legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79621 posts
Fri Oct-27-17 08:40 AM
"Why aren't you letting your kids watch Sesame Street?"
do better!
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41. "i'm surprised by this. i'm 3 years younger than you" In response to Reply # 5
so we were exposed to sesame street around the same time.
and i loved it.
i give partial credit to sesame street & the electric company & school house rock and weekly readers & stuff like that with my early intellectual development...
42. "RE: i'm surprised by this. i'm 3 years younger than you" In response to Reply # 41
>so we were exposed to sesame street around the same time. > >and i loved it. > >i give partial credit to sesame street & the electric company >& school house rock and weekly readers & stuff like that with >my early intellectual development... > > My intellectual development was my dad giving me newspapers to read at age 3. So I guess that ruined me because those programs were of no interest to me
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60. "But is WAS put on by the Fed... lol" In response to Reply # 58
Hey none of y’all had my dad as a father so I am telling you how it was growing up with him. My structure was grow the hell up and mature fast. Hung around older people all the time... even when hanging with cats from the neighborhood. Those programs on TV just didn’t work for me.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79621 posts
Fri Oct-27-17 12:46 PM
64. "Nigga trying to tell me to not be so serious" In response to Reply # 60
While he in here talking about building space stations with legos at 2 years old
Another OKP who changed his own diapers and never threw a tantrum as a toddler.
I bet he changed the oil and realigned the tires on his daddies truck when he was 5.
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79621 posts
Fri Oct-27-17 09:15 AM
"damn.. you sound awesome"
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79621 posts
Fri Oct-27-17 09:40 AM
19. "I have to remind myself that my preference shouldn't trump my kids" In response to Reply # 17
just cause I don't like a fruit doesn't mean we shouldn't see if they like it
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79621 posts
Fri Oct-27-17 09:58 AM
36. "we didn't have anything else besides Electric Company and Muppets" In response to Reply # 28
I wasn't mad at any of them.
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ain't no one talking about watching sesame street at that age. No wonder you came in here all hot.
They forced you to watch sesame street at 9 or 10? Damn.. lol
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44. "You’re taking this to a place that it shouldn’t go" In response to Reply # 43
My pops had me looking at different stuff as an early age, and actually I was around 5 or 6 when I started looking at Sesame Street... so I was like what is this mess. So don’t go trippin if I thought the show was bullshit. That is what it was to me. It was something different to you so at the end of the day who cares. You took my original post to serious cuz.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79621 posts
Fri Oct-27-17 10:43 AM
45. "fam, I ain't taking none of this serious.... at all. It's friday" In response to Reply # 44
stop being weird.
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79621 posts
Fri Oct-27-17 08:58 AM
4. "Bruh, my daughter loves Super Why more than Sesame Street" In response to Reply # 3
and she LOVES Sesame Street.
Whole fam puts our hands in when they transform. I made a birthday banner and photoshopped her into the group. Man.. that show is awesome.
she jumps on her tricycle when it starts so she can ride in when they do the intro's
Those are her 2 favorite shows.
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79621 posts
Sun Oct-29-17 10:53 AM
77. "Peg and Cat is dope but my daughter isn’t ready for it yet. " In response to Reply # 68
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M make a muscle... N give a nod O like an Octopus it's not that hard
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35. "It's clear the show has evolved" In response to Reply # 30
My husband ever pointed out that kids have no idea about WD or OITNB. They know parents are forced to watch the show so they made it entertaining for both audiences.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79621 posts
Fri Oct-27-17 09:59 AM
37. "my mother in law was in town and she was crying real tears. " In response to Reply # 35
they know what they doing..
and I swear these actors stay high as shit.
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7. "Kids older than 3 or 4 ain't trying to watch Sesame Street" In response to Reply # 0 Fri Oct-27-17 09:16 AM by flipnile
Yo Gabba Gabba stuck w/ my son a bit longer. Then he was on a DC/Marvel cartoon kick, then throwbacks like He-Man, Thundercats, Courageous Cat & Minute Mouse, and some old 60s and 70s joints I had on DVD. Now I don't even know what he watches anymore, I'd have to got through his Netflix history.
8. "These days*, the CGI shit is irksome as ****" In response to Reply # 0
*my youngest is 7 so it's been a few years, but he watched far less than my older two in part because so much had been converted to CGI animated sections that simply weren't as interesting as the puppetry had been.
I thought the Street was pretty fine in the mid/late '00s though - loved some of the new monsters, and the songs and parody songs were still quite good. Wasn't as big on Abby but she was a lot better as a puppet than a CGI.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79621 posts
Fri Oct-27-17 09:19 AM
11. "nah, they still show them on PBS after they air on HBO" In response to Reply # 9
Repubs kept threatening with PBS's money so they made moves
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79621 posts
Fri Oct-27-17 09:28 AM
13. "There is also a PBS kids app" In response to Reply # 12
they show the last 4 or 5 episodes of all their kids shows.
Peg & Cat Clifford the Dog Tiger's Neighborhood.. animated remix of Mr Rogers. Splash and Bubbles SuperWhy
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We tried Tiger, but he didn't take to that. He has this thing about only watching cartoons where the characters are mostly people.
However, I am pissed because my husband got him hooked on American Dad and Rick and Morty. He watches it, but he doesn't know what's going on. All I can tell is that it calms him down for some reason.
and I def think these shows helped with her development.
I tried to get her to watch Ice Age or other cartoons but she has no interest.
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79621 posts
Fri Oct-27-17 09:52 AM
27. "Yooo, Elmo's is so much better. We were mad as hell" In response to Reply # 24
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79621 posts
Fri Oct-27-17 09:57 AM
34. "bruh.. my daughter has a dance and screams out the letter or number" In response to Reply # 26
that shit is awesome.
can't believe fools in here hatin' on this show.
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she be SANGING these sesame street songs. We even made a little play list on itunes.
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79621 posts
Fri Oct-27-17 10:58 AM
50. "its good, its actually for adults" In response to Reply # 48
my mother in law was singing Tom Petty songs on it when he passesd.
its a good
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79621 posts
Fri Oct-27-17 11:55 AM
56. "we got it for her birthday. She loves it" In response to Reply # 55
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79621 posts
Fri Oct-27-17 12:32 PM
61. "Haha... the echo effect is so dope too" In response to Reply # 59
And the speaker has light settings so you can really get it in.
We have a ball with that shit.
What I really like is the controls on the side let you skip or rewind to the next song. It even works with YouTube on my computer so I can skip songs. Only drawback is anytime you sync it it beeps loud as shit. So sometime when she gets distracted and we turn it off it beeps loud and she realizes she wasn’t finished playing with it.
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They played it at read along at the library. The book illustrations are better than the cartoon but that bass line is funky as hell.
and if you want to laugh your ass off and torture yourself you can listen to this version https://youtu.be/YAGQpPAfP2c
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79621 posts
Fri Oct-27-17 12:47 PM
65. "Oh shit, hip boppers cousin. Lol" In response to Reply # 63 Fri Oct-27-17 01:13 PM by legsdiamond
Wait, you really are hip bopper. Don’t front. Ole lazy alias ass nicca.
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79621 posts
Fri Oct-27-17 01:12 PM
67. "Nigga... you said a more DC/SF street? For why? " In response to Reply # 66
Kids don’t give a shit about the street set.
I agree about Abby. That Flying Fairy school was terrible. Glad they got rid of it.
Elmo is hilarious tho.. I always wondered why tickle me Elmo was so popular but now I get it. Dude is cool as shit. When he was a sore winner and kept screaming “yeeeahhhh boy” like Flavor Flav? Real tears.
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79621 posts
Fri Oct-27-17 02:26 PM
72. "how the fuck do you make it more SF/DC/Chicago? " In response to Reply # 70
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80. "Everybody doesn't live in an apartment. Needs to be more inclusive. " In response to Reply # 66
Like the aesthetic is outdated. I don't have a bodega man, nor do I live in a brownstone with people of 17 nationalities and 8 disabilities.
I get that it is diverse. But there needs to be something to balance that image. That doesn't mean make it all white or all black. But just another environment. Like maybe another street called Sunflower Street and they visit each other's neighborhoods.
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87. "That entire first sentence is irrelevant and completely kisses the point..." In response to Reply # 80
>Like the aesthetic is outdated. I don't have a bodega man, >nor do I live in a brownstone with people of 17 nationalities >and 8 disabilities.
It doesn't matter whether its a reflection of your immediate environment. SS consolodates the world into SS so that, hopefully, kids understand that things exist that they DON'T see in their immediate bubble.
>I get that it is diverse. But there needs to be something to >balance that image.
Why do they need to balance out diversity exactly? Sesame street represents the proverbial Great Melting Pot. To "balance out" that image is to undo the very things that make it great.
That doesn't mean make it all white or all >black. But just another environment. Like maybe another street >called Sunflower Street and they visit each other's >neighborhoods.
I like the idea of visiting other neighborhoods, but not at the expense of diluting Sesame Street itself.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79621 posts
Fri Oct-27-17 02:29 PM
73. "haha.. we got to see the Mr. Rodgers set in Pittsburgh" In response to Reply # 69
and on the way in we saw Mr. Rogers leaving and swarmed him like he was Michael Jackson.
I still remember the girl screaming "Mr. Rogers!!!" like it was her pops coming home from war.
I used to love that fucking trolley.
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I feel that screen time has a link to the short attention span on children which gets classified as add or adhd later in their lives. Now sometimes my son does watch tv but we really try hard to limit his screen time. It’s not easy though.
89. "We used to think that way too....then she got older and we realized we n..." In response to Reply # 86
time to ourselves lol...
but yeah, the attention span thing was still a huge concern of ours. We don't let her watch live TV. Just prerecorded DVR or streaming stuff. And really...just one series at a time. Like last year or two she was all about Paw Patrol. Then somewhere late 2016 she discovered My Little Pony, so she's been on that for the past year. So it's not like she's watching a whole grip of stuff. Basically it's been one series every year since she was about 2 1/2 years old I guess?
One thing i'll say is that I DO believe it helped tremendously with her vocabulary. She started watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse first, and that's when she really started talking. She was talking early and it's just taken off from there. I think it also really helped her understand certain concepts. In other words, if you pick the right shows, it can be educational for them.
From the brief time we tried to watch Sesame Street, I was NOT impressed. The show was all over the place, no rhyme or reason to it, and it seemed like it would contribute to the short attention span worries IMO. Also, Elmo is a HORRIBLE character. .
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79621 posts
Mon Nov-06-17 09:17 AM
91. "Fam, fuck off. Who said this was the only show on TV? " In response to Reply # 90
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Not trying to argue with you about a funny little Sesame Street promo based on a popular show that just dropped.
Peace bro
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