I spent so much time watching PBS Kids, like I might have genuinely watched more of that than I really did Disney Channel and maybe even Nickelodeon when I was really young
saw an interview with Lavar Burton the other day where he said the “no child left behind” measure is what killed reading rainbow. “There was money for books but no money to foster a love of reading them,” he said.
Kids aren't taught to read. In elite schools, kids cannot read full novels. Now, kids as young as seven are handed smartphones and become screen-addicted, getting their news from TikTok. They cannot differentiate propaganda. That's how we got here.
GenX latchkey kid here:
We only had aerial antenna reception in NYC.
The channel choice was 2,4,5,7,9,11,13 so all we watched was PBS kid shows and Julia Child, Frugal Gourmet, Jacques Pepin, This Old House, Yankee Workshop, Wild America, Bob Ross, Masterpiece Theater, Benny Hill...
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Pretty awesome developmental TV channels
✨ thank you! ✨
Mr. Rogers, Monty Python, Cosmos and I, Claudius
OR READ A FUCKING BOOK
We only had aerial antenna reception in NYC.
The channel choice was 2,4,5,7,9,11,13 so all we watched was PBS kid shows and Julia Child, Frugal Gourmet, Jacques Pepin, This Old House, Yankee Workshop, Wild America, Bob Ross, Masterpiece Theater, Benny Hill...
and now I have Big Bird Slippers
You mother fuckers who just couldn't bring yourselves to vote for a Black woman needed Mister Rogers!