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[quote=Anonymous]I hate those shows so much, they make me want to pluck my eyes out. They are so superficial and IMO, teach nothing. While I know TV isn't a teaching tool, at least there seemed to be some quality content in shows like Curious George and Wild Kratts and Arthur.

My 5.5 year old occasionally watches Big Time Rush because he saw this stuff over his older cousins' houses.  I like a website called Common Sense Media which rates and reviews TV and movies for content and age-appropriateness, and it says these shows are fine for ages 8 and up. But to me the humor (term used loosely) is older. My son can have some trouble with older themes seen on Arthur. One show was about Internet addiction and he had no idea how to relate to that at all. So while these shows may be harmless re: sex and violence, they are meant to appeal to a slightly older demographic and may not be ideal for every viewer.

The new school year may offer a natural resin for you to cut back on these shows. Read up on them on Common Sense Media if you want. Or watch with him to see if there is any particular show you think is a bigger influence on that pre-teen attitude. I'd probably cut back on them, but then as I said I HATE them, so I'm biased.

You might want to see if there are other shows he might like instead. Ninjago maybe? Although that's really commercialized too. Or something in reruns?

Good luck. [/quote]

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