Too hot for kids!

I was reading a blog of an online friend of mine where she was talking about how much she loved the movie Grease as a child, but one of her parents was "offended" when she was singing some of the lyrics to the song. Made me think about some things . . . (so thanks for the inspiration, Alex! :) )

I had never see the actual movie Grease (on the edited version on TV) until I was watching it while babysitting for our next door neighbor's kids a couple years ago. The oldest was 4, I think, and watching her singing along to some of those songs and quoting the movie made my jaw drop at times. Its kind of a naughty movie at times!

I had the soundtrack in high school and listened to it all the time. I made up a baton routine for one of my twirling students to audition with to "Grease Lightening" . . . if only at the time I would have known that I was sending her off to twirl in front of judges to a song that drops the sh-bomb! I don't think anyone noticed, but it would have been frowned upon and I feel really guilty about it to this day.

A couple years ago while I was nannying for the summer one of my girls got addicted to watching reruns of "Three's Company". Now, I grew up watching reruns of it, too, and I loved the show, but I had such a hard time letting her watch it now that I really "got" the show! I felt that it was horribly inappropriate at times for a 10 year old to be watching, but I know that the "suggestive" things went over her head. I was still uncomfortable. And I used to watch the show all the time at my grandparents house. I wonder if it bothered them to let me watch it or if it all went over their heads, too?