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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
I dunno. It's like anything - there is good and bad programming on Treehouse. I think you are being a little hard though. For young children often colors and music are the most important things. My niece loves a lot of programs that she can just get up and move around too - they don't make sense but she likes to dance to them so it works.
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Yeah I realize there are probably a few good shows on there. I certainly haven't caught them yet though.
I agree that media as entertainment does have it's place. Hell, I'm watching Married with Children right now! I just believe media as education is sorely lacking especially when it comes to children's programming.
And you're right, colours and music are very important tools, but I will argue that their presentation could be a thousand times better.
I believe somewhere on this site it was mentioned that somebody's kid had a similar reaction to your niece when those telus commercials come on. Haha... not sure what that says.
Edit: To fotze: I thought of that when I was writing it so I really tried to look at it objectively. I'm sure stats show that diagnoses of behavioural problems in children are higher than they ever have been. (I'll try to look it up again if I get the chance) Some of that is because we know a lot more, some of that is over-zealous psychologists but I really believe some of it is also due to the environment these kids are being raised in. And part of that is TREEHOUSE!! But you could be right... I could just pine for the good 'ol days!