When will the Paw Patrol obsession end?

[Anonymous]

If your 3-4 year old was super into Paw Patrol, at what age did she or he outgrow it?

[Anonymous]

At 5 he about faced into pokemon, and by 6 it was all Minecraft.

[Anonymous]

This is OP. Mine is a girl but she’s always been interested in things that are stereotypically boy things, if that gives any insight to the trajectory we’re on! (Like trains and fire trucks before Paw Patrol.)

I’m asking out of pure curiosity. I was very happy with Paw Patrol until about 3 days ago and now I feel like I’ve hit my limit, but she’s not slowing down! And I wonder how much longer we have in this phase.

[Anonymous]

When someone at school told him PP was for babies.

Paw Patrol was dead to him after that. Now he is into Pokémon.

If you thought Paw Patrol was annoying, I would like to introduce you to my friend Pikachu.

Moral of the story: be careful what you wish for.

[Anonymous]

I was just thinking about this, as my almost 6YO has rediscovered Paw Patrol within the past month or so. He abandoned it almost 2 years ago, but he just discovered the dino rescue angle and it reignited the passion.

I don’t mind, because his 2.5YO sibling enjoys it, too.

And there’s no one around to tease him for it.

[Anonymous]

You probably have a couple of years to go. Like pp said, be careful what you wish for! Paw Patrol is a pretty sweet obsession. I kinda miss those days!

[Anonymous]

Summer before kindergarten

[Anonymous]

About kindergarten? Then came My Little Pony which, to be honest, I like better.

[Anonymous]

Definitely by 4.5. Used to love it, but refuses to watch it now. He’s into more “grown up” stuff now like Spiderman and Bluey 😀

[Anonymous]

Sometime after age 4, was replaced by PJ masks which I find significantly less annoying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sometime after age 4, was replaced by PJ masks which I find significantly less annoying.

We went through the same transition. It's a toss-up for me which is more annoying.

[Anonymous]

Somewhere between 5 and 6 in our household.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At 5 he about faced into pokemon, and by 6 it was all Minecraft.

I am dreading the Minecraft stage. How do they get into it? (So I can try to avoid it.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At 5 he about faced into pokemon, and by 6 it was all Minecraft.

I am dreading the Minecraft stage. How do they get into it? (So I can try to avoid it.)

Also curious. We never watched Paw Patrol (we don’t have cable) but a lot of DS classmates love Minecraft. Also, Roblox? I don’t know what that is either!

[Anonymous]

Kindergarten.
You can try to steer towards some other stuff -- I greatly prefer the PBS kids shows, like Wild Kratts and Word World. The old Kratts brother show -- Zaboomafoo -- is awesome if you can find it anywhere. There's also an old PBS show (from about 2005) that was produced by Henson studios, I think, called Big Big World that is really incredible -- amazing puppetry and CGI with really sweet stories that are also educational and great songs, etc. If you can find that anywhere, it's really a treasure. My understanding is that it was incredibly expensive to produce because of the CGI and puppetry, so they only made a few seasons. But I think it and Zaboomafoo are two of the best preschool shows ever made.