Treatment of Parents

My 13-year old spends about four hours watching television on weekdays, that includes an average of 30 minutes before going to school. On weekends, the hours go up to ten in a day.

Because of this, I've watched most shows myself (can't avoid it). I have a feedback on the stories and plots, generally, on all episodes: children don't respect their parents. In the shows like Wizards of Waverly Place, the kids treat their father and mother like their own age, like a peer they could get smart with, treating them as stupid and without respect.

I was thinking that only the profanities are missing and that's just because Disney channel is supposed to be a child-oriented station. I don't consider myself old-fashioned or from a medieval era. But if I did not talk to my parents like that when I was a teenager, then so be it. Also, one thing I never did was to make faces at them if I was scolded, even at their back.

Now, my daughter thinks this is okay just because she sees this on TV everyday. I hope the writers and directors of these shows would realize the impact of what they are modelling to children.