December holidays give room for fun, bonding, resting and reflecting on past, present, and future life.

Therefore, children should never be allowed to consume certain content that is intended for grown-ups, which includes excessive violence, sexual content, bad language, or drug/alcohol glorification.

Parents and guardians are therefore urged to monitor their children and keep them away from such contents but instead feed them with the right content.

This article reviews some of the things children should never be exposed to.

• Adult content

Exposing children to explicit sexual content can create unrealistic sex ideas in children’s psychology, which can even lead to early sexualization.

Therefore, this type of content should be kept away from children.

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• Frightening Content

Frightening content creates fear among young audiences as the content will torment their brain when they are alone.

Some children can react by crying out of nowhere after remembering the scene and can also be overwhelmed.

Examples of this content include crime dramas, horror series like Squid Game, or dark, violent animated series like Batman.

• Adult Animation/Sitcoms

This are shows are built on adult themes and they may also contain sexual suggestions, foul language, among others.

When this content is consumed by children, it can be misconstrued. Examples of these films include Family Guy orThe  Simpsons.

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• Shows with Negative Behavior Modeling

This content elaborates on characters with bad behaviors, like being disrespectful to family members and old people.

Shows like Caillou or The Thundermans are examples of these films.

In addition, this content terms adults as “buffoons”.

• Alcohol/ Drug Content

Alcohol is meant for adults and in Kenya, alcohol is meant to be consumed by people who are 18 years old and above.

Therefore, exposing children to drug trafficking content and alcoholism may tempt them to try it out at a very young age.

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