents do.


Many parents do not. Unfortunatly, they out number the ones that do, so the schools have taken responsibility for as much as the legally can. School is supposed to be for learning, but it has turned into a baby sitter given the full responsibility, but had its hands tied on what it can do. Thats like telling your real babysitter in front of your kids that they are not to be disciplined and are allowed to do anything they want. Your baby sitter would leave and never come back. The school has no choice but stay and do what they can, and they live with that level of chaos. We do not pay our teachers anywhere near enough to handle what they deal with.





The media teaches things, but avoids any and all responsibility to what it teaches. All of todays media are owned by for profit corps and intended for profit. Do you know that something like 85% of ALL of the media in the us (all news sources, all tv, all entertainment, all games) are owned by the same 4 companies? The only thing they care about is their bottom line (think about that the next time you are reading your newspaper, watching your local news or cnn or foxnews or msnbc.... *Just* who owns all that news you are watching??????????) Their bottom line ends up teaching and doing a lot of parenting, but, as I said, they avoid the responsibility. If you dont want your kids to see or hear it, then control what they are exposed to. The response to that, of course, is that the media is soooooooo saturated with certain messages, unless you crawl in a hole and never come out, you cant control everything they see.





Technology is an awesome tool and resource, but it most certainly shouldnt be held responsible for parenting or teaching. Although, in today's world, it is. Kids no longer learn life lessons from playing with each other, they learn their abcs from the super elctrionic toys, they learn lessons from Dora and what they think are life experiences and street smarts from video games. Its almost like they have more interaction with the tech than they do with the parents. Now, if you follow my posts or know me, I am ALLLL for the technology. I LOVE technology, and I think it is the absolute best tool you can have at our time. However, it should not be used to replace the human interaction of parenting.Who should be responsible for parenting today's children?
Children are a product of their parent's parenting. If the parents allow technology and the media influence their children in a negative or positive way, than it is on them. Parents have the choice as to how much technology and media their children are exposed to. So, the responsibility lies with the parents but unfortunately the media and technology are blamed for things when people look for a quick excuse as to why their children act the way they do.
Parents!!!!





Why would technology or the media have any right to parent someone else's child? Technology and the media are great resources for learning and discovering new things, but not for being the sole contributor to a child's well-being and moral development.





It's all the parents( and sometimes extended family, like grandparents, aunts, siblings, etc) But, a child's first teacher is their parents and their loved ones.





32Weeks-I share the same experiences as you and I agree with you 100%.
PARENTS..... we choose to have them it is our responsibility to raise them, teach them the values they need in life, respect, friendship, love, truthfulness, etc...





and sadly no i don't think all parents take that responsibility therefore leaving it on teachers, baby sitters, friends, and yes media and technology.
As a teacher i find myself responsible for parenting other people's children. I should not have to teach Johnny that you cannot call susie an asshole, or that it is wrong to steal or destroy other people's belongings. That is the parent's job.
well its up to the parents and in my opinion the school should do some of the work since they have them the most, when i was in school, they taught us manors, to be polite, how to hold our spoons and forks,to chew with our mouths closed, it is unreal how many kids dont know there right from there left, we were taught that in school, its sad we have failed with our kids today and i put the blame on the parents, for not doing anything about it
the parents duh thats why its called PARENTING


i dont think the responsibility lies where it should


TV is the new babysitter


and the computer is now what used to be playing outside.


parents need to learn how to raise their kids
This deserves a serious answer; First off latch key kids are ok., or the teenager down the street will do. If all else fails you can have them go to the park. as a last resort I would probably resort to t.v. As long as they make their own popcorn.
Parents. They are also responsible to be sure that the kids aren't being exposed to technology and media that is harmful to them (porn, graphic video games). Or excessive amounts of it.
Probably the parents. IN most situations, the mother.
Parents should be responsible for their child's PARENTING.





I don't think you sufficiently worded your question.
It should lie with the parents and unfortunately everyone/thing else gets blamed for the bad stuff besides the parents.
agree with 32 weeks.
well....until they change the phrase to ';mediaing'; ..PARENTing should be done by the parents.
Their parents, I would imagine.