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muttonglutton · 03-07-2005, 08:23 PM

Another child of the 80's here, '83.

I agree with you completely. (Certain) programming from my youth was amazing developmental material, and all thats on the networks now is such cess. Nothing is being taught through these shows except for overcomercialized public messages, and even they aren't getting through properly. Most kid's shows glorify arrogance and gigantic egos. I can't count the number of twelve year old I've met that felt the need to put me in my place. It's almost all of them.

In the 80's, parents that couldn't spend every waking hour near their kids could at least control their development by paying attention to what they watched on TV. There were a number of educational shows that my parents and I would watch together when I was nine, like Bill Nye, Beakman's world, and cool shows on the discovery channel. Now, that channel is all there is left. Cartoons are cess. Childeren's shows are cess (Caillou? There's nothing being taught. He complains a lot. Theres no education there), Kid's science shows, if they still existed today, would somehow manage to be cess.

Get your kids to watch the discovery channel. It's still good stuff. And that is all.

03-07-2005, 08:23 PM	#13 (permalink)
muttonglutton Crazy Location: K-W. Err... -dot.	Another child of the 80's here, '83. I agree with you completely. (Certain) programming from my youth was amazing developmental material, and all thats on the networks now is such cess. Nothing is being taught through these shows except for overcomercialized public messages, and even they aren't getting through properly. Most kid's shows glorify arrogance and gigantic egos. I can't count the number of twelve year old I've met that felt the need to put me in my place. It's almost all of them. In the 80's, parents that couldn't spend every waking hour near their kids could at least control their development by paying attention to what they watched on TV. There were a number of educational shows that my parents and I would watch together when I was nine, like Bill Nye, Beakman's world, and cool shows on the discovery channel. Now, that channel is all there is left. Cartoons are cess. Childeren's shows are cess (Caillou? There's nothing being taught. He complains a lot. Theres no education there), Kid's science shows, if they still existed today, would somehow manage to be cess. Get your kids to watch the discovery channel. It's still good stuff. And that is all. __________________ Cellar Door.