My First Blog

Welcome world to my first blog! I feel honored that anyone would take a few moments out of their precious day to read what I have to say. But now that you're here, I hope you will stay and tell your friends about my blog. The more people that agree with a particular viewpoint, the more powerful that viewpoint becomes. As a group of like minded people we can be truly powerful. So I welcome all comments and thoughts because I think what you have to say is important.

My blog is about "Living in an R-rated World". Why write about this topic now? Truthfully, the reason is I have a wonderful seven year old daughter and I wish with all my heart that she has the kind of childhood that shapes her life so she grows up to be a wonderful, happy person. But until the past few years, I never thought about her environment much. Yes, I knew the standards for honor or appropriate behaviour have been slipping for many years but it never truly hit home until my daughter started to become aware of this R-rated world.

I believe I am a moderately strict parent but I also believe I am reasonable and very aware of our society. I am very protective of who she spends time with and of course, what she watches. We monitor her TV time very well, only age appropriate programming and movies. I also preview new shows to make sure I think they are appropriate for her and more often than not, that "hot" new show is not appropriate for her age.

Even though my daughter started me along this path, I don't want to make this blog only about kids. I also think that our world, with all of our wealth and knowledge, should treat all fellow humans with more respect. To quote Thomas Sowell, "one of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them". It's true. I initially trust other people have the same ideals as I do so I trust them to make the right choices to rate movies, to create programming, to have my best interest in mind in a customer service situation or just about any human contact I have. I am frequently let down.

So in this blog I will bring up specific situations where we can make a difference. My dream is that our blog community can start a ripple that travels across the oceans. You are all helping me throw that first pebble.