By Marizza Espinosa

Assistant Editor

Have you seen those Advancing Parenting signs pitched all around campus? Are the signs telling you how to raise your children, or are they just giving you tips on how to raise them? These signs will affect individuals differently. For example, one of the signs says, “Introduce your children to media that portrays honesty, sacrifice, loyalty, perseverance, modesty, love, humility, courage, courtesy, respect, and reverence.” Nowadays, it’s rare to find media that offers these qualities. Television and social media provide profanity, vulgar language and just plain nonsense. Also, many shows that children watch nowadays have subliminal dirty messages in them, such as “Spongebob Squarepants.” Certain Spongebob episodes, though they do not directly curse or show sexual content, have a lot of content that can be viewed as inappropriate for children. Let’s be real though – whether you shelter your kids or not from all this profanity in media, they will be exposed to it through school. Many kids learn half of their vulgar language and profanity from their peers. There is no way around the negatives of media, so don’t beat around the bush. Another sign says, “Make your children aware of their strengths and don’t draw attention to their weakness.” Praising your children for their strengths and their achievements is essential, but ignoring your children’s weaknesses can cause for insecurities when they get older. Kids in school are cruel and will make fun of others just to make themselves feel better. As a parent, you should want to help your child strengthen their weaknesses. Some students, such as 21-year-old liberal studies major Jasmin Lopez feels like the signs are a little out of place here on campus. “I think these signs are a good idea but I feel like a lot of CSUB students are not parents, so I feel like they’re in the wrong place,” said Lopez.