PART 2 OF 2.

Find part1 here.

But if I rationally analyze the habit, it is only 30 minutes a day and they are exposed to age appropriate contents. The way I see it, TV and the Internet have become necessary evils in the modern world. The children are definitely going to be exposed to these mediums. I could either keep the children shielded and in the process shock them or give them the impression that they have to do things behind my back. So we like it this way in our house.

Anyways, now my amma is here with us and she has introduced her flavor to YouTube contents. The children watch old tamil cinema songs. They seem to like the songs in which there are kids dancing/jumping or songs with animals.

But YouTube is scary. We screen the contents completely before we show it to Chula and Mieja. This lesson I learnt the very first day while I was searching for jungle book video. Just because the title says Jungle Book, don’t trust the contents to be clean and child appropriate. The first click I landed from the search happened to have the title or a song dubbed over the original songs, ‘Jungle Book, how a bear molests a boy’…something like that. The second one I landed on was ‘Jungle book meets the saw’ where the animals were subjected to lot of violence. Even I got a little scared.

Without further ado, top hits at home,

Varavu Ettana, Selavu Pathana – Bhama Vijayam

It is sooo funny to see the two year old Mieja singing, ‘Kanniyaraga vazhanum yendraal pillagal yedtharkaga? Kaadhal seitha pavathukkaga, vere yedhuthaga?’ (Q:If you wanted to live a no strings attached life style, why did you have children? A:That is the curse of love making.) It is still in the stage where the adults find it cute. The fact that she does not have a clue about what she is singing adds to the cute factor. The little devil is such a joker. She knows this will make us laugh, so she uses this when she wants a laugh from us. She does something totally naughty, I am steaming, getting ready to unload a lecture and she would hit me with this song. Manipulatress.

Kanna Varuvaan, Kathai Solluvaan

Oodi Oodi Uzhaikanum, Aagattumda Thambi Raaja – Nalla Neram

Do I need to spell out the attraction in this song? The elephants and of course MGR with his orange kurta and orange payjama 🙂

Chella Pillaigalam – Yenga Mama

Nila Kaikirathu, Acham Acham Yillai – Indira

Anjali, Anjali, Anjali – Anjali

Natha Vinothangal – Salangai Oli

Janani, Janani – Thai mookambikai

Kurai Ondrum Yillai

Bhaja Govindam

A sample of Chula singing tamil songs.
Agattumda Thambi Raaja

Kanna Varuvaan

Kurai

And this is Mieja singing…
Varau Kannan

Saa Sing Nila