tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21828049.post113934175710012185..comments2023-11-02T08:39:44.093-07:00Comments on Up Popped a Fox: Abating Batman...Vikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11241303252794599873noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21828049.post-1139344748222005862006-02-07T12:39:00.000-08:002006-02-07T12:39:00.000-08:00oh my god - i love this. comments from the everyma...oh my god - i love this. comments from the everyman and from the great aunt sis!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12282761670461599651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21828049.post-1139344312130567052006-02-07T12:31:00.000-08:002006-02-07T12:31:00.000-08:00Hey, I decided to call the Family Matriarch and di...Hey, I decided to call the Family Matriarch and dictate a message from her. Here is what Gramma Sissy says in response to your blog: <BR/> <BR/>"Here's the deal, Vikki, all of those early characters or pieces of culture (Dora, Batman, Schreck), are designed to teach your children to want the Name Brand Stuff... so that when they grow up they will want a Sony, a Lexus, (insert brand name here). It is a Training Ground for Consumerism. <BR/><BR/>When a child wants Dora underwear, she will grow up to want Victoria's Secret Underwear because Victoria Secret is "better"; when in fact, what the child needs is underwear. <BR/><BR/>Vikki, you need to listen to your intuition. It's the culture who is saying "you don't know anything as a mother, ignore your intuition and if your child wants Batman Pajamas, then that is what he needs". <BR/><BR/>And whose want is it? It's not really Miguel's; it's the culture of consumerism. You and Luisa are the parents and you have the power to decide what is best. <BR/><BR/>Your instinct already told you no, and most of the time, your instinct as a mother is best". <BR/><BR/> <BR/>Ps. Gramma Sissy says you are Great Parents. And if she thinks so, then it is So.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04599323156818972787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21828049.post-1139343114923481302006-02-07T12:11:00.000-08:002006-02-07T12:11:00.000-08:00I think you need to clarify what values you feel w...I think you need to clarify what values you feel would be violated if your child wore a Batman T-shirt. Your opposition to the purchase might have been more reflexive than rational, which is why you struggle with it now. The presence or absence of a logo on a T-shirt does not change the inherent value of the T-shirt. Do Batman and Spongebob specifically stand for some particular value or creed which you oppose? Or is it just that some of the money from your T-shirt purchase goes into the pocket of a big multinational entertainment congolomerate? Because if the latter, guess what, some of the money from ANY shirt you bought in that store was going to go into the pockets of a big multinational, quite possibly one you would dislike more than Warner Brothers or Viacom. <BR/><BR/>I appreciate wanting to avoid rampant consumerism and the need to raise one's children to find value and meaning in something other than buying things. Buying a shirt when you need a shirt is not unnecessary consumption, however. Nor does the design on the shirt change that equation, unless the shirt with the logo was appreciably more expensive than a similar non-logo shirt.Emptymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03766435186634560211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21828049.post-1139342505485120662006-02-07T12:01:00.000-08:002006-02-07T12:01:00.000-08:00I did ask him why he wanted Batman pajamas and he ...I did ask him why he wanted Batman pajamas and he said because a kid at school that he likes has them. I asked him how he knew that this kid has Batman pajamas and he said that the kid told him.Vikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11241303252794599873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21828049.post-1139342091634272132006-02-07T11:54:00.000-08:002006-02-07T11:54:00.000-08:00I know, you think that keeping the television off ...I know, you think that keeping the television off will mean keeping them cut off from much of this insanity. Have you asked him who Batman is and why he wants it so much? I'm always curious when they want things disconnected from the television shows or whatever, just what they think they're buying.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12282761670461599651noreply@blogger.com