*Mr. Rogers is no longer on T.V. every day, as it had been for almost 30 years. Too slow for modern kids, I guess. It's only on once a week. Reading Rainbow, too. These are both Art's "shows" and I'm very sad that I won't be able to visit with Mr. Rogers or Lavar every day. He's often said, "I don't want to watch the [other part of the show], I just want to see Lavar." Art is also confused about why we are watching the same two (taped) episodes over and over and over, and hasn't taken to any of the other shows on PBS that we've tried. I haven't either. There is a show on fancy cable called "Little Bear" that he really likes, so we can watch it on the computer, but I'm very disappointed in children's programming in general. Mostly too fast, too loud and too commercialized. And I'm talking about the PBS shows. Half the time I feel like they are assaulting kids instead of reaching out to them.
Mr. Rogers and Lavar from Reading Rainbow, were kind, gentle, real people who talked about real everyday things and took their time to showhow things worked - and there were'nt any toys tied into them. I haven't found anything else like that on T.V. There are some lovely shows that deal with feelings or imagination like Thomas the Train, Big Big World - but Art doesn't really like them. That's ok. But I'll have to write PBS and tell them how sad I am about our favorites being sequestered to just Sunday mornings.
4 comments:
i completely agree.
Me, too. Hannah got a Mr. Rogers keychain in her stocking that says his most famous sayings when you push the buttons. We are big fans over here. Kids need kinder, gentler, shows so they can grow up to be kind and gentle. Maybe you could find a lot of the old shows on Netflix.
Jess,
I totally agree. Charley & Jax don't like most of the stuff on PBS either, and I never really put much thought into why... I think what you've said is true-- and well said.
Beki
I still enjoy watching the new Curious George episodes on PBS. They are charming & sweet.
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