Sesame Street...

Today I was reading an article in the New York Times Magazine, and I was quite taken back. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/magazine/18wwln-medium-t.html

I don't think there is one person I know who doesn't remember Sesame Street. I remember sitting at Grandma Elenore's house after school and watching it while eating a peanut butter and butter sandwich in the kitchen.

I loved Sesame Street when I was in Elementary School, though I loved learning when I was little all together. I enjoyed counting cookies with Cookie Monster and seeing what the letter of the day would be. It was a very educational show, and it was entertaining to the younger audience.

The article was saying how the earlier shows are pretty much bad for your children now days. They were saying that just because Cookie Monster ate so many cookie's hes on the verge of Diabetes, and because Elmo has so much energy he must be put on Prozac. It's just a children's show teaching a child numbers, counting, letters, problem solving, sharing etc.

I don't know any 4 year old who is going to sit and watch an early show or even a newer show of Sesame Street and say just because Ernie likes his rubber ducky he's slow or weird. A four year old is going to be so engrossed in the program that, that is the last thing on their mind.

I sit and think when did a show like Sesame Street become so bad, when you have shows on Nick that are so nasty and awful and horrifying that I would never let Brian watch them. If they want to rip apart and dissect a learning show, please take a remote and flip through 95% of the shows out there that are targeted to children and tell me how bad Sesame Street really is.....

Next thing I am going to read is that Mr. Rogers, Reading Rainbow and Thomas the Train are bad for your kids.

GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!