Reality TV

You can call me whatever you want, but I prefer Ms. Critic. 

What do we get out of watching reality TV? Perhaps, reality TV is so entertaining because someone else is putting his or her business on front street and there we are watching them in the comfort of our homes waiting to see what happens next. Maybe, we are reality TV junkies because we laugh at the reality TV personalities and not with them. Truly, they must know that we are laughing at them right? The question of the day is are we bombarded with too much real life entertainment? 

My daughter who is almost thirteen years old has practically grown up watching reality TV shows? As a parent should I be concerned? Will she at the age of eighteen break her neck trying to land a spot on some dating show? Then, if this happens what if my daughter ends up being one of the girls who curses and smokes cigarettes or ends up in the hot tub with the eligible bachelor everyone else on the show is fighting for? It would be just my luck, she’s the one who decides to take off her bathing suit and show the world only what God should see at eighteen. All the parents who feel me please say I.
What happened to family shows, are they disappearing before our eyes? 

The good old families in action – Eight is Enough, Cosby Show, Family Ties and others. I always was excited to see what would happen between Mallory and Skippy on Family Ties. Or remember when the Cosby kids performed for their grand parents anniversary? How about when Joanie and Chachi got married, now that was a moment to remember. Would I be sounding too old if I wrote, “those were the days?”