TV Shows for kids? (cartoons, babies, games, parents)

[DevilDocWife]

Hey everyone -
Do you monitor what your kids watch on tv? Any shows on your banned list?

We banned a ton of disney shows. They portray the parents as idiots and most of the kids lie and scam.

[FalconheadWest]

I don't like Max and Ruby as Ruby is too bossy towards Max and shows too much disrespect.

[Calvert Hall '62]

Originally Posted by DevilDocWife

Hey everyone -
Do you monitor what your kids watch on tv? Any shows on your banned list?

We banned a ton of disney shows. They portray the parents as idiots and most of the kids lie and scam.

Walt must be turning over in his grave because of the garbage that Disney shows lately.

[Girl]

Fortunately, my kids have dropped watching the live action Disney shows. They much prefer cartoons like Adventure Time and Teen Titans, which I watch with them because they are hilarious for adults too.

[bus man]

Originally Posted by DevilDocWife

Hey everyone -
Do you monitor what your kids watch on tv? Any shows on your banned list?

We banned a ton of disney shows. They portray the parents as idiots and most of the kids lie and scam.

This is why I have banned all Disney life-action shows.

Actually, we rarely watch ANY current-day shows. My kids (ages 9 and 7) like to watch cartoons and reruns of Emergency and CHIPS.

[BostonMike7]

Caillou is not allowed. I can't stand his constant whining.


Believe it or not, "the Magic School bus" is a big hit in our house, followed by "Bubble Guppies" and "Dinotrucks"

I kinda actually like Dinotrucks, and find myself following along and wanting to see the next episode.



No cable here, so we are limited to whatever is on Amazon or Hula or Netflix.

[Murk]

My kids are big now, but even back when they were little, the current kid's TV shows ticked me off. Idiot parents, whining and more whining and "sassy" (bratty imo) girls were the norm.

We've always had Netflix and they watched a lot of the old shows. There are tons of old sit coms from the 70s, 80s that are entertaining, family-friendly and actually model good behavior.

Educational programming is good too, but never any of the kiddie documentaries in which the speaker does ridiculous baby talk. "Ooooh..Look at this reptile. Can you say reptile? This is a snake! Ooohh silly slithery snake! He he he!" Ugh.

[BirdieBelle]

I remember a pretty good discussion on this topic in this old thread from a couple of years ago:

https://www.city-data.com/forum/paren...-you-dont.html

It's funny how we were complaining about the shows on ABC "Family," and now they have acknowledged the dissonance and changed their name to Freeform.

[Metaphysique]

We don't "ban" any shows. They're in school until 3:30ish, and then they do homework. After homework they read for at least 30 minutes, and then free time. That usually means play games, read, draw, or watch something.

There were/are shows I am "meh" about, but none I ban. My 11 year old tends to watch a lot of our shows. She started watching House at 10, and Buffy and some of my favorite shows from my adolescence. She loves anime and the CW shows we watch (Arrow, The Flash, etc.) My 9 year year old watches a lot of the same shows as my oldest.

My 6 year old likes the superhero shows, LEGO shows, and generally whatever is on Sprout.

[clarksvillemom]

Old ones like Brady Bunch and Wonder Years are still good. New ones like Wild Kratts. When kids were babies, they loved Yo Gabba