We watch a lot of kiddie cartoons at our house. Damian has reached the age where he enjoys watching TV and can tell you what he wants to watch. His favorites are Dora, Diego, Caillou, and Umizoomi. If he hears that one of these shows is on, he is right there, yelling "No, no! I'm watching this!" if you even pick up the remote.
Most of the cartoons that he watches are fairly educational. They teach him to count (if he doesn't realize anybody is watching, he can count to 20 by himself), how to speak better, and manners. He really enjoys watching these shows, he can tell me the names of the characters and what they are doing.
I honestly can't remember much of anything that I watched at that age. I can't remember much of any TV shows before the age of about ten. I know that I watched a lot of Disney movies; The Lion King, Snow White, Aladdin, etc. The shows I do remember were things like The Looney Tunes, Animaniacs, Tom and Jerry. These shows weren't educational in the way of todays shows. We learned things like don't play with dynamite, when it comes to arugments between ducks and rabbits, the rabbit is going to win. Our shows were about entertainment. Today is much more focused on fun, interactive learning. I'm not saying this is a bad thing.
I don't know if you've ever watched Dora, or Deigo, or Barney, but personally, they drive me absolutely crazy. My kids love them, and would watch them nonstop if they could probably. But as an adult, these shows make me want to throw the TV in the garbage can. Singing is a big part of these shows. Kids love this. And the songs they sing are really simple, child attention grabbing, rhyming little ditties... that get stuck in my head for hours on end.
I was at work the other night, humming a song and doing my thing, when I suddenly realized that I was humming to a song off of Barney. It was horrible. The fact that it took me at least 10 minutes to realize where this song was from disturbs me even more.
I remember hearing once upon a time that The Looney Tunes were unethical because of all the violence involved. Wile E. Coyote always blowing himself up trying to catch Roadrunner. Marvin the Martian shooting other characters with his ray gun. So eventually The Looney Tunes went pretty much extinct on TV (although they did come back, at least for an hour a day). But if you really wanted to argue the point that children shouldn't watch them because of the violence factor and that children will take it to seriously, todays shows really aren't much better. Diego is a prime example. He is pretty much completely unsupervised, and is always doing crazy stunts like jumping off of waterfalls, chasing after wild animals, and other crazy things.
My mom can't stand the kids shows for more than an hour or so. But if I turn on Tom and Jerry or something like that, she doesn't seem to mind as much. So its not just me who likes the oldies more. Even my son quite enjoys Tom and Jerry. Some things just never go out of style.
Most of the cartoons that he watches are fairly educational. They teach him to count (if he doesn't realize anybody is watching, he can count to 20 by himself), how to speak better, and manners. He really enjoys watching these shows, he can tell me the names of the characters and what they are doing.
I honestly can't remember much of anything that I watched at that age. I can't remember much of any TV shows before the age of about ten. I know that I watched a lot of Disney movies; The Lion King, Snow White, Aladdin, etc. The shows I do remember were things like The Looney Tunes, Animaniacs, Tom and Jerry. These shows weren't educational in the way of todays shows. We learned things like don't play with dynamite, when it comes to arugments between ducks and rabbits, the rabbit is going to win. Our shows were about entertainment. Today is much more focused on fun, interactive learning. I'm not saying this is a bad thing.
I don't know if you've ever watched Dora, or Deigo, or Barney, but personally, they drive me absolutely crazy. My kids love them, and would watch them nonstop if they could probably. But as an adult, these shows make me want to throw the TV in the garbage can. Singing is a big part of these shows. Kids love this. And the songs they sing are really simple, child attention grabbing, rhyming little ditties... that get stuck in my head for hours on end.
I was at work the other night, humming a song and doing my thing, when I suddenly realized that I was humming to a song off of Barney. It was horrible. The fact that it took me at least 10 minutes to realize where this song was from disturbs me even more.
I remember hearing once upon a time that The Looney Tunes were unethical because of all the violence involved. Wile E. Coyote always blowing himself up trying to catch Roadrunner. Marvin the Martian shooting other characters with his ray gun. So eventually The Looney Tunes went pretty much extinct on TV (although they did come back, at least for an hour a day). But if you really wanted to argue the point that children shouldn't watch them because of the violence factor and that children will take it to seriously, todays shows really aren't much better. Diego is a prime example. He is pretty much completely unsupervised, and is always doing crazy stunts like jumping off of waterfalls, chasing after wild animals, and other crazy things.
My mom can't stand the kids shows for more than an hour or so. But if I turn on Tom and Jerry or something like that, she doesn't seem to mind as much. So its not just me who likes the oldies more. Even my son quite enjoys Tom and Jerry. Some things just never go out of style.
Long live Buggs Bunny!!!
