Children's Television

First thing in the morning Charlotte loves to get into bed with mom and dad and watch a little tv. If you asked us a year ago what we would be watching at 6am, dad would have said the news and the Today Show. Not any more.

Now we are subjected to watching the Wiggles and Boohbah. If you have never seen the Wiggles you are in for a treat. It is hands down the most disturbing childrens show on television. Four grown men from Australia wearing brightly colored shirts acting like idiots on television. Singing, dancing, doing skits, pointing. Charlotte is mesmerized. However she just stares...probably thinking the same thing...what are these imbeciles doing on television. Are our children learning anything from these nitwits? I'm not going to wait to find out. They are banned from our house and I will keep reading to her out of the dictionary to teach her words like incongruous and injudicious.








Boohbah is a close 2nd for the most disturbing show. If you hated the Teletubbies, you will hate Boohbah as it was created by the same person, Anne Wood. Anne must be an interesting woman. Obviously she likes Science Fiction...that in itself is strange....but to make matters worse she creates these far out alien characters that resemble gumdrops with giant eyes. Who thinks Anne grew up in the 60's and dropped lots of acid? (Dad's hand is raised). I would like to meet Anne Wood and have a drink with her. Thanks for making disturbing TV Anne.










So the good thing is Sesame Street is still on television. As a latch key kid of the 70's, I grew up on Sesame Street. It was my parents way of getting some free time. Plop us kids in front of the tube, turn on Big Bird, and they would get a solid hour of freedom. I was amazed to find out most of the actors are still on the show and still look the same. However I was shocked at the political correctness of the show now. Today there was a segment with Cookie Monster explaining how he loves to also eat fruit! What is this crap?? The Cookie Monster eats cookies not fruit. I'm sure some parents with fat children decided their kids were fat not because they feed them never ending cans of Coke and piles of Fruit Roll Up's dipped in chocolate, but because the Cookie Monster eats cookies. What has happened to Children's television?


****Must be noted that before children we were parent's that were never going to let our child watch TV. But with a child that isnt' fond of sleeping (waking 5am) and not napping ( two half and hour naps a day) we have turned to TV as a way of giving us a little bit of time.