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They Say: Educational TV? Not So Much
Here's a news flash -"educational" TV for kids might not actually be all that educational!This should shock, well, no one who has ever moved the dial off ABC Kids. I always kind of snicker at preschool TV channels, which introduce all their programs with a little clip telling us what sort of educational skills they are supposed to enhance. Wh...
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They Say: Kids Prefer the Naturally Proportioned Cartoon Characters That Don’t Talk to Much
The International Central Institute for Youth and Educational Television in Germany recently completed a study of kid's viewing habits in regards to cartoon characters. Their reseach exploring kids and cartoons and unveiled three somewhat interesting things.Part one found that there are more male leads in cartoons than female, and that the females...
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Is Sarah Jessica Parker To Blame For Teen Pregnancy?
Damn that Carrie. All that cavorting around she and Samantha did on Sex and The City may have had an unexpected effect on teenagers - pregnancy. A new study has claimed that teenage girls who watch a lot of TV shows with a high sexual content are twice as likely to become pregnant, while boys watching similar shows are also much more likely to im...
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24/7 Toddler TV
Next month sees the launch of a new player in the increasingly competitive preschool TV market. BBC's popular Cbeebies channel will join Nick Jnr, Playhouse Disney and ABC/ABC2 in showing content targeted at the under 6's. CBeebies, the UK's number one children's channel, will remain ad-free in Australia. Brendan Dahill, Director of Television, BB...
Arts & Culture
25 Great Children’s TV Shows That Aren’t on DVD
25 Great Children's TV Shows That Aren't On DVDBrett Singer 25. Thundarr The Barbarian ABC, 1980-1982 This fantasy/sci-fi/adventure series gets a lot of love online, collecting over 9,000 signatures on a petition for a DVD release. The plot, for the uninitiated, is as follows: in 1994 (you know, the future!), Earth has been decimated by a &quo...
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Boob Tube
I got one of those "your baby at two months" emails from Babycenter and was alarmed when I read advice from all three experts stating clearly that watching TV while breastfeeding is a bad idea: "Breastfeeding is prime time for you and your baby... He's giving you important cues while he's eating, and any distraction during this i...
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Agro The Pervy Puppet
We always knew Agro's Cartoon Connection was a big fan of the double entendre — remember your parents sniggering as they walked past the TV? The show also delivered some classic old-skool goodness: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, He-Man, Sonic The Hedgehog and Sailor Moon. But this YouTube video of show bloopers reveals Agro, voiced by comedi...
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Kids Stuff I like that my kids don’t care about
One little discussed element of the entertainment industry making kiddie stuff that parents can enjoy as well is the idea that, on some occasions, the parents will like the kid stuff more than the kids. Here are a few things that are technically for my children, but I dig them more than they do. Read more...
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