The Tafoya Family/ Transcript

Introduction
Hi we're the Tafoyas

I'm Holly

I'm Jimmy we have 3 boys

James 7

Tyler 5

and Ryan 2

James is our hard case he fights and lies

Tyler is a copy of James

Ryan is twice as bad as his older brothers

Ryan (WINING)

Teaching
Jo: The next thing I needed to do was to educate this family about the video games rating system. Only 21% of kids say that their parents have any rules about the video games they can play. So, this is information that a lot of families need to hear.

Jo: Lesson today, game ratings. All right? What does E Mean?

James: Everyone

Jo: What's this one?

Tyler: Better E 10 and up.

James: You have to be 10, but you can't be under 10 to play those.

Holly: I didn't know that there was a E 10 and up. I thought that any E game was suitable for my kids.

Jo: What's that one Dad?

Tyler: I'm playing the teen game.

Jimmy: Teenagers 13 and up.

Jo: What's this one?

Holly: M for Mature meaning not found in our house.

James: I played an M game before I don't know anymore.

Jo: What was an M game like?

James: Shooting, cussing, robbing and killing.

Jo: James, which is the best one to play?

James: I want to play one teen game. It's not even bad.

Holly: Let him read the back of T? Read the back of T?

James: May contain violence, suggestive themes, minimal blood.

Holly: OK, so does that sound like something that you should be playing? Do we want any of these things in our house?

James: It's just a game!

Holly: But, it's not when you act it out.

Jo: Learning about the video game ratings has made Mom and Dad realize that they need to pack up those Teen games right away, and when James their eldest son realized what that meant, he started to get upset.

Holly: OK, so this should have a big red X over it because it's not allowed in our house, nor are you allowed to play it at anyone else's house. So, why don't you pick some that you think are allowed here in this house.

James: When Jo showed me the ratings for the video games, I didn't really like it because I used to be able to Teen games, but now, I can't.

Holly: T for Teen is out!

James: (sobbing) Why?????? All the fun games are gone!!!!!!!!! I can't even play my favorite game!!!!!!!!! (sniffling)

Holly: You only got a couple of years that'll fly by, I promise you. Before you know it, you'll be 20 and wishing you were 10 again. Okay?

Jo: I feel that a lot of kids get exposed so much and so early. But, whilst we are at our own homes and we have communication with our neighbors and our friends. You know? We can do as much as we can to control that situation.

DVD Meeting
Jo: The video game situation had definately been sorted out before I left. But, I was still curious to see whether they would be tempted to get out of those video games whilst I was away.

Jo: So, how ready are we to take a look at this?

Jimmy: Anxious, nervous, want to see it so we can get this over with.

Jo: Let's take a look then.

Clip 1
Holly: What's this one?

Tyler: Rated eC

James; Early Childhood

Holly: Early Childhood. Can we play this one?

James; Yes!

Holly: Why?

James: Because, it's, it's for kids and, and only kids can play.

Holly: What's this one?

James: M for Mature for Adults. Can't play it, because there's bad language, shooting.

Holly: Any ones on this one, you can't play anywhere, no matter what.

Clip 2
Tyler: You're in trouble!

Holly: Did you leave the backyard?

James: No.

Holly: You didn't leave the backyard?

James: Nope.

Holly: Are you sure?

James: Yep.

Holly: Did you go outside the fence?

James: No.

Holly: Did you go outside the gate?

James: No.

Holly: You didn't jump the fence?

James: No.

Holly: Tyler! Is your brother lying to me?

Tyler: No!

Holly: Alright.

James: No! I just went over there!

Holly: The first time when I asked you, how long were you over there?

James: Not that long.

Holly: So you did jump the fence. And you lied to me when I asked you! You just told me you weren't over there very long! You just admitted yourself that you jumped that fence!

James: Oh!

Holly: No. Not backtracking! You lied.

James: I didn't know what you meant!

DVD Meeting
Jimmy: I can tell when James is lying. All I have to do is look at his face. He gets a lost look.

Jo: Okay, so I wanted to pose a question to you. Did you know that when he lied?

Holly: I thought he lied but...

Jo: You thought he lied?

Jimmy: She wasn't confident that he lied.

Jo: Why don't you try showing this thing?

Holly: I hate to call him a liar if he's not lying. I don't wanna do that to him.

Jo: But you knew he was lying!

Holly: Yep.

Clip 3
James: Smell your own butt crack.

Holly: What did I just say to you?

James: No nasty words.

Holly: And what did you do?

James: Said a nasty word.

Holly: Right you're eating soap. Let's go.

[Faucet running]

Holly: Open.

DVD Meeting
Jo: Are you insane? You just put a toxin into your child's mouth.

Holly: Just a little bit, I didn't even do a whole pump.

Jo: Why do you think that's okay to do to your kids?

Holly: It's not that bad.

Jo: What satisfaction did you get?

Holly: He stopped the behaviour that I wanted him to stop.

Jo: What filled good feeling did you have?

Holly: I really I honestly don't see the severity in doing this! I really genuinely don't.

Jo: Well, if you don't...

Holly: She's gonna show me the labels!

Jo:?????

Holly: Well, not for me! It tastes disgusting, he's not gonna want to do it again and he didn't.

Jo: I think it's sad that's your own point of where you feel that you need to turn to chemicals to have your children respect you as the mother. It hasn't worked in teaching your children the value of respect and what you don't want.

Holly: They were not giving me respect by saying nasty words.

Jo: So unconditional love then. It's love on your own term.

Holly: Hold, hold the bow. Me putting soap that *********. As far as I'm concerned, you can leave, alright?!

Jo: How is that respect?

Holly: ****!

Jo: How is that respect?

Holly: The interview is over.

Jo: How is that respect Holly!?