Comments on: The Drama Effect http://thegirlrevolution.com/the-drama-effect/ Growing Girls With Purpose Thu, 24 May 2012 00:45:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tracee http://thegirlrevolution.com/the-drama-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-6221 Tracee Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:07:37 +0000 http://thegirlrevolution.com/?p=3372#comment-6221 Absolutely Elsie. Case in point, though The OC is the program in the study - it would be blocked in my house. We should be mindful that media can evoke negative things in our children too. I have lots of stuff/stories blocked for this reason. Marketers know this too. Which is why commercials upset me a lot. Because they are tugging on our kids emotions to sell stuff that's not good for them. The marketers know what they are doing, the kids do not. Absolutely Elsie. Case in point, though The OC is the program in the study – it would be blocked in my house.

We should be mindful that media can evoke negative things in our children too. I have lots of stuff/stories blocked for this reason.

Marketers know this too. Which is why commercials upset me a lot. Because they are tugging on our kids emotions to sell stuff that’s not good for them. The marketers know what they are doing, the kids do not.

]]> By: Elsie Escobar http://thegirlrevolution.com/the-drama-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-6218 Elsie Escobar Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:54:35 +0000 http://thegirlrevolution.com/?p=3372#comment-6218 My initial response at learning about this study was very positive. I saw some pretty great possibilities for teaching both my clients and my daughter. I do recognize the power of empathy and ultimately the power of the heart to really drive issues home. Upon meditating over this and reading the article I began to see something that troubled me, utilizing this same study. My life is guided by being a good person and aligning to the highest always. That is not the case with everyone, and at times the intention of certain dramas or narratives that are expressed via books, movies, magazine short stories, tv programs may not be about the Highest but perhaps the opposite. This also makes me weary as I think how a story told with a specific agenda, beautifully executed could potentially guide us (or our children) to perhaps participate in something that goes against our core values, simply because it tapped into something universal within us. And so, may we always choose to create from the Highest intention, and may we as teachers/parents stay sensitive to always get to the Heart of the matter. Thoughts? My initial response at learning about this study was very positive. I saw some pretty great possibilities for teaching both my clients and my daughter. I do recognize the power of empathy and ultimately the power of the heart to really drive issues home.

Upon meditating over this and reading the article I began to see something that troubled me, utilizing this same study. My life is guided by being a good person and aligning to the highest always. That is not the case with everyone, and at times the intention of certain dramas or narratives that are expressed via books, movies, magazine short stories, tv programs may not be about the Highest but perhaps the opposite.

This also makes me weary as I think how a story told with a specific agenda, beautifully executed could potentially guide us (or our children) to perhaps participate in something that goes against our core values, simply because it tapped into something universal within us.

And so, may we always choose to create from the Highest intention, and may we as teachers/parents stay sensitive to always get to the Heart of the matter.

Thoughts?

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