Disney on a Dime on The Travel Channel

[iuki]

Last night my husband and I watched Disney on a Dime and was shocked
to see the parents of those two girls allowing their children to jump
on the beds at Pop Century. We were also surprised that Disney
approved of that footage. First, of all, children need to learn how
to respect property. But, more importantly, one of the girls could
have fallen off the bed and injured herself or she could have hit her
head on the wall or headboard.

IMO, Disney should cut out that portion of the film.

Just my 2 cents.

iuki

[EllenGee61]

Although I haven't seen the episode yet...ok, I gotta say it, and don't go
all crazy on me...didn't you ever jump on a bed when you were a kid? I
agree, as a parent, it's not the safest thing to do, but come on! I think
it's hysterical what Fizzie's grandkids said! Good for them!
Ellen

<iuki@***********m> wrote in message
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> Last night my husband and I watched Disney on a Dime and was shocked
> to see the parents of those two girls allowing their children to jump
> on the beds at Pop Century. We were also surprised that Disney
> approved of that footage. First, of all, children need to learn how
> to respect property. But, more importantly, one of the girls could
> have fallen off the bed and injured herself or she could have hit her
> head on the wall or headboard.
>
> IMO, Disney should cut out that portion of the film.
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
> iuki

[iuki]

On Apr 27, 6:47*am, "EllenGee61" <ellen...@**************> wrote:
> Although I haven't seen the episode yet...ok, I gotta say it, and don't go
> all crazy on me...didn't you ever jump on a bed when you were a kid? *I
> agree, as a parent, it's not the safest thing to do, but come on! *I think
> it's hysterical what Fizzie's grandkids said! *Good for them!
> Ellen *
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> > Last night my husband and I watched Disney on a Dime and was shocked
> > to see the parents of those two girls allowing their children to jump
> > on the beds at Pop Century. *We were also surprised that Disney
> > approved of that footage. *First, of all, children need to learn how
> > to respect property. *But, more importantly, one of the girls could
> > have fallen off the bed and injured herself or she could have hit her
> > head on the wall or headboard.
>
> > IMO, Disney should cut out that portion of the film.
>
> > Just my 2 cents.
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Sorry, Ellen, but, no, I never did jump on the bed. However, I do not
believe that Disney would want children jumping on their beds either.
When my daughter was 3 years old, she had to have stitches on the
bridge of her nose when she fell and hit the bed frame. It was
terrifying for her when they had to stick needles in her face to numb
her to do the stitches - not to mention how painful for me to hear her
crying Mommy. Only when she and her sister were adults did they tell
me they were jumping on the bed. Kids are kids and, yes, they will
jump on beds. But, my point is, the parents should have told the
children not to jump on the beds. The footage gives the impression
that Disney says it is OK to jump on their beds which I feel is a
wrong message to send to families.

iuki

[EllenGee61]

But, my point is, the parents should have told the
children not to jump on the beds. The footage gives the impression
that Disney says it is OK to jump on their beds which I feel is a
wrong message to send to families.

iuki

I agree, the parents probably should have told the kids not to jump on the
beds, but I don't see how a program produced by the Travel Channel about WDW
gives the impression that Disney condones the behavior. If anything, it
gives the impression that the PARENTS condone this behavior, and therefore
show them to have made poor parenting choices, not Disney. Do you honestly
believe that a family will see this and assume it's ok to jump on beds?
That's just funny reasoning to me.

Now I have to look for this program and TiVO it so I can see for myself .
My kids are 14 and 20, I won't let them watch.

Ellen

[Ed]

<iuki@***********m> wrote in message
news:dd96a7ca-9f4e-4a92-bfeb-27ea395e3dff@q1g2000prf.************.com...
> Last night my husband and I watched Disney on a Dime and was shocked
> to see the parents of those two girls allowing their children to jump
> on the beds at Pop Century. We were also surprised that Disney
> approved of that footage. First, of all, children need to learn how
> to respect property. But, more importantly, one of the girls could
> have fallen off the bed and injured herself or she could have hit her
> head on the wall or headboard.
>
> IMO, Disney should cut out that portion of the film.
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
> iuki

The beds at Pop Century need to be destroyed so they will replace the
mattresses. I was there earlier his month and felt ever coil spring in the
piece of junk. What's worse, destroying a piece of junk or a 'guest's' back?

Kids get excited, they do these kinds of things. Get over it. A good parent
would allow it. I can't imagine growing up at your house. Glad I got the
long straw.

[Ryan]

On 2008-04-27 01:33:04 -0400, iuki@***********m said:

> Last night my husband and I watched Disney on a Dime and was shocked
> to see the parents of those two girls allowing their children to jump
> on the beds at Pop Century. We were also surprised that Disney
> approved of that footage. First, of all, children need to learn how
> to respect property. But, more importantly, one of the girls could
> have fallen off the bed and injured herself or she could have hit her
> head on the wall or headboard.
>
> IMO, Disney should cut out that portion of the film.

I agree, f*ck dem hoes!

[Peppermint Patty]

If I didn't think I'd end up in the room two floors beneath mine, I'D
jump on the bed too just from the excitement of being back at
Disneyworld!

[Alpha]

Ginny Favers says:

> I don't think sending messages and admonishing and forbidding does much
> good. Information never changes human behavior.

Sure it does. That's how parenting works! :-)

I didn't see Disney on a Dime :-( but I think I would have been a little
surprised to see behavior we all pretty much know is a no-no, getting a
thumbs-up. It's not as though anyone believes that no one ever jumps on
the beds; it's just that showing it on the program is surprising because
that gives it the air of being acceptable. If you've never seen it
legitimized like that, you might let the kids jump on the bed a little bit
but keep it to just a few moments and maybe feel a little guilty about it.
Seeing it on a show about WDW, you might then think, Hey, no problem;
everyone does it. Might as well let my kids go crazy with it.

-- Alpha

[EllenGee61]

>
> I think the issue here is that this is a *television show*. We should
> make sure that our children (and we, ourselves) realize that TV and the
> people on it are not "real life". - RODNEY

Wait just a minute there Rodney...you mean when Wile E. Coyote blows himself
up trying to catch the Roadrunner and then shows up in the next scene
unscathed...that's NOT real life?
[Maniacal laughter as she runs away in her flip-flops carrying her
contraband refillable mug!]
Ellen

[Alpha]

Rodney says:

> I don't know about you, but I have not had much using "information" to
> change a child's behavior.

Well, every child is different. My children always respond better when we
make clear the reasoning behind our decisions, rules, etc. Ginny said that
"information never changes human behavior", but it does for my kids. YMMV.

> I think the issue here is that this is a *television show*. We should
> make sure that our children (and we, ourselves) realize that TV and
> the people on it are not "real life".

Like I said, I didn't see the show. I was under the impression that the
people in it were real guests on a real visit to WDW; maybe that wasn't the
premise of the show.

-- Alpha