Comments on: Children’s Programming http://chinaadopttalk.com/2007/04/28/childrens-programming/ Join the Rumor Queen as she looks for the latest rumors and then analyzes them, trying to figure out what the CCAA will do next. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:32:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: waiting4Ash http://chinaadopttalk.com/2007/04/28/childrens-programming/#comment-34316 waiting4Ash Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:33:24 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2007/04/28/childrens-programming/#comment-34316 I'm not really up on the latest children's programming as we don't currently have any children. My 30 mo. old neice in the other hand LOVES Little Einsteins, and Dora. Other than that my sister and her husband limit her to videos they have screened. This includes LOTS of Disney. Mostly the older ones. I think the most receint title they have is Beauty and the Beast. My neice's 3 favorites are Cinderella, Lady and the Tramp and Aristicats (sp?). My brother-in-law is also really into Japanese Anime and they special order a lot of early childhood videos from Japan. I've never seen any of those. My friend, who has her Doctorate in early childhood music education, says Jack's Big Music Show is one of the best out there. I’m not really up on the latest children’s programming as we don’t currently have any children.

My 30 mo. old neice in the other hand LOVES Little Einsteins, and Dora. Other than that my sister and her husband limit her to videos they have screened. This includes LOTS of Disney. Mostly the older ones. I think the most receint title they have is Beauty and the Beast. My neice’s 3 favorites are Cinderella, Lady and the Tramp and Aristicats (sp?). My brother-in-law is also really into Japanese Anime and they special order a lot of early childhood videos from Japan. I’ve never seen any of those.

My friend, who has her Doctorate in early childhood music education, says Jack’s Big Music Show is one of the best out there.

]]> By: bahama_mama_llama http://chinaadopttalk.com/2007/04/28/childrens-programming/#comment-34309 bahama_mama_llama Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:03:02 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2007/04/28/childrens-programming/#comment-34309 My bio daughter is special needs so she is still at a 3 month level. The only tv show I've ever seen her engage in is the Backyardigins. I don't know if it's the bright colors or what but she will actually watch it and it always has a good message so I really like that one. The other ones that I've seen that I think are pretty good shows are Sesame Street, Dora, and Blues Clues My bio daughter is special needs so she is still at a 3 month level. The only tv show I’ve ever seen her engage in is the Backyardigins. I don’t know if it’s the bright colors or what but she will actually watch it and it always has a good message so I really like that one.

The other ones that I’ve seen that I think are pretty good shows are Sesame Street, Dora, and Blues Clues

]]> By: antmary http://chinaadopttalk.com/2007/04/28/childrens-programming/#comment-34265 antmary Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:24:11 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2007/04/28/childrens-programming/#comment-34265 We only watch DVDs at our house and only 1 (20 to 30) minute) DVD a day. My daughter is 27 months old and her favorite series is the Singing Time collection. We have all 13 DVD and they are great. I sit and watch with her (so that I can learn too). The production of this series is of good quality, including the music! We also have many of the CDs and listen to them in the car or dance to them in the family room. My daughter has learned much more than just Sign Language with this series. She understood emotions at an early age and I have to give credit to DVD that covers the signs for many of the emotions. She also understood "taking turns" before many of her peers. She has also learned Colors, Letters and Numbers and most surprising to me: Jumping! One of the DVDs has a very catching tune and the kids are jumping... she wanted to jump just like them Alex and Leah! You can buy the DVDs at Amazon or directly from the Signing Time web site. We only watch DVDs at our house and only 1 (20 to 30) minute) DVD a day. My daughter is 27 months old and her favorite series is the Singing Time collection. We have all 13 DVD and they are great. I sit and watch with her (so that I can learn too). The production of this series is of good quality, including the music! We also have many of the CDs and listen to them in the car or dance to them in the family room. My daughter has learned much more than just Sign Language with this series. She understood emotions at an early age and I have to give credit to DVD that covers the signs for many of the emotions. She also understood “taking turns” before many of her peers. She has also learned Colors, Letters and Numbers and most surprising to me: Jumping! One of the DVDs has a very catching tune and the kids are jumping… she wanted to jump just like them Alex and Leah!

You can buy the DVDs at Amazon or directly from the Signing Time web site.

]]> By: amykrisb http://chinaadopttalk.com/2007/04/28/childrens-programming/#comment-34220 amykrisb Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:30:52 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2007/04/28/childrens-programming/#comment-34220 My 2 1/2-year-old loves Dora, Elmo, and Cookie Monster. It's funny--she learned about these characters from her diapers! We can't watch Sesame Street because she has a fit if Elmo or Cookie Monster aren't on. We have some Elmo videos. When I was a SAHM, I let her watch one half hour of TV a day, but she really wasn't interested in TV much until about 20 months (she came home at 10 months). That was the age she was when I rented Baby DaVinci and she loved it because her daddy had just taught her the song Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes. Before that, I (or she and I) cared for a friend's little baby, and I used to put in a Wiggles video when I had to feed the baby to distract my daughter. She loves milk so much, that she used to have fits when anyone else in the house had any. She'd drink hers right away, and then would get mad when the baby still had some! Anyway, she'd only dance around with the Wiggles for about 10 minutes. I didn't put anything else on, since the baby was so little, and I just wanted her to hear music, not watch a program! By the way, I only like the Wiggles videos that are ALL music! My daughter does like WonderPets and Teletubbies, but we only play computer games--we don't watch them. She also loves the Maisy video that we rent from the library. Now that she's in daycare, I think she's watching more TV. My husband says that Dora is on every morning when he drops her off. We only let her watch videos on weekends. The only weeknight TV she watches is American Idol. (Only Tuesday, and she only watches half of it before losing interest). My 2 1/2-year-old loves Dora, Elmo, and Cookie Monster. It’s funny–she learned about these characters from her diapers! We can’t watch Sesame Street because she has a fit if Elmo or Cookie Monster aren’t on. We have some Elmo videos.

When I was a SAHM, I let her watch one half hour of TV a day, but she really wasn’t interested in TV much until about 20 months (she came home at 10 months). That was the age she was when I rented Baby DaVinci and she loved it because her daddy had just taught her the song Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes. Before that, I (or she and I) cared for a friend’s little baby, and I used to put in a Wiggles video when I had to feed the baby to distract my daughter. She loves milk so much, that she used to have fits when anyone else in the house had any. She’d drink hers right away, and then would get mad when the baby still had some!

Anyway, she’d only dance around with the Wiggles for about 10 minutes. I didn’t put anything else on, since the baby was so little, and I just wanted her to hear music, not watch a program!

By the way, I only like the Wiggles videos that are ALL music!

My daughter does like WonderPets and Teletubbies, but we only play computer games–we don’t watch them.
She also loves the Maisy video that we rent from the library.

Now that she’s in daycare, I think she’s watching more TV. My husband says that Dora is on every morning when he drops her off. We only let her watch videos on weekends. The only weeknight TV she watches is American Idol. (Only Tuesday, and she only watches half of it before losing interest).

]]> By: theups http://chinaadopttalk.com/2007/04/28/childrens-programming/#comment-34216 theups Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:17:47 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2007/04/28/childrens-programming/#comment-34216 Fun question!!! Elizabeth really likes Dora but LOOOOOVES Oobi!!! LOL!!! Who would've thought that a hand could capture a child so quickly!!! Oh and she only watches 30 minutes to an hour everyday. I don't want her to watch too much TV. I want her to play. His, Mrs. U LID 9-12-05 referral 1-4-07 "Gotcha Day" 2-25-07 for Elizabeth www.makingahouseahome.blogspot.com Fun question!!!

Elizabeth really likes Dora but LOOOOOVES Oobi!!! LOL!!! Who would’ve thought that a hand could capture a child so quickly!!!

Oh and she only watches 30 minutes to an hour everyday. I don’t want her to watch too much TV. I want her to play.

His,
Mrs. U
LID 9-12-05
referral 1-4-07
“Gotcha Day” 2-25-07 for Elizabeth
http://www.makingahouseahome.blogspot.com

]]> By: litmom http://chinaadopttalk.com/2007/04/28/childrens-programming/#comment-34208 litmom Sun, 29 Apr 2007 18:47:01 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2007/04/28/childrens-programming/#comment-34208 I'd say our kids average around an hour a day of TV over the course of a week. Some days it's more if they watch a movie; other days it's less if we're busy with other stuff. We don't have strict rules or set timers; we just try to keep things in balance. We'll shift gears if it seems that they're doing any one thing to excess. This may not be the PC view, but I do think some of the worry about TV viewing is overblown. We have three grown godchildren who as kids watched what most people would consider "too much" TV, and they all graduated high school with honors, they're excelling in college, and most importantly, they are really decent, loving young adults with good values. My husband and I both teach college and ironically, some of our best students tell us they're TV addicts. (For that matter, my husband grew up as a TV addict and went on to become a college prof as well as a phenomenal husband and dad.) On days that I feel guilty for letting TV viewing slip beyond the usual, I remind myself of all that and calm down. I'm not saying we shouldn't monitor both quantity and quality of TV. Of course we should. One thing we do not allow in our house at all is reality TV, because we believe it promotes really twisted values. But I also don't think we need to panic or feel guilty if we let our kids watch TV. I'm an "all things in moderation" type person. Balance is my buzzword. I wouldn't panic too much about the princess thing either. Part of what our kids need to do as they grow up is define themselves, which in some cases may mean exploring things they know we don't particularly like. If we try too hard to control that, they may cling to it more. If we let things run their course, they'll go through phases with things and move on. I had a brief spell of princess mania when I was about six, and now I'm the world's biggest anti-princess feminist, so I won't worry too much if our daughter goes through that phase. I will probably talk to her about why I don't like it, but in the long run our kids have to end up choosing their own values. That's the part of parenting that's scary. We like to believe we have total control over how our kids turn out, but the fact is, we don't. Ultimately they will be the ones to make their own choices, just as we did. I’d say our kids average around an hour a day of TV over the course of a week. Some days it’s more if they watch a movie; other days it’s less if we’re busy with other stuff. We don’t have strict rules or set timers; we just try to keep things in balance. We’ll shift gears if it seems that they’re doing any one thing to excess.

This may not be the PC view, but I do think some of the worry about TV viewing is overblown. We have three grown godchildren who as kids watched what most people would consider “too much” TV, and they all graduated high school with honors, they’re excelling in college, and most importantly, they are really decent, loving young adults with good values. My husband and I both teach college and ironically, some of our best students tell us they’re TV addicts. (For that matter, my husband grew up as a TV addict and went on to become a college prof as well as a phenomenal husband and dad.) On days that I feel guilty for letting TV viewing slip beyond the usual, I remind myself of all that and calm down.

I’m not saying we shouldn’t monitor both quantity and quality of TV. Of course we should. One thing we do not allow in our house at all is reality TV, because we believe it promotes really twisted values. But I also don’t think we need to panic or feel guilty if we let our kids watch TV. I’m an “all things in moderation” type person. Balance is my buzzword.

I wouldn’t panic too much about the princess thing either. Part of what our kids need to do as they grow up is define themselves, which in some cases may mean exploring things they know we don’t particularly like. If we try too hard to control that, they may cling to it more. If we let things run their course, they’ll go through phases with things and move on. I had a brief spell of princess mania when I was about six, and now I’m the world’s biggest anti-princess feminist, so I won’t worry too much if our daughter goes through that phase. I will probably talk to her about why I don’t like it, but in the long run our kids have to end up choosing their own values.

That’s the part of parenting that’s scary. We like to believe we have total control over how our kids turn out, but the fact is, we don’t. Ultimately they will be the ones to make their own choices, just as we did.

]]> By: lorrin74 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2007/04/28/childrens-programming/#comment-34206 lorrin74 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:57:30 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2007/04/28/childrens-programming/#comment-34206 Our daughter just turned three. She watches maybe ten hours of TV/ DVDs each week. We love Hi-5, Sesame Street and Blue's Clues in our house. We watch Hi-5 almost every day, and then sometimes she can watch an additional show in the afternoon. We sometimes watch Jeopardy together. :) We have DVR and I love that because we can pick what she watches, no matter when she watches it. We also watch a lot of Mandarin videos. Our favorites are Follow Jade and the Mei Mei series. I'm really, really looking forward the the Ni Hao Kai-Lan series that will come out this August. Our daughter just turned three. She watches maybe ten hours of TV/ DVDs each week.

We love Hi-5, Sesame Street and Blue’s Clues in our house. We watch Hi-5 almost every day, and then sometimes she can watch an additional show in the afternoon. We sometimes watch Jeopardy together. :) We have DVR and I love that because we can pick what she watches, no matter when she watches it.

We also watch a lot of Mandarin videos. Our favorites are Follow Jade and the Mei Mei series. I’m really, really looking forward the the Ni Hao Kai-Lan series that will come out this August.

]]> By: luckymom http://chinaadopttalk.com/2007/04/28/childrens-programming/#comment-34197 luckymom Sun, 29 Apr 2007 16:28:14 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2007/04/28/childrens-programming/#comment-34197 We just found Harold and the Purple Crayon on HBO - because we just started getting it again for the Sopranos and Entourage ; ) We use the dvr and watch no commercials, but got totally sucked into the princess thing because of the sticker she got from the pediatrician at her 3 year old check-up. Ugh! Those bimbos are insideous and I can't avoid them. I gave up and am hoping it will run its course. HBO also has Storybook Musicals where they take a great story, the Caldecott winners from what I've seen, and turn it into a fullblown musical and the girls love it. We just found Harold and the Purple Crayon on HBO - because we just started getting it again for the Sopranos and Entourage ; ) We use the dvr and watch no commercials, but got totally sucked into the princess thing because of the sticker she got from the pediatrician at her 3 year old check-up. Ugh! Those bimbos are insideous and I can’t avoid them. I gave up and am hoping it will run its course.
HBO also has Storybook Musicals where they take a great story, the Caldecott winners from what I’ve seen, and turn it into a fullblown musical and the girls love it.

]]> By: chinamama05 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2007/04/28/childrens-programming/#comment-34190 chinamama05 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 14:15:44 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2007/04/28/childrens-programming/#comment-34190 Hi everyone RQ interesting topic. I too am not a big Disney fan nor is my DD who is 31/2. I find there is a lot of violence in the Disney movies. My DD loves Sagwa the Chinese Siamese Cat. Unfortunately I have only seen it a couple of times on TV as I don't think it is being produced anymore. Well we have one video that she will watch over and over. Not super educational but gives her some insight into her heritage. DD also loves the Big Bird in china video. She loves Little Bear and Toopie and Binou (canadian show I believe) I also think Cailou is a super whiney child and am glad Brianna is not interested. We have Treehouse in Canada which is also commercial free. Annediapers Hi everyone
RQ interesting topic. I too am not a big Disney fan nor is my DD who is 31/2. I find there is a lot of violence in the Disney movies. My DD loves Sagwa the Chinese Siamese Cat. Unfortunately I have only seen it a couple of times on TV as I don’t think it is being produced anymore. Well we have one video that she will watch over and over. Not super educational but gives her some insight into her heritage. DD also loves the Big Bird in china video. She loves Little Bear and Toopie and Binou (canadian show I believe) I also think Cailou is a super whiney child and am glad Brianna is not interested. We have Treehouse in Canada which is also commercial free.
Annediapers

]]> By: RumorQueen http://chinaadopttalk.com/2007/04/28/childrens-programming/#comment-34188 RumorQueen Sun, 29 Apr 2007 11:46:44 +0000 http://chinaadopttalk.com/2007/04/28/childrens-programming/#comment-34188 During the week (when we are working) there is almost no TV. If there isn't much homework we watch Dancing with the Stars the day after it is on, and on other nights we might watch Mythbusters or How it's made or maybe the Food Network in the evenings, but for most evenings during the week the TV is usually off until after bedtime and then I get to watch what I want. On the weekends there is a lot of TV in the mornings if we don't have a reason to get up and get moving early. And that is usually the case in the winter. I tape shows from during the week and we watch those as well as watching whatever happens to be on PBS if it's a show we like. In the summer there isn't as much TV because we stay pretty busy in the summer. During the week (when we are working) there is almost no TV. If there isn’t much homework we watch Dancing with the Stars the day after it is on, and on other nights we might watch Mythbusters or How it’s made or maybe the Food Network in the evenings, but for most evenings during the week the TV is usually off until after bedtime and then I get to watch what I want.

On the weekends there is a lot of TV in the mornings if we don’t have a reason to get up and get moving early. And that is usually the case in the winter. I tape shows from during the week and we watch those as well as watching whatever happens to be on PBS if it’s a show we like.

In the summer there isn’t as much TV because we stay pretty busy in the summer.

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