Disney is Destroying Our Kids!

Okay not literally, but don't act like that title didn't get you interested in reading this.

So one of the biggest issues you hear about when people are discussing when it comes to this generation of kids is how quickly they are growing up. Now it's no secret that kids have always wanted to be treated like they were older than they really are, the peak of this seems to be between 12-14, when you're at that age where everyone else still considers you a kid but you're kind of sick of that title by now so you want to be seen as a cool and hip teenager. So they of course begin to behave more adult by doing adult things like drinking alcohol and engaging in sexual activities (to put it in such a manner). And everyone always says that they are way too young to be doing any of this stuff, and not to mention getting drunk and having sex doesn't make you an adult, doing taxes and shit, that makes you an adult.

SIDE NOTE: If there is anyone ages 12-14 reading this, don't do anything stupid like get drunk and have sex, because I guarantee you that once you turn 18 you are going to hate literally everything you did from the ages of 12-14. I'm not even kidding, literally every single one of you will feel that way, so don't go making any dumb decisions like having sex or wanting to be an adult, because i've only been doing it for a few months and I already hate it, and I've got another 50 years of this to look forward to.


But then there is the question on who's to blame for all of this pre-maturity? (Hehe, pre-mature) is it social media? Possibly, although kids have always been exposed to this kind of behaviour before things like Facebook became a thing. Honestly the people who I think are the main blame are Disney, specifically, the Disney Channel. Now, I know what you're thinking "that is quite possibly the dumbest conspiracy I've ever heard". But hear me out, as we all know, Disney are the kings of childhood entertainment, their movies are classics and every child watches them, rightly so, they're awesome. However. Disney Channel the kids network on television, is a completely different situation.

Back in the 80's and 90's Disney TV Shows were made for kids and appealed to them, Ducktales, Recess, etc. However, in the 2000's Disney started to attempt to appeal to the "pre-teen" demographic, the 12-14 years olds we discussed earlier, and eventually this took up their entire programming blocks. We got shows like Hannah Montana, That's So Raven, Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Wizards of Waverly Place, and all of that stuff made to appeal to the pre-teens, how? By mixing teenage characters with childish behaviour, tricking the audience into thinking it was teen behaviour, ingenious!

However, because the characters are now teenagers, they end up dealing with more teenager-ey problems, like dating and going to parties and "ugh, parents suck! Rules suck! School sucks!". The problem with this is there are still 3-11 year olds who are also going to watch this and look up to these characters, meaning that at their young age they are going to behave like them. Which means that they are going to start thinking about these things long before they're actually supposed to. No 11 year old should have to worry about dating, what kind of sense does that make!?

And by the time they actually reach the target demographic, they're already past the stage where they would like these shows, when they're 10 they're gonna act like they're 14 and when they're 14 they're gonna act like they're 18, the problem being they haven't actually matured enough to that age but they like to think that they have. And anything even remotely connected to kids is dumb, I know that this is what I experienced growing up. People my age made fun of me for loving Power Rangers, saying it was kids stuff...I was 9! I was supposed to like it! Why the fuck are you in such a hurry to grow up!? Enjoy the stuff that was meant for us!

In fact, this goes for anyone of any age, stop trying to be something you're not! If you're a kid, stop trying to be a teenager, if you're a teenager, stop trying to be an adult! If you're an adult, then like everything I guess because you're at that point when you realise you're always gonna be fucking up and regretting every decision you made 5 years ago. So that's the moral of the story, don't do anything shitty until you've reached a point where you regret everything you were 5 years ago, by then you should know what mistakes you're making but never actually doing anything to correct them.

-Danny