Also, why?

Banned shows:

  • Paw Patrol - Seems soulless, I haven’t watched much, but there seems something very wrong about it. Intuitively, I feel like my kid shouldn’t watch it (though, I can could be convinced I’m wrong, if I am)
  • Cocomelon - objectively soulless - don’t try to convince me that this show is anything but toddler crack.

Approved:

  • Sesame Street
  • Bluey

Both of the above shows seem to me like they are made with care and have the best interests to teaching children good morals and language skills.

  • proudblond@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    My kids are older now but when they were young they liked:

    Puffin Rock (Netflix in the US) - wholesome, family looking out for each other

    Sarah and Duck (Amazon) - super low conflict, cute, very mild

    Octonauts (Netflix I think?) - science-y adventure

    We tried to get them into various PBS shows also. Daniel Tiger was okay, but now Bluey puts it to shame. They liked Dora for a while. We liked Molly of Denali but my husband is from Alaska so he had a soft spot for it. The older PBS shows are extremely formulaic which is attractive for a toddler but not for the parents.

    We didn’t get Paw Patrol but it was kind of the forbidden fruit because of that, and whenever we were on vacation and the tv had cable, they wanted to watch it. But they also realized pretty fast that it was kind of boring. We stayed away from Peppa and Calliou because of what I’d read on Reddit.

    This makes it sound like my kids watched a lot of tv! Probably too much to be honest but not as much as I’m making it sound.

  • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    One show that we always encouraged our kids (especially our youngest, who just couldn’t get enough) to watch was Number Blocks. Honestly I feel like that show is the number 1 reason he does so well in math today.

  • silasmariner@programming.dev
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    7 months ago

    Banned: agree with your list, also Peppa pig (except if we’re on holiday somewhere) because it’s absolutely dire, and Bing (everywhere), because I can’t stand him.

    Approved: Bluey, Gravity Falls, Sarah & Duck, Abney & Teal… most of CBeebies tbh.

    I’m ok with them watching Adventure Time, but my wife is not, so that falls under both lists maybe

  • lycanrising@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I used to be anti-paw patrol but I’ve softened on that over time. It’s a bit soulless, but it’s not too bad. my daughter loves the catchphrases and frankly, the repetitiveness is part of the fun for her.

    Show that I have loved:

    super simple songs - aimed at cocomelon-age but it’s got a very high quality production, really lovely varying different video styles, much better music and songs, and in general much better everything. would recommend it over cocomelon any day.

    mr men - there’s a ‘newer’ version of the show which is really quite good

    pink panther - the old shows hold up surprisingly well but there’s a set of newer cartoons that are great fun too

    spidey and amazing friends - my daughter is now the biggest spiderman fan because of it and i’ve found she also enjoys watching clips from the MCU/spiderverse films with me because of it. 10/10 recommended.

    om nom & stories - bit weird how i remember this as the ‘cut the rope game character’ but as far as animation goes it’s really high quality.

    super wings - relaly high quality animated show. like absurdly well rendered and exciting.

    airport diaries - as an adult, it’s a bit odd. the stories are like half-formed and the animation and everything a bit janky. but my daughter is obsessed by talking planes at an airport so she loves it and i guess that’s what matters.

    i’m sure there’s more but that’s a solid list.

    • bighatchester@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      I have no problem with paw patrol. Silly situations and the movies are fun too . Spidey and friends is very cute too . Lately my 6 year old wants to watch random Minecraft creators I just make sure he stays away from the weird side of YouTube.

      • lycanrising@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        yeah, i get that worry. there’s a lot of great stuff for all ages on youtube but lately the ads feel increasingly active and punishing.

        • bighatchester@lemmy.world
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          6 months ago

          I have YouTube premium so he Nevers sees an ad . I raised him to hate ads just like me . For me it’s the weird content where they sexualize characters from kids shows . He have them constantly in danger of dying .you can search anything kids related and scroll down slightly and get the weirdest stuff

  • hitmyspot@aussie.zone
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    7 months ago

    We ban peppa pig as it poem treats the dad as stupid.

    Paw patrok, we allow but it’s propaganda, however mostly the message for kids is good. Bravery, coooerarion, environment.

    Bluey is a favorite for kids and adults.

    Gravity falls, owl house and Steven universe are fun and inckusive but the kids aren’t mad for them.

    When okder, avatar and ninjago are fine but as others said, they portray viokence.

    Hey duggie is good for little kids rather than cocomelon. Come to think of it most of the bbc stuff is good.

  • sdelling@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    My kids are much older now, but we always supported them watching Dinosaur Train, in which the clearly independently wealthy Pteranodon family with their adopted son (a t-rex) go on a mysteriously large number of vacations via a maybe-magical train to visit other dinosaurs in various climates and time periods.

    We also liked PBS’s Word Girl, which mixes superpowers and grammar with kind of a Rocky and Bullwinkle style humor.

    We loathed Octonauts and especially Littlest Pet Shop, both of which, sadly, my kids really enjoyed.