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what tv shows do you allow your 3 year old boy to watch?
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Anonymous
| Pretty much all Noggin and Sprout shows are OK in our house, although I agree with Caillou and the whining! My son is also obsessed with Max and Ruby and that show drives me nuts! Max never listens to his sister and Grandma always sides with Max in the end! Right now he is into Noddy, Charley and Lola, and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, as well as the dreaded Max and Ruby. |
Anonymous
| We pretty much stick with Play House Disney and PBS, we do not receive Noggin. I have a 3 and a 5 year old so we have to find shows that they both like. By accident we caught a portion of the new Electric Company last week. My kids loved it. I think their favorite PBS show right now is Word Girl. From time to time they watch Word World, but I am not that fond of it. Other PBS shows we watch from time to time are Curious George, Super Why, and Bob the Builder. As for Bob the Builder, I prefer the older episodes -- I never like it when they cast of a show but keep the characters the same. My older son also likes Arthur. On Disney there favorite shows right now are Imagination Movers, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Little Einsteins. No Sponge Bob in our house! |
Anonymous
I hate Max and Ruby too. I find it really stupid and annoying. I think I lose brain cells everytime my eyes see it - God only know what it is doing to my kids' minds! Which is why I try to avoid them watching it... |
Anonymous
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Ours is 2.5 and he likes:
Blue's Clues Backyardigans (can't believe no one has mentioned this one yet - maybe it's too dated? anyway, this one is my favorite, no whiney characters and catchy songs) Noddy Word World We stick to on-demand or DVD to avoid commercials. We also will sometimes use movies (DS is fine with stopping/strating in the middle, I can see how this owuld be a bad idea for a kid that gets upset if he can't see until the end). Madagascar, Horton Hears a Who and Nemo are the ones I think are more age appropriate. |
Anonymous
| why are people so up tight about cartoons? who cares? they are for kids not for you and your brain cells. I personally don't like any of them but who cares what I think. |
Anonymous
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UGH! Count us in as another Calliou obsessed house. The whining drives me crazy and the fact that Grandma and Grandpa drop by everyday. My DS wants to know why his grandparents don't live down the street. I'm all for grandparents being represented...but every episode? Makes me feel guilty.
We watch most things Sprout. Sometimes Noggin. No Sponge Bob and no Disney movies. But, starting to branch out to other types of shows. My DS likes programs that show you how things work. For example, we are watching an Extreme Trains show On-Demand (History Channel) about Circus Trains. This has been a big hit lately. I'm thankful for a break from Calliou and frankly they are interesting. |
Anonymous
Because what my child watches enters his brain cells. |
Anonymous
That is too funny - I have thought the same thing! But it is only one set of grandparents - you never hear anything about the mom's parents. Maybe they don't like Caillou's whining either!  I'll have to check out the trains shows since my son loves trains. My son is also into cooking shows lately. He and my husband watched Cook's Country on PBS this weekend and some bbq show - they are planning on making the steak recipe they saw this week!
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Anonymous
| ok but all tv is crap. If brain cell development is what we are after, read, play outside, build something, color etc. whether it is PBS or whatever else, it is still tv. |
Anonymous
| My son is 2 1/2 and frankly the only tv we let him watch is some sporting events on the weekends with us. Basketball, football, car racing. We do let him watch a video now and then but frankly he is more into books and matchbox cars than tv. He doesn't even know what he is missing! |
Anonymous
I agree that Extreme Trains is a fantastic show and my train-loving son is really into it. A warning, however, that I didn't pick up on until the 3rd episode -- while the show itself has absolutely nothing objectionable in it, the unavoidable COMMERCIALS that dot the On-Demand showing are unbelievable and, IMO, totally inappropriate for a 3,4, or 5 year old. I actually sat down one day and watched the Coal Train (?) episode, and the commercials included one for Levitra ("if your erection lasts longer than 4 hours ..."); a commercial for some other History Channel show depicting a real brown bear ripping the head off a real smaller animal, complete with blood; and some actual WW2 (?) file film showing wounded -- really wounded -- soldiers laying in a pile in the snow. I've also seen a Cialis commercial, different episode, and one where a family was "losing their home due to bad debt" and the actor kids were crying re: a moving truck carting their stuff away. Now I'm not a pollyanna who's embarrassed about sex talk, but at the same time I just thought this was too much for a 5 yr old given that it was a continuous barrage. So now I watch with him and fast forward the commercials clearly aimed at 50 year old men. Sigh. |
Anonymous
| anything focusing on animals. eg discovery channel, nat geo, etc. they usually have animals shows on all the time. |
Anonymous
| I didn't even know Mr. Rogers was still on TV. What channel? PBS? I would love to watch him (and it would be something nice to help my active 3 yr old boy to calm down to). |
Anonymous
| We have Fraggle Rock and the Muppets on DVD and DS loves them! |
Anonymous
Yes, PBS. WETA, I believe, maybe only once a day (11:30, I think). I don't think MPT plays it. |