No Yo Gabba Gabba comments yet?? Wow... DS is obsessed.

fresh beat band > dora

For me, Dora is the most bearable. I could really give two shits about Kai-Lan and her feelings. That show bores even my 2 year old. Ughh. DD is obsessed with the Fresh Beat Band and after watching that show I want to scratch my eyes out. Dora is so bad it's funny to me now but I cannot take another episode of the Fresh Beat Band.

WTF is wrong with you people? I hate cartoons, in general, but Dora is AWESOME. My DD (almost 4) has looooved Dora since she was 2 y.o. Yeah, the voices are kind of annoying but she is pretty positive cartoon character and my DD has learned lots from her. Lots of Spanish words. And, the Dora books are great for teaching things.

Good lord, some of you are tough customers.

As for the PBS/Sprout poster (no Disney/Nick Jr.) that's just a distinction w/o any sort of meaningful difference. But, keep patting yourself on the back.

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Anonymous wrote:I really cannot stand this show, for three reasons. One, she SCREAMS everything. Two, she says the same thing over and over and asks questions over and over, while screaming.

"CAN YOU FIND THE ROCK? THE ROCK? CAN YOU FIND IT? DID YOU? DID YOU FIND IT? THE ROCK! THE ROCK!"

It drives me up the wall.

And the last reason...the map song. Who wrote the map song?!?!?!

"I'm a map I'm a map I'm a map I'm a map I'm a map map map map map map map map map"

OP here....sooo true. The coqui song is the worst: a Chicana girl singing a song about a Puerto Rican frog, its like if you had a Midwestern boy with a banjo......soooo ignorant and silly.

i barely know english and i notice how badly written your post is. how could we expect you would appreciate good quality shows for children anyway, right?
how many languages do your children speak?

point five languages

jdmiller wrote:Sid- the science kid annoys the shit out of me. His voice kills me! And every time the show starts with him asking those questions on the microfone, I just feel like jumping from a bridge.

"so why do bananas get squishy...ishy...ishy..ishyyyy???"

OH SHUT UP!

I bet you put up a show dancing around your living room when he starts looking for his friends at school...

=p LOL

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Anonymous wrote:I really cannot stand this show, for three reasons. One, she SCREAMS everything. Two, she says the same thing over and over and asks questions over and over, while screaming.

"CAN YOU FIND THE ROCK? THE ROCK? CAN YOU FIND IT? DID YOU? DID YOU FIND IT? THE ROCK! THE ROCK!"

It drives me up the wall.

And the last reason...the map song. Who wrote the map song?!?!?!

"I'm a map I'm a map I'm a map I'm a map I'm a map map map map map map map map map"

OP here....sooo true. The coqui song is the worst: a Chicana girl singing a song about a Puerto Rican frog, its like if you had a Midwestern boy with a banjo......soooo ignorant and silly.

i barely know english and i notice how badly written your post is. how could we expect you would appreciate good quality shows for children anyway, right?
how many languages do your children speak?

We love Peppa Pig, Kipper the Dog.

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Anonymous wrote:I really cannot stand this show, for three reasons. One, she SCREAMS everything. Two, she says the same thing over and over and asks questions over and over, while screaming.

"CAN YOU FIND THE ROCK? THE ROCK? CAN YOU FIND IT? DID YOU? DID YOU FIND IT? THE ROCK! THE ROCK!"

It drives me up the wall.

And the last reason...the map song. Who wrote the map song?!?!?!

"I'm a map I'm a map I'm a map I'm a map I'm a map map map map map map map map map"

OP here....sooo true. The coqui song is the worst: a Chicana girl singing a song about a Puerto Rican frog, its like if you had a Midwestern boy with a banjo......soooo ignorant and silly.

Its as if the guy from "The Office" was asked to come up with a kid's show that "highlighted the beauty of Hispanic culture" and instead we have a silly caricature.

Anonymous wrote:I really cannot stand this show, for three reasons. One, she SCREAMS everything. Two, she says the same thing over and over and asks questions over and over, while screaming.

"CAN YOU FIND THE ROCK? THE ROCK? CAN YOU FIND IT? DID YOU? DID YOU FIND IT? THE ROCK! THE ROCK!"

It drives me up the wall.

And the last reason...the map song. Who wrote the map song?!?!?!

"I'm a map I'm a map I'm a map I'm a map I'm a map map map map map map map map map"

OP here....sooo true. The coqui song is the worst: a Chicana girl singing a song about a Puerto Rican frog, its like if you had a Midwestern boy with a banjo......soooo ignorant and silly.

lol to the Max and Ruby poster and locking him in the closet...so true. Little Bill BORING. Cailou...weepy boring little boy. Wiggles..unbearable. Yo Gabba Gabba....ridiculously unbearable. UmiZumi...GREAT! Dora ....GREAT! Diego...GREAT! Sesame Street ....GREAT!!!

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Anonymous wrote:My kids don't even know about Dora - we only allow Sprout or PBS to be on in. Nick and the Disney channels are blocked.

You may find this distinction reassuring, but I doubt that it's very meaningful.

OMG I totally agree!! I have to bite my tongue so hard when I hear parents making this distinction.

Any adult over the age of nine SHOULD find DTE annoying-but the kids love it and it gets us grown ups to buy things-and isn't that what's important here?

Does anyone over the age of four NOT find Dora annoying?

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jdmiller wrote:Sid- the science kid annoys the shit out of me. His voice kills me! And every time the show starts with him asking those questions on the microfone, I just feel like jumping from a bridge.

"so why do bananas get squishy...ishy...ishy..ishyyyy???"

As a scientist, I have to say that most Sid episodes are actually pretty good about teaching basic science skills and answering simple questions (although it depends on how old your child is as to how much he/she takes away from the show). I can live with that since my child actually gets something from it as opposed to Caillou and other pointless shows.

I don't think Caillou is pointless. I think it helps reinforce social-emotional skills. My 3 year old nephew loves Caillou.