Children's Television

The reading from last week really made me angry. How in any way, shape or form is Sesame Street bad for children to watch? For the most part everyone I grew up with watched it and I think we all turned out fine. Shows that they have now are even worse for kids then Sesame Street ever could have been. Sesame Street taught kids things that really were good for them. What stuff does the Teletubbies teach a child? Sesame Street taught colors and numbers. The characters on the show were pretty cool and fun to watch. The best show for a kid to watch today would be Dora the Explorer I think. This is because it actually teaches kids Spanish while still being educational. It is an easy show for a child to watch because it's fun and there is a monkey in it that is pretty fun, too. PBS has a lot of quality shows for kids today. Arthur is great because there is always a lesson that comes with the show. There is also a show with a clown girl on PBS and that is pretty entertaining. She shows kids how to clean up in one minute and also does exercises like stretching during the show. Minus the part that she is a clown, it really isn't to bad of a show. I think that with your twins, Epley, you should start them off with some good old Sesame Street and then slowly move them up to the Wiggles once they can walk. The Wiggles are pretty fun and they tour the country doing live shows. Just an idea though!