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This is a very impassioned letter from a reader on
Films
My daughter Shoshana just walked through the door, all excited. She
went on a school trip today to Tnuva, Rehovot, and started to describe
a film she saw. When she finished, I asked a few questions to verify
my suspicions. My daughter couldn't understand why I was so interested
in the story she had seen and why I looked so perturbed about it.
I explained to her the difference between an educational film and
an entertaining one and said that if the principal doesn't let TV's,
then why should they be watching films for entertainment? She then
asked me innocently, "What is a TV?"
She goes to a Chinuch Atzmai Bais Yaakov that has a booklet of rules.
If wearing sneakers or jeans isn't allowed, why is chewing gum? If
not TV's, then why regular films and puppet shows? What's the difference?
The problem includes CD-ROM computers. Any CD can be obtained and
do untold harm. The problem starts when one is permissible and another
is not. Where to draw the line!
I suggest that Chinuch Atzmai get their rules straight and not label
a family `modern' for a certain mode of dress but which would never
allow their children to watch CDs on the computer.
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