I'm Becoming One Of "Those" Parents

Before I had kids, and even after, I was (and am) boggled at some of the reactions some parents have to "normal" things. 

Like being upset Sesame Street is called Sesame Street, because it encourages playing in the street or some such nonsense (I grew up watching it and not once did I think "hey, I'll go play on the road"). 

Or how about losing it at little Johnny's little league game - it's a bunch of kids, it's not like they're playing for money... are they?  If so, we need to get Lynden enrolled stat! 

I think kids need to be exposed to real life events; granted I'm not talking to Lynden about the circle of life or anything, but I feel they need to know enough so they're not shell shocked when something happens and we're not there.  (It's a fine line between educating and scaring the crap out of your kids)

However, there has to be a line and this week I found it. 

Lynden was watching Cars cartoons and track reviews on Youtube (Yes, track reviews. He loves watching people play with their tracks, or even a video of someone playing a racing game on their computer. He once sat through a 20 minute video on the selection process for Motor Cross Trends Car of the Year) when this ad came on:

Don't get me wrong, it's not like Lynden hasn't seen boobs before - I breast fed Alyssa for a year.  But, he does not need to know the other side of boobs (you know, the side your husband likes).  As far as he should know women have boobs and we can feed babies from them, that's it. 

As I heard the ad, I quickly got up and stopped the video and found something else for him to watch, much to his dismay as he really wanted to see the video after the ad. 

I think I'm a pretty relaxed parent when it comes to most things, but this crossed a line. 

Really Youtube?!?!?  You can't figure out how to make sure you have the appropriate ads for the right age group.  I'd rather you show ads for toys and candy over sexy bras to my four year old son. 

Am I overreacting to this?


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