Parental Control: 5 Shows You Shouldn't Watch With Your Parents

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This article was written by teen reporters from The Mash, a weekly publication distributed to Chicagoland high schools.

By Nikki Pietrus, Whitney Young

Let’s be honest, some of the best shows on TV might not be as squeaky clean as your parents would like to think. But is that going to stop you from watching these gems? Heck no!

OK, now imagine this: You’re sitting down to watch Netflix with your parents and your mom starts talking about that new show everyone’s been raving about, “Orange Is the New Black.” Before you can say anything, she turns it on and you’re stuck in the most awkward situation of your life.

Don’t put yourself in this situation ever again. Here are five fantastic shows that are awesome for watching on your own --- but not so much with your parents. We ranked them on a scale of one to five -- one being slightly awkward, and five being painfully weird.

1. “Breaking Bad”
If you weren’t on the “Breaking Bad” bandwagon before, you’re probably curious about it now. The series follows the story of Walter White, an overqualified high school chemistry teacher who turns to cooking meth after learning he has terminal cancer. Despite the obvious theme of drugs, the show is also filled with lots of violence, gore and downright scary scenes.

“At first, my parents saw me watching ‘Breaking Bad’ and thought it was kind of inappropriate, but the show is so good that they got hooked too. Now we watch it as a family,” said Marist senior Kendall Maddix.

Awkward factor: 2/5

2. “Weeds”
The name of this show should be an immediate indicator of what to expect. “Weeds” stars Mary-Louise Parker as a suburban mother who turns to selling pot after her husband dies. This may sound similar to “Breaking Bad,” but “Weeds” takes a more comical approach to the drug-dealing plot line.

“‘Weeds’ is hilarious, but I always make sure I watch it late at night or when my parents aren’t home,” said Whitney Young senior Joey Albarran. “You never know what you might see.”

You can expect heavy profanity, drug use, sex scenes and nudity -- all things that might be a tad awkward if you’re watching with mom and dad.

Awkward factor: 3.5/5

3. “South Park”
Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s hilarious creation is still producing new episodes on Comedy Central. But if you find the show on Netflix, you can watch the unrated versions, which are packed full of profanity and crude humor.

“My brother was watching an episode of ‘South Park’ on our family room TV and I didn’t think much of it,” said Whitney Young senior Cortny Trueba. “That is, until some colorful language shocked my mom, dad and even my grandma.”

Awkward factor: 4/5

4. “Shameless”
“Shameless” focuses on the dysfunctional Gallagher family. Led by an alcoholic father and an absent mother, the six Gallagher children are left to navigate the world on their own. Unfortunately, their moral compasses aren’t leading them in the right direction.

“This show should really be called ‘Shameful’ because that’s how I feel after watching,” said Nazareth Academy junior Courtney Urzen. “There is always a lot of profanity, sex, drugs and alcohol in each episode.”

Awkward factor: 4/5

5. “Orange is the New Black”
Netflix hit a home run with its new series. Socialite Piper Chapman is in for a shock after being sentenced to 15 months in prison, convicted of transporting dirty money for her drug dealer girlfriend. “Orange Is the New Black” is sprinkled with intense sex scenes, nudity and profanity.

“I was even shocked by how bad some of the scenes are,” said Whitney Young sophomore Jessica Lathan. “But the show is so good, I don’t mind it anymore, I’m addicted.”

Awkward factor: 5/5

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CDC to issue guidance on how to control superbugs

By Dina Fine Maron
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Incorrect prescribing practices are fueling the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance, the senior United States public health agency official said today.

"We estimate that approximately half of all antibiotics used among people in the United States are unnecessary or inappropriate." We are taking this precious resource and squandering it "Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the President's Council of advisors on Science and technology in Washington, D.C."To be frank, there is a very bad practice in terms of antimicrobial prescribing, "he said.

Previous studies have already shown how the use of drugs on human beings and on-farm antimicrobial can promote conditions that allow the drug-resistant bacteria proliferate, representation front medicines that treat disease ineffective. But next week the CDC are weighed with his first report of balance of the urgent problems in this area and check which organisms pose imminent threats and measures should be taken. "We are sounding the alarm because it is not too late," said Frieden. Now there are few data on global trends in antimicrobial resistance and there is no comprehensive picture of the subject in the United States, he added. Compounding the challenge to follow these emerging concerns is public health job reductions in recent years due to budget cuts and the kidnapping.

A threat that Frieden said today is a carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae or CRE. This family of germs, including Escherichia coli, is particularly difficult to treat because of high levels of resistance to antibiotics. CRE usually attacks patients in long-term health settings like nursing homes if they are dependent on ventilators, catheters or intravenous treatments to help with basic bodily functions. "The fact key to remember is even if it is a problem very badly, is not too late to prevent it," he said.

Raise the antimicrobial resistance monitoring and implementation of programmes that would help detect and protect against antimicrobial resistance will be key, said in his testimony. Support collaboration between public health and clinical medicine will be the "most important challenge to public health face in the next decade", said. "I don't think that there are quick answers. "I don't think there are simple answers, but I think that there are emerging answers."

The CDC provides that the Genomic sequencing of microbes will be a key tool in the fight against antimicrobial resistance. Sequencing of the genomes of microbes and more information about them and how they interact with human genomes of gleaning provides a new level of data that could foster stronger action against antimicrobial resistance, said Frieden. Combining traditional epidemiological methods, Genomic sequencing and bioinformatics will give researchers new energy to find, stop and prevent outbreaks, he said. Best data tracking and rewarding institutions for strong performance could also promote better conditions in long-term care centres.

Simple steps that amount to the programmes of administration of antibiotics will also play an essential part, it said. Obtain bacterial cultures of patients before beginning a course of antibiotics and take that "antibiotic out time" to evaluate how antibiotics are working after 48 to 72 hours, for example, will help stem the tide of unnecessary consumption. Ensuring all orders of dose, duration, and indications for prescription will be another part of that administration.

Frieden reviews highlighting the resistance to human drugs the use of antibiotics comes on the heels of repeated calls for action in the community of public health as to restrict the use of anti-microbial between cattle. Currently, no regulation of farm limited the use of antimicrobials in livestock and large farms typically administered low doses of antibiotics to healthy animals, that allow to grow rapidly, but increase the risk of drug-resistant bacteria breeding. Already, about 80% of antibiotics sold in the United States are destined for animal feed instead of people, according to recent estimates. The United States food and Drug Administration does not have the authority to collect data upon exactly how antibiotics are used.

Guide issued by the FDA requested livestock producers to voluntarily reduce their use of antibiotics for growth promotion between cattle while other FDA guidelines (which has not yet been finalized) also asked drug makers to stop marketing their products for purposes of animal production. Public health groups maintain only mandatory requirements will be effectively limit the use of antimicrobials among farm animals.