Ryan Dobson, son of renowned evangelical leader James Dobson, recently revealed that he does not allow his children to watch a lot of Disney — or more specifically, “new Disney” — shows.
While he did not express much qualms about old Disney shows, the 47-year-old parent indicated he’s not a fan of today’s Disney.
“We don’t let our kids watch a ton of Disney, at least not a ton of new Disney. Disney kids disrespect their parents all the time,” Dobson said in a Parenting Teens Summit broadcast Monday.
“Here’s the thing with that. It’s funny because it’s Disney and the kids are cute and they script funny things to say … we all laugh at it. But when you run that in the background all the time, your subconscious starts listening to it and all of a sudden that’s just how kids talk and then your kids start talking that way,” he explained.
His comments come as more Christians have expressed their concern with Disney, particularly the introduction of LGBT characters, such as a 13-year-old character coming out as gay in “Andi Mack,” and gay kissing in “Star vs. the Forces of Evil.”
Dobson, who founded Rebel Parenting with his wife last year, has two children — a 10-year-old son and a 5-year-old daughter. When it comes to raising kids, he said one thing’s for sure: “parenting is difficult.”
“It’s the only job you do that you don’t know how good of a job you’ve done until it’s way too late, until your kids are grown. So it increases…
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