Elmo on Death and Dying

Elmo has decided to join public service announcements reminding kids what their parents should be teaching them. Basic sanitation is the name of this game, get it right and win a prize? All this to protect against H1N1, we dont call it the flu anymore, the media likes the fancy acronimic names better. Don’t they teach this stuff to kids in grade school? Don’t parents teach this stuff to kids while they are growing up? It’s alarming how often some children need to be reminded about life basics. I guess they need it now since none of them know what H1N1 could possible mean?

It makes me wonder where our society is going. I am sure gimmicks like these have existed before, but why is it that we have the need to fill our kids brains with entertainment to get any message across. It saddens me to see the degeeneration of mind caused by cartoon characters, especialyl now a days where neer a moment goes by without a loud scream, thud or crash.