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Even Lassie doesn't get off easy with this circus clown:
"The movie included unacceptable material such as a child slamming things, facially showing hatred for his father, and saying "Why don't we just kill ourselves" in response to things beyond the child's control, thus fueling and perpetuating the general lack of coping skills of youth. Lassie also presented a child running away from home as a technique of dealing with emotional pain, also fueling and perpetuating the general lack of coping skills in youth. The movie also seemed to say to children that they could and indeed should handle any problem that occurs and are to do so without adult presence or involvement."
Children solving problems on their own and thinking for themselves? Mygod! No!!!!
"Lassie presented a minor child handling a rifle in a menacing way toward another child, an older brother trying to teach his yonger sister the 'ways' of older kids before her time, and multiple examples of "leave me alone, get off my back." Also, a teenage actor in the movie invited a teenage girl over to his parents house while his parents were gone: for whatever reason was left up to the imagination of the viewer."
I guess the Red Ryder B-B Gun in "A Christmas Story" would be out to then, huh?
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