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Television for children
This show confuses the heck out of me. You have the 5 characters: Hippo girl, who seems to be the spoiled rotten bossy queen; duh-personality Dinosaur boy, the Blue bird of follow-along Pablo; Moose who has the smallest roles, and the fifth one is some creature (I can’t figure out what it’s supposed to be) who appears to be the real leader.
I can’t stand the Hippo girl. What a fine example of everything you DON’T want your child to act like. And the other kids/animals let her boss them around like she’s a real Princess! Shouldn’t children’s programs show children solutions to life’s crappy situations . . . like bossy, bratty friends?
Good music though. Kira loves the songs and dances along. She’s not really watching these shows yet, but I have them on for background noise and she sometimes picks up on a scene or two.
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about 4 years ago
I heard a story on NPR about how the music on these newer kids’ shows is being written by Broadway songwriters. I remember watching one kids’ show about three toy animals who came to life to help a puppy get outside to go pee
. That was definitely different from what I was accustomed to seeing on kids’ TV. It all made sense later when I heard in that NPR story that the episode was written by the guys behind Avenue Q.
Dani in NC
about 4 years ago
My little guy is already geeking out on Thomas the Train and the Backyardigans
If anyone in our house has a question about these characters, we just ask him to straighten us out on the answer.
I can only imagine when he starts on Heroes or StarTrek….