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The very strong child memories stayed in my mind. When I was 6 I
secretly watched programs with "XY" mark. It was very interesting for me
because all that happened there was based on the real events. But it
paralyzed me and as a result I was afraid of darkness.
Weren't you afraid to watch such programs full of horror?
I saw the difference between movies and programs with "XY" mark very
clearly. When I watched movies I knew: these are actors, nobody dies
there for real. My parents explained in for me very clearly. But If they
caught me while watching the programs they would forbid it. They
wouldn't let it, if they knew, of course.
So anyway how did you manage to watch such programs? Didn't your parents
care about it, didn't they control you?
My parents couldn't control it. We lived in an old house in village. My
room was adjoining to that one where TV-set was. There rooms were
"connected" by the little window. And if I stood on the bed I could
watch everything which was shown on TV.
The majority of mass-media analytics and psychologists assert: TV
influence is very harm for children. In a nutshell it leads to
aggression
and erroneous idea of the world.
When I was a child I watched the "Roadrunner" cartoon. There were many
rockets, bombs and pistols. I guess, a little child can make a
difference between the truth and false. The problem arises when "the
real" people use "the real" force. If there is a lot of blood in a
movie, children can't make a difference anymore. Here starts the
responsibility of parents. They must step in and control children.
When you was 10 what did you watch?
Movies such as "Winnetou" and "Waltons".
It's such an innocuous!
It is. When I got older I started watching harder things. My friend had
videos with kung-fu movies. Together we watched them at his place. And
then played like in those movies.
Did the aggression appear between you after that? In school for example?
As for me never. I always stayed aside when something like that
appeared. Fights and quarrels were not for me.
What will you do if your son tells you: "Dad, I want to watch it on TV"?
I'll watch what he wants together with him. I'm happy I can look after
him with my wife Nancy. So I spend so much time with him. Daddy or Mummy
- one of us will be with him anyway. I believe it will go on, at least
until he'll be 5 or 6.
Here is the problem of the majority of families. House keeping, work.
Parents don't have a time to pay attention on what their children watch
on TV.
We do like this: Jamiro goes to bed at 9 p.m. It's quite late for a
2-year-old child. But he sleeps till 9 a.m. Till 9 p.m. out TV-set is
switched off. When Jamiro hasn't born yet, the TV-set was running all
days long. Now we use our time more rationally. We spend it with our
baby. The time will come and he certainly will want watching TV. Then I
won't be a bad father who doesn't allow him anything. I know exactly
I'll allow him to watch TV. But, I guess, I can't name programs, but
their contents are quite clear for me.
Pardon?
My friends have a good idea. Perhaps, I'll accept it. Their child
watches TV for half an hour a day. He chooses programs himself, so he
learns to use TV responsible.
How do YOU use the mass-media? Which of them?
I watch sports. Movies only on DVD. There are very long advertisements
on TV. It's awful!
Children often see you on TV. Can you describe how you want to act in
this situation?
I have so much experience as a star quest especially on programs for
children. At the beginning of my career I caught myself at a point that
on children programs I make a clown from myself. I tried to be jolly,
besides I did that unnaturally. Several years later I noticed that it
doesn't work. Children feel when someone pretends something. It's
ridiculous when adult one changes his intonation when speaks to a child.
Like a baby talk. That's why today I act normally and no matter what
program it is - for adults or for children. I don't play any roles
anymore.
Do you watch programs with yourself?
I always watch my concert when they are broadcasted on TV to check what
was good and what was bad. I also sing "alive" on TV programs. Its
watching helps me to avoid mistakes. I can hear what I sing wrong. But I
don't watch TV dialogues anyway.
Your support to "Schau Hin!" program.
Addressing to parents I'll give reasonable arguments why they must pay
attention on what how their children use the mass-media. The action must
be held by itself. I don't have to do anything. Besides two song from my
new album "Pirates Of Dance" concern this problem. Probably, I'll have
an opportunity to compose a song specially for "Schau Hin!" program.
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