Volunteer Connections by Girl Scouts of Nassau County

Guest blogger James Langan is not a fan of television, movies or much of popular music, but he does love the Girl Scouts! – He reminds us here of the need for parents to be ever-vigilant when they allow mass media into their homes and before the eyes and ears of their children.  We encourage you to find ways to bring more “kulcha” to  our girls …What has your troop done with the arts lately? – peace, dc Mass culture can be somewhat disconcerting:  A flood of images and noises gushes forth from wide-screen TVs, drowning all in its path. Sarcasm and presumptuousness permeate the “dialogue” blurted out by one-dimensional characters smirking and sneering and conning and cheating and posing and threatening to get what they want.  And only when they are not punching and kicking and gouging and blowing things up.    A lot of movies – apparently devoted to redefining “box office gross” – offer nothing better; and most video games propose far worse, encouraging children of all ages to gleef