Another thing is that TH-cam kids is a literal hell hole, there's some awful things that people pose as children's content (the same way people used to sneak momo into the videos)
I used to see mono on TH-cam adults and I’m like: WELL HAY IF IT AINT REAL I AINT DYIN and continued to watch creepypasta unfazed like a possessed child including jumpscares jumpscares DIDNT even make me flinch I was like oh hey insanely creepy thing fastly heading towards the screen you said this was scary?
It's sad that I can count on one hand the number of kid's shows now that are actually good and made with kids in mind (and that is Bluey. That's it, only one show).
Having a little brother, I can say: Any of the Andy Day shows, Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom, Hey Duggee, and the Octonauts. That's about it, and most of them are pre-AI (not sure about the newer Andy Day shows, but they're not AI).
Not just bluey theres a bunch of kids shows especially from the 2000s that are golden,but if we mean newer shows and the stupid reboots of the older shows,yeah i agree bluey is really the only one i find thats pretty mainstream when i look
TH-cam had their own app for kids and they dont even bother to actually make it safe, but their main app that should NOT be for children forces every youtube to be kid-friendly
I'm low-key surprised TH-cam kids hasn't shut down by now. There's been lots of complaints about the app with it's non kid-friendly content, and I'm not sure if anyone still uses it anymore.
Fr. I feel like they just let TH-camrs shine the “for kids” button and then think “yeah! This is ok!” They need to put REAL moderation when it comes to yt kids!!!
Glad that you touched on this topic! I know as a teenager, I used my phone a lot, but seeing literal CHILDREN having tablets and phones shoved in their faces ☹️ made me so sad. I hope that together we’re able to move away from this dependency on electronics and easy tasks for the sake of the kids of Gen alpha
I started playing Roblox when I was 14(2016) and most of the top games were pretty alright. If I use Roblox now, most of the top games are so overstimulating, bright and have so many things trying to get people to use Robux.
Most games are slop shovelware to get little kids to spend money and little kids shouldnt be on there at all rn because the platform fell into corporate greed so now they couldn't care less for the community, meaning lots of nsfw stuff and disgusting people are rampant. Please dont let ur child play roblox at all
ai kids ''content'' getting so bad on youtube has inspired me to rework one of my older story ideas into a potential idea for a kids show, just so that i can try to make something better if im somehow able to do so one day. im still a kid/teenager myself and not a professional writer, so the show wouldn't be anything groundbreaking, but i want it to be a passion project of sorts that will at least have a lot of soul behind it if nothing else. the show would center around two main characters, mew and clover (both cats.) i don't have much written on mew yet so i will mostly be talking about clover here. clover is very curious about the world they live in, particularly and specifically with anything to do with the supernatural, which is the basis for most of the scenarios that would happen in the show. i would make most of the episodes tackle real scientific phenomenon by turning them into little ''spooky'' (in quotes because i'm not gonna go super far on that because i dont want the show to be genuinely scary) adventures. despite the ''spooky'' tone of a lot of the episodes, i still want the show to feel very calm with not super high stakes most of the time. i want it to truly feel like exploration without having to make it super (over)stimulating. i'd describe my idea as ''friendly horror'', if that makes sense. the show would focus mostly on strong characterization of the two main characters, and, just in case the viewers would like to explore, there is also plenty of hidden lore related to the characters lore subtly hinted at throughout the show that more observant viewers could dive into if they so wish. the show would also be pretty friendly in how it approaches its characters. both main characters are neurodivergent, and i intend to make most of the characters that appear in the show all be a bit ''odd'' in their own way and not have any character be shamed for that. i want to make a show that is fun as well as genuinely wholesome. would this show be a success? uh, probably not. but i want to make something with intention behind it
I actually have my own show idea. It's themed around 2 or 3 cats that run a taco truck. Think "Bread Runners" but infinetly better. The first episode would revolve around just getting to know the cast, and the conflict would be how the cats have very little money after buying the necessities, so they have to get creative with marketing & advertising. One of the main characters has autism, and thus appears as 'lazy' and 'uncaring' , refusing to share his ideas verbally (btw he can talk, he just prefers not to). Eventually, the others figure out how to communicate and meet him in the middle, leading to some good publicity. If a character has a disability, then most- but not all- charecters just act like it's perfectly normal (cuz it is).
kids shows used to be educational!! the magic school bus (og version) thought me about the water cycle, and spider webs, and the planets, and a bunch of other things i forget. now it’s just noise to fill time.
I'm sick and tired of the "kids stuff was better back in the day" schtick (and anything similar). 1. It ignores all of the good stuff. 2. It's not like there wasn't any slop back then either.
@@NewSonyWonderHappyMadisonFanit kinda does lol, it promotes learning in children and everything, also why would you even say kids content now is good. There was slip then but not much. The slop is the problematic part
@@Kaysaja I'm sick and tired of the "kids stuff was better back in the day" schtick (and anything similar). 1. It ignores all of the good stuff. 2. It's not like there wasn't any slop back then either. Also how dare you slander mah boi Josh. Bro did nothing wrong.
My mom says that when I was like two or three, I told her that I was going to marry Steve. 😭 I kinda feel bad for the Joe guy that came after him though. He did a good job, but a lot of kids didn't like that Steve was getting replaced, which isn't really his fault. It reminds me of the annoying "not my Rodrick" trend that went on where people complained about the new actor playing Rodrick in that new Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie. No matter how good you do, people will get upset at you just for being the replacement. At least us pre-school aged kids didn't have Twitter to make mean jokes about Joe though. 😂
@@NewSonyWonderHappyMadisonFanas someone who loved blues clue as a small child, I can confirm Steve was better also my text is in the same position help me pls
It's genuinely sad that we're just throwing slop to the kids because they don't know any better. Like i moved recently and just for the nostalgia i went thru my old box set of Roald Dahl books like James and the Giant Peach. He put so much care and effort into these books. Cause like the story is good not even just for a kids book. It's kinda long for kids. There's pages of just straight text with no pictures, but the language is simple enough for maybe 8-9+ year olds. The illustrations aren't just random they help you to follow the story. These books probably helped me and so many ppl transition to adult books because someone cared. Same with old school Nick Jr and PBS etc. TH-cam kuds already curates a little. I wish they really only let the best of the best on there. Like if they're gonna be iPad kids at least give them good content
I'm sick and tired of the "kids stuff was better back in the day" schtick (and anything similar). 1. It ignores all of the good stuff. 2. It's not like there wasn't any slop back then either.
@@NewSonyWonderHappyMadisonFan fair,but you can't deny that it's a little true. in my experience when I looked at kids content on the TV not even 7 years ago (when I was barely conscious) I remember it was undeniably better than the air generated and brainless things people make for kids nowadays. Sure,there's some older slop,and sure there some younger gems,but ultimately,as a genre,older kids content had more care put into it. You'd see more thought,planning,and making going into a singular 5 minutes segment of a single episode of Arthur than a whole 10 minute video of apples jumping around yelling letters in terrible high pitched voices and that's because the segments had people actually animating them whereas the 10 minute video was just a few animated pngs and terrible voice effects that probably took less time. There's just a certain disconnect,like old Disney movies compared to movies like Wish. Sure they might both be decent but you can't deny the thought and execution behind one was better than the other. TL;DR: I call bull on that statement plus nobody said one was OBVIOUSLY better in EVERY CASE.
@@NewSonyWonderHappyMadisonFan and i do get that,its just that generally theres so many kids watching youtube slop that whenever this topic is brought up its usually aimed towards youtube and app slop. Also,its been widely normalized that kids these days still in their earlier developmental stages,as stated earlier,are raised on youtube. Why else would those stupid surprise eggs videos get so much traction? And again,i understand you dont mean youtube slop but honestly thats pretty much all there is at this point,so its kind of hard not to mention it.
This made me think of my older sister deciding that my baby nephew wasn’t gonna be allowed watch any tv. Now I just wanna ask her if it’s because of the quality of content or just being strict. I really wanna give her suggestions on non-overstimulating, but creative and fully engaging content.
It may not be my place, but I definitely wouldn't recommend her not letting her nephew watch TV AT ALL. There's definitely some good shows out there, in my video I was just focusing on the bad, but I think it's a good idea to let them watch older shows maybe, and with newer ones maybe she can watch them first to see what it entails? But I still think tv is a great method of entertainment for kids, it just needs to be monitored of course
I get where she's coming from, but the thing with forbidden fruit is that it's always so much sweeter. Unless she's vetoing screens from the entire home, it's going to prove increasingly challenging, especially once he's exposed to peers who have access to TV. Look at any family who bans soda, junk food, privacy, video games, secular media - it either results in rebellion or repression and fear. Having TV as an option, through a curated DVD collection (that's where you come in!), for limited amounts of time, could be incredibly useful. He'll be exposed to the thing, and begin to understand to enjoy things in moderation, and even learn new things from watching informative shows. Children's programming that focussed on teaching the audience how to do things RARELY had me parked in front of the screen - I'd be far more interested in trying my own hand at making puppets or building a blanket fort.
My little sister is SEVEN and has a phone and a tablet. And she’s had a phone since she was three (maybe younger, but since she’s my step sister I’ve only known her since she was three.) and she’s always grabbing others phones when hers dies. She broke my phone case, and my phone still has no case. She’s cracked the bajesus out of my phone, all because the TH-camrs she watches do pranks like that, and she doesn’t understand it’s not real.
I was watching a Film Cooper video about Brent Rivera the other day, he raised the point of what if this content aimed at kids was in front of physical kids? Like a football stadium filled with 7 yr olds was the example he used. A lot of this stuff would be creepy as hell
I remember this one episode of octonauts,it was where the characters went back to the old broken ship to retrieve this cylinder to repair the current ship and it was actually quite entertaining to me when I watched it,unlike the current stuff on youtube kids
As someone who wants to illustrate childrens books for the future the idea that ai is doing it all terrifies me. Not only for my sake but for their sake. even though the drawing isnt as important to the writing of the book!! I would feel like shit if i used stolen art and empty writing for the most impressionable of us
A show this video reminds me of is invader zim, its my favorite kids show, ive watched it multiple times. in an interview with the creator, Johnen Varquez, he mentioned how other kid show cretors would look at his work and were like "Ican do this?", in the same interview he mentioned how he really likes it when he can "see an actual personality in someones work". This really stuck with me because it made me realize how barely any kid shows do this now, everything is picture perfect, made to sell instead of creating.
aside from the tablet stuff, as a 2010 kid, heard of people on tiktok that are my age that are saying they have relatives who are gen alpha that once got a death threat and I’ve seen a screen shot of two comments saying something like “gen alpha r🍇pe in 4k” and another one that’s like that but biting the curb. there are people out there bullying this generation on social media and like bro they just want a happy life. maybe we should focus on that too. and btw about the tablet stuff, i used to have a tablet around these kids’ ages but there was no brainrot at the time is was the early 2010s when i was little so i had things like elmo loves abcs and stuff. and i would also watch kid shows on prime video when i was 5 too. but most of the gen alphas i see on tiktok are normal kids. some of them do have tablets, but they’re pretty much watching something else, so i’m hoping this generation does a successful job in life. plus there are also good modern shows other than bluey out there like ms rachel (for the babies), story bots answer time, and yo gabba gabbaland (i watched a few episodes of the yo gabba gabba reboot and i love it so much :3) they can watch that or the older kid shows or both
Yup, this is something I wish I talked about in more detail in the video but I forgot, but yea of course every generation has its brain rot, but I'd like to argue that due to the fast rise in technology, this type of "brain rot" can be generated faster and easier. And not only that, but because of the accessibility to multiple people, rather than just big corporations. Before at least u had a select few options for brain rot, but I feel that because of today's updated content creation methods(which still take a lot of time of course) we're seeing more overstimulating content simply because of the facts that it's easier to do so, hence the reason so many ppl watching the same cartoon created years ago vs now see a huge difference. Or maybe I'm just biased idk, I'll stop yapping now.
I feel like the shows I grew up with - Backyardigans, Little Einsteins, Wonderpets and the like - genuinely kick-started culture for me. All the music and dance and story-lines (and even Austin's representations of Autism) genuinely led me forward as a kid. I've been told I dance well, that I have a good ear for musical rhythms, that I write good stories. That was because I was grown up with shows made with care and love and creativity embroidered within them. And watching this made me realize that I should no longer take that for granted. Great Video, Kaysaja!
I did watch cartoons like Pingu and Curious George in my childhood, but I was also raised by the internet as a whole. Turns out that if I ever have a son in the far future, I don't want to give the son the screens in a very early stage and in their first several years, strictly play only educational, high-quality programs for them. I feel bad for the parents having to realize about today's entertainment for kids.
Great video! I’m an aspiring children’s book writer and I will say it until I’m old and wrinkled, children deserve movies, books, and shows that are made with love, integrity, and passion. I grew up with those and they inspired me to take this path so I can help continue to give children good media. Where I live continues to give me hope for the future. Children play outside, bike around, and enjoy reading. I also have a niece whose screen time is monitored and limited and she loves playing outside!
10:01 I agree but also want to mention Thomas the tank engine because they also turned it from live action models and story telling to fully 3d animation and it just feels so much less authentic
as someone with gen alpha siblibgs. if i see something innapropiate on their screen, i take their ipad and make sure they NEVER. watch that channel again. if you have gen alpha siblings. PLEASE. PLLEEEAAAASEEE GO THRIUGH THEIR TH-cam.
I really wish every creator of kid's content had the mindset that children deserve better than brainrot 😭 My favourite shows when I was younger actually made me learn things and helped to shape who I am today. Wild Kratts nourished my love for animals. Little Einsteins gave me an appreciation for art and classical music at a very young age. Word Girl helped me explore my interest of writing and learning new words. Hell, I think just about everything on TVO kids was great for learning while keeping you engaged! It's not impossible to create media for kids that's simultaneously educational, stimulating, and made with a ton of heart and passion. I hope for a new golden age of children's content because they really do deserve better!
I remember as a kid TV shows mostly being calming, not exciting like newer kids shows that get kids so agitated. I remember as a kid I would watch an episode of a show and walk over to move onto the next activity very chill. My sister watched newer shows and when it was over she'd be hyper. She'd either want to run around and act wild, or keep watching it more and more. If I try to watch older stuff with her she'd be more calm, but she'd get bored quickly because it wasn't as exciting. The educational content is also less complex, the questions are easier, they don't ask as many questions. It really is a whole dofferent world now.
I'm sick and tired of the "kids stuff was better back in the day" schtick (and anything similar). 1. It ignores all of the good stuff. 2. It's not like there wasn't any slop back then either. Also, Teddy Ruxpin was made to sell toys. It ain't better than Cocomelon.
I agree, there are plenty of good things around now. Adventure Time is a wonderfully imaginative and modern alternative to Teddy Ruxpin. But there is NO WAY you can tell me that Adventure Time's animation is anywhere NEAR what Teddy Ruxpin was hand painted with love to look like. Please. Go re-watch it. Or old Disney like The Last Unicorn. The animation was STELLAR. And now it's just AI generated blocky, over-saturated insta-ready content. For me, my comment, and my interests regarding this topic, it's not about "kids stuff", it's about aestetics. I like good art, and think that good art is the basis of good nostalgia. So, that said, if you know of a modern cartoon (non-anime - Japan still does a good job of aestetics) that has stupendous art, please put it in your reply
@@AlexAnder-rv1gu 1. Again, Teddy Ruxpin was made to sell a toy. 2. Just because it's not cel animated doesn't mean it's bad. 3. The Last Unicorn isn't Disney. It's made by Rankin-Bass (the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer people) and animated by Topcraft (basically Studio Ghibli before Studio Ghibli). It did get released on physical media two times by CBS/Fox Video in 1983 and 1985 but that was WAY before Disney bought 20th Century Fox. 4. I'm not defending AI slop or Cocomelon in my comment. 5. Idk Bluey, the Spiderverse movies, and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish are pretty good modern kids media. Edit: The Paddington movies are good too.
I remember a time when kid shows were good instead of feeling like a bad LSD trip. There was more variety since the early 2000s still aired cartoons from the 80s and 90s, which is probably why I enjoy older movies and shows. I still remember being sick in my 4th or 5th grade year and being introduced to a show called "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" which was essentially Goosebumps, but more scary. It was a good show honestly and I thank my mother for introducing me to it
There's also a huge issue of people using live animals just to abuse them in kids content. These videos are going to raise a generation of of people who hurt animals just for the fun of it.
I'm 19 and Still like Mlp and Barbie and enjoy Bluey those are actually Good Kid Shows and then my adult Shows is Like Digital Circus and Hazbin Hotel Helluva Boss again I grew up with Nick Jr Nickalodian Ect Coco melon is So Bad but I'm like So hyped that Wonder Pets is coming back with new Characters because Babe they are one of the Classic Shows
As a new Aunt myself, I agree that kids deserve better. They need better content than this brainrot. I swear, we need a law or something that bans brainrot content for kids, because this is unacceptable. I’m so glad you mentioned some of my childhood classics, Bluesclues, and especially Backyardigans that show was so good, omg, it’s probably the reason why i love all these different types of music, I’m so ticked off by the reboot they made, they not only butchered the source material, they dishonored the original creator who sadly passed away a month before they uploaded the reboot. Im working on getting into animation, and I would love to make cartoons someday, not only ones that kids can enjoy, but for everyone to enjoy, because, say it with me now, Animation is a form of Art, and is meant to be enjoyed by everyone regardless of age. So stop stigmatizing animation is “just for kids” because it’s not, it’s for everyone. And stop thinking that just because you’re making kids shows, you can be lazy with it. Stop. Being. Lazy. Don’t make me call Sporticus! Because you should never be lazy with this type of content, but some effort into it! For crying out loud…kids deserve better. I’m not gonna let my nephew, and yet to be born niece, watch this garbage…they deserve better!
I do agree to a extent but from the perspective of a neurodivergent parent with neurodivergent kids I do think there is a place for some of the simplistic and predictable storylines. I know for myself and my kids sometimes these can be an escape from the overstimulation and unpredictability of life. Not to say that I want all the creativity and life sucked out of everything I just think there's a place for both if that makes sense 😊
ya know that's fair, there's definitely a place for both, I guess as an adult now I have my standards set a littler higher because of what I'd expect from children's shows but it's not made for me anyway lol. But I didn't even think about kids who might be easily overstimulated, so that's a good point
@@KaysajaBut you are right I mean look at shows like bluey and even hey duggee they are constantly innovative and engaging while still being kid friendly, there is definitely a space for the easier and more simplistic but I do think you are right that far too many creators are exploiting the genre as a cash grab because it's easy and it is becoming wayy too over saturated leaving no space for innovators. Also there's nothing wrong at all with having standards, I always enjoy your videos can't wait for the next one 😊❤❤❤
I noticed even before we had cable, so when I was only 4-5, I would get SO INSULTED by kid's shows that patronized the viewer or talked down to me... I'm young, not mindless. I liked calm kid's shows like Bear in the Bog Blue House or Steve on Blue's Clues (happy you mentioned him too!!!), soft-spoken and calm or needing help, but not talking to us in a high-pitched, cutesy way, ew. I also tended to refuse shows if the art style was too "ugly," but also, I was paintng and drawing since I was little until now (I remember I only tuned into As Told By Ginger when I was older when I heard it and enjoyed listening to it before turning and realizing it was that ugly chin-mouth Klasky-Csupo show.) Note: my brother and I are autistic and learned to read/write at age three, plus, we both grew up with a lot of tech, but also, I loved swimming and wandering around and playing in the dirt. Tomboyish! It's true kid's shows from the past generally had a higher quality and good messages or an educational element, even when it wasn't solely educational. The colour difference is also due to digital colouring compared to the degraded transfer from casettes. But it's true, also, even if you got higher quality remastered copies, the colours were more natural... I love traditional animation and anime with those old watercolour backgrounds. I liked more muted colours too, but I was quite a sad child and by 11 (so I preferred older Pokemon episodes in terms of style *and* colour... it did get more beautiful later, in terms of many details, but still rather bright), dull colours felt realistic to me. I ddin't see the world in much colour and that's still true. Rarely do I see vivid colour, then, things look muted and greyish.
9:55 old original seasons were hand drawn, now it's animated on a computer and is alot easier, alot brighter, and cheaper. I'm sure they're overinflated in part for more visual stimulation but could also be for a comedic effect
PLS SOMEONE MENTION WILD KRATTS its my favorite educational kids show like it's genuinely cool, interesting and funny without any lazy slop content and its still going strong like they're still making episodes!!!
Baby Shark was stuck in my head DECADES before it became a meme, lol. It was a little tune we had in summer camp, complete with hand gestures and all that, and the version I knew had a bit of a biblical splint because it was a Christian summer camp. 😅
I make animations (mainly PMVs), they're not really for children but I enjoy creating them. One day I'd love to make an animated series for children. I just wish that companies could create anything but mind-rotting noise and colors. Art is about being fun and creative, and we're are basically throwing that away.
I think what annoys me the most about iPad babies is that if you really need to distract them for a little while, I think a toy would work just fine. We know by now that TH-cam Kids is horribly unregulated, what’s the point in letting them watch that completely unsupervised when you can just sit them down and have them watch a Disney movie or literally anything that’s at least confirmed to be fine for kids. When I was a kid, if I wanted something fun, I played with my toys, if my parents wanted to distract me for a while, they would put on a movie (which can be done even if your outside nowadays.) I like how you mentioned that cartoons nowadays feel a bit overstimulating. Me and my brother rewatched Thomas and Friends and the earlier seasons are so nice! Feels like someone’s reading you a bedtime story lol. I didn’t really like loud cartoons when I was a kid and was especially happy for the shows that were a bit more mellow. I think there should more shows to help kids wind down. Back when I was a lot younger I saw a lot of stuff aimed at kids my age that were getting louder and more busy and it definitely grabbed my attention. I’m glad I grew up before I had to deal with a minefield of loud noises and bright colors.
Wow, a gen alpha video where we take accountability for gen alpha behaviors instead of just bullying children? Thats new. But yes overstimulation is something I’m very tired of. Especially from an autistic teen,flashing lights and colors,and screaming is a very shitty way to entertain children. Yeah not everything has to be educational but education is essential to their development
I don't remember the exact quote right now, but C.S. Lewis said something about talking to other children's books writers and hearing they talk about writing to kids like a formulaic task where you just needed to give what everyone knows kids like While Lewis thought something like _I write what _*_I_*_ like, because I like it_ Basically that he enjoyed and was actually passionate about what he wrote for his public
My partner is a professional animator mostly working on children's content and he's extremely worried about how little effort even big networks put in. Really good point there and I'm glad you mentioned it.
Bro I’m so fucking happy somebody’s talking about this. My uncle who used to live here with my family literally gives his younger kids all toddlers screens and phones n shit and his youngest kid WHO IS THREE is literally given a phone to watch TH-cam shorts like why the fuck are you giving a screen to a thre year old and the worst part is that these kids cannot do ANYTHING without screens like they can’t even bathe without a TV without Cocomelon in the bathroom it’s literally sad and insane to see and I don’t plan on being a parent but even I know that giving a little kid let alone a THREE year old a screen like an iPad or whatever to replace actual parenting it’s absolutely awful for their development
i feel like the generations that consider regular life to be trauma and social interaction to be abuse shouldn't have anything to say about how the next batch of kids should be raised, which is also how much the abusive boomers and their absent gen x nieces and nephews have room to talk. i say this while feeling that life is trauma and recovering from seeing social interaction as abuse because we are all way too screwed up to know what's best for those kids. maybe they should get left outside and not have any screens, and then give them screens later as if they were just invented. maybe they should live out history so it means something to them when they learn about it in school. whatever it is its not living digitally and becoming a tiktoker when they grow up.
I watch a lot of old kids' shows for entertainment, and a lot of them even made me improve my English as someone who was born in a non-English-speaking country. It's really sad that it is becoming really rare to find a good and unique cartoon to watch.
not gonna lie i knew the new blues clues wasn’t good as soon as i found out they replaced “we just got a letter, we just got a letter” to “wE jUsT GoT aN EmAaAaAaIIILLL!!” i wish i was kidding
Considering the comment about kids needing bright colors it’s hella concerning that beige moms are a rather big trend anf the kids themselves aren’t able to distinguish colors later on
Even if a kid can’t tell, giving them a good quality story is going to inform their sense of taste. A good story is like a healthy meal, it’s engaging but it also emotionally connects with you and teaches you something about yourself or the world. I feel like we’re letting kids down in so many ways and media is one of those fundamental things that can inform their psyche as they grow up.
As a gen alpha who's born 3 months ather gen z ended i'm worried for the youngest of my generation and the mysterious increase in narcissistic personality disorder in it, parents need to teach their kids how to control their human nature, luckily i was raised my the good part of the Internet. Kids glued to their phones is dangerous right now and causes complusive anger due to a short attention span and it also harms productivity in school. Most of people in my class can't spell or read fluently, we're 11-12... And the 12 yr olds are gen z so 2012 is fuhing COOKEDDD
@creme25s I didn't say it was the Internet and I don't need your life story, I said I was worried about the increase of narcissism, what you showed is a great example yet may you NOT be a snowflake and vent on my comment? Your personal experiences doesn't count for the rest of the generation. If you didn't take the time to read the entire comment let me tell you that I stated there is a good side of the internet in which I experienced. An uneducated outburst is your own set up
One of my favorite children shows and one that I still watch from time to time is Sofia The First. It had really great music and sometimes deep, complex lessons. Sofia is also very determined and she goes on a lot of fun and sometimes dangerous adventures. She teaches children that they can overcome anything they set their mind to and she is so inspiring to me for that. I really hope that her new upcoming sequel series will be as good as the original. I’m really looking forward to her return in 2026.
I hate the way everything is going now with people deciding to use artificiality to "create" (steal and make worse) with no genuine human thought, and of course what's coming out in general. Plus I would think some children should be able to distinct what's real and what isn't or shouldn't be or detect when it clearly feels uncanny, I don't know if I'm explaining myself right. On the other hand, I really appreciated the talk about shows like the original Blue's Clues and Backyardigans (those were just a few of my all time favorites, especially Backyardigans), another show we can't seem to get something similar to anymore is Reading Rainbow, with a calm host (or at least as the show progressed, LeVar was more calm/level with the viewer and less "announcer"-like? not sure how to describe it) and a focus on reading. edit: I'm really hoping people don't keep generalizing Gen Z as the creators of the brain rot Gen Alpha is taking in. There are a lot of us that genuinely do want better for generations to come
OMG I thought I was the only one that noticed this about children shows nowadays. I definitely noticed the shift in Blues Clues when I was younger like I would literally change the channel once that third guy came out on blues clues, I didn't even remember his name until you said it. 🤣
When (or if) I have children of my own when I’m older, I’m getting dvds and downloading things (arrr! 🏴☠️) for my kids to watch, (Ill try my best to give them a mix of educational, fun, and heartfelt media) just because I dont want them to have low attention spans and be used as pawns for money hungry predators on TH-cam or companies not truly taking kids content seriously.
Comment your fav childhood shows! Mine r probably: Courage the cowardly dog 👑 Chowder Flapjack!!!!! MLP (the old one) Garfield and friends Fosters house of imaginary friends Blues clues Pokémon Uhhhh I’m forgetting so many but this feels like a good list I’ve been showing Courage the Cowardly dog to my siblings, and they love it!
Courage was a lil too spooky for me lol but MAN I miss Fosters😢 and the comedy in Chowder honestly shaped so much of what I find funny now😂 COMEDY GOLD✨
Speaking of The Backyardigans, they were a big deal for me not when I was little, but when I was in high school. The show was the big inspiration for a segment I made for my high school's morning news show. I also made a Backyardigans fansite on the former Freewebs. Not sure if you can still access it today.
I haven’t seen too much of the new Blue’s Clues revival, but I do think Josh drops the energy a bit more in the later seasons. Plus Steve and Joe still make regular appearances! There are plenty of great kids shows nowadays if you know where to look. Most of the stuff on CBeebies and PBS Kids, for example. Of course a lot of the older stuff is fantastic too, my cousins love the original Australian Hi-5 and Balamory and the original version of Thomas the Tank Engine with Ringo Starr, but I’d be lying if I said there wasn’t some fantastic shows being made right now. Bluey, MixMups, Slumberkins, Do You Know, Hey Duggee, etc.
You saying that kids can’t see until 5 months took me back to when an early intervention therapist tried to gaslight me and say my nearly 2 year old “couldn’t see what we see on a tv” and “couldn’t understand the show”. Which was horseshit, because how did my kid along with every other kid in a world know that their favorite characters are on the screen and would go grab toys or plush of said character? How do I remember being that age and clearly watching Rugrats? That was a wonderful way to ensure I never trust anyone. She was a crunchy hippie who hated technology. No one has your interest at heart, only their own.
tbh I dont think gen alpha is "doomed" like people say they are and I agree that the content sucks but gen alpha isnt gonna "ruin society" cuz gen z is exactly the same I mean for example: the iPad came out in like 2010 and many gen z people had an iPad when they were like 6 and look at them now they are smart functioning adults or how people complain about how the content is weird and bad when gen z used to watch things like Elsa gate, mlg videos, weird fans animations and things like the gummy bear song (not to mention all the videos of people cutting their arms off) and even cocomelon only came out in 2016 and even then they were getting millions of views or how skibidi toilet is exactly the same as good videos from 2013 and I can go on and on but thats not all cuz also the humour is fine too cuz like all gen alpha humour is is some silly words that dont make sense but sounds funny and if anything its the opposite of gen alpha being doomed cuz since theres so much more technology and stuff now and they can easily use things all this technology at like the age at 5 imagine what they can do in the future so truth is: gen alpha isnt doomed gen z is just acting skibidi in the head (I study yapeology)
I thought this was thoughtfully organized. Great job out there. Lots of good points. It's the adults making thi, and then we blame them for it. Most adults cannot fight their addictions. How can we expect children to do it when we shove it in their face? 😢
I'm fine with skibidi toilet series, gen alpha slangs, and gen alpha memes, but i'm not okay with kids buying sephora products and skincare/adult makeup products, gen alpha kids watching cocomelon, gen alpha kids watching sigma male edits/podcasts, gen alpha kids watching nsfw content farms, gen alpha kids watching content farms, gen alpha kids watching OF models that promote their content to them, and gen alpha kids watching inappropriate videos, and also i'm not okay with parents treating their kids like they are friends and not teaching them any responsibilities/morals, and i'm also not okay with gen alpha kids watching content farms abusing animals in real life.
This might not be fully related but everytime I see dinosaur content for children they never use scientifically up to date depictions, it diverts them to thinking that animals like dinosaurs were nothing but movie monsters, they should be shown like actual animals
my nephew was watching a brent rivera video with girls in it and i think they were speed dating. it was so odd because in the video it showed me them kissing... and im like "why are you watching that?" and laughing nervously and he was like "I dont know haha" just giggling... he's 6. it's really giving spiderman and elsa videos from back then.
I appreciate that the host of the new Blues Clues is Filipino, and it’s even discussed in some episodes (I have a toddler so I’ve seen some episodes). I agree he is overly friendly, but it’s a lot better than Blippi… My favorite shows for her (she’s almost 3) are Peppa Pig and Paddington Bear. Paddington in particular is just so wholesome and not too stimulating. We limit phone and tablet time to mostly nothing, though. She gets a few minutes on the phone when we’re brushing her teeth, and a little bit of iPad time when I do her hair, and that’s pretty much it. Otherwise she watches the tv, usually the shows previously mentioned, and most days she gets 30 minutes or so, some days nothing.
Sigh.... Children's content nowadays such as Cocomelon has no personality! It is so bland and boring! There is something about the graphics that just don't sit right with me... That characters are just the same model, but modified slightly! It makes children's content from 20 year ago look like some of most sophisticated stuff I've ever seen! Take Bob the Builder from 1999-2009 for instance! That TV show focuses on the livelihood of adults constructing houses with machines that are filled with such personality! Seeing that as a kid made me feel super adventurous! It was also my introduction to stop motion animation and it actually makes me want to so stop motion! Talk about inspiration! I would never ever be the adult that I am now if it was not for what I viewed during childhood!
Bro I’m ever so grateful my baby was not Interested in coco melon, he loves bluey and Mickey Mouse club house. And I’ve been trying to get him into ms. Rachel cuz she’s genuinely so educational and has taught a lot of kids how to do sign language etc , it’s really sad seeing parents just raise iPad babies, not caring what it’s going to do to them as adults.
agree 100%. i could say so much about this topic but i dont wanna write a comment essay lol all i will say though is, thinking about why shows like spongebob or phineas and ferb were perfect (at least in the 90s-2000s, i dont watch the newer stuff) and why this content isnt.... its just sad really! i blame the internet enabling it all. back then it was just tv shows, which had to be approved to air in the first place, and continuously regulated with each episode made. youtube kids doesn't have that regulation, and by the father son and holy spirit oh my GOD we need regulation. PLEASE youtube kids are literally growing underdeveloped cus of this shit.
if youtube kids WAS regulated more like a tv channel, things would be better. as in only a very strictly selected handful of creators who actually care about what theyre making, with strict rules and regulations about what can and cant be shown, things would look so much different. but since literally anyone and everyone in the world can upload there, even with current moderation it's still so... bad. it's bad! brainrot is more than just a meme word bro im genuinely convinced gen alpha will be mentally underdeveloped as teens and adults cus of this shit
I remember when I was a kid, old Spongebob episodes felt very hiperactive and werid for me. That was because I grew up watching old post soviet cartoons that were far less saturated in color
I have already solved this problem and I don't even have kids. I just have all my favorite shows and cartoons already downloaded. I have all the best action cartoons. They can just watch that.
As gen alpha i just watch grownup shows like law and order svu and when im not watching those i watch netflix kids movies (the classics from the 80s-90s) like it takes two or home alone
I feel like kids show are losing soul? If that makes sense , for example fifi & the flower tots and nanaland have time and energy put into it and it shows (esp when in interviews n such) even tho it's for kids. Kids deserve better media, just bright colours with constant stimulation and loud sounds are so constant to keep them entertained instead of an actual story and look that is interesting for kids
Maybe I'm biased bc I'm Autistic and I'm not a little kid, but the overstimulating bright colors and face pacing makes me so pissed off it makes me wanna punch a hole in my wall. And the soulless AI content, and the boring, bright, plastic generic art styles makes everything look so boring. Like I miss it when shows had just enough color to stimulate kids but they also had unique art styles and the shows were actually meaningful. I grew up with the show "My Little Pony". Yes it had bright colors but it wasn't overstimulating. And it wasn't just a show to "keep the kids entertained." No, it actually provided valuable lessons and it was memorable. I wish more shows were like that. Is any Gen Alpha kid gonna look back on Cocomelon and be like "Wow, I remember watching this growing up, it was so memorable." Like.. Are they really gonna look back on it and feel nalstogia the same way we do? Or are they just gonna look back on it and throw it under the rug?
Another thing is that TH-cam kids is a literal hell hole, there's some awful things that people pose as children's content (the same way people used to sneak momo into the videos)
When I was 10(2018) there was this lol doll animated channel with momo and I wondered why they put that there
who is momo
@ a Japanese statue, that some creeps used the picture of, to harm kids
@@EpicFurbynerd76YO errrr like a bird person creepy thing
I used to see mono on TH-cam adults and I’m like: WELL HAY IF IT AINT REAL I AINT DYIN and continued to watch creepypasta unfazed like a possessed child including jumpscares jumpscares DIDNT even make me flinch I was like oh hey insanely creepy thing fastly heading towards the screen you said this was scary?
Bluey is a great example of a modern kids show done right.
It's sad that I can count on one hand the number of kid's shows now that are actually good and made with kids in mind (and that is Bluey. That's it, only one show).
Having a little brother, I can say: Any of the Andy Day shows, Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom, Hey Duggee, and the Octonauts. That's about it, and most of them are pre-AI (not sure about the newer Andy Day shows, but they're not AI).
Bluey isn't the only good kids show (or piece of kids media in general) nowadays.
I don’t know if Wild Krats is still airing, but I highly recommend showing your kids or cousins it
@@bluesteno64wild krats is infact still airing:) they just released new episodes
Not just bluey theres a bunch of kids shows especially from the 2000s that are golden,but if we mean newer shows and the stupid reboots of the older shows,yeah i agree bluey is really the only one i find thats pretty mainstream when i look
TH-cam had their own app for kids and they dont even bother to actually make it safe, but their main app that should NOT be for children forces every youtube to be kid-friendly
I'm low-key surprised TH-cam kids hasn't shut down by now. There's been lots of complaints about the app with it's non kid-friendly content, and I'm not sure if anyone still uses it anymore.
Fr. I feel like they just let TH-camrs shine the “for kids” button and then think “yeah! This is ok!” They need to put REAL moderation when it comes to yt kids!!!
id rather give my kid normal yt than yt kids
Glad that you touched on this topic! I know as a teenager, I used my phone a lot, but seeing literal CHILDREN having tablets and phones shoved in their faces ☹️ made me so sad. I hope that together we’re able to move away from this dependency on electronics and easy tasks for the sake of the kids of Gen alpha
Also, I’ve been watching your recent uploads!! I love your content so much ❤ I can’t wait to see what else you produce
Thanks for being a consistent viewer! 🙏🏽❤️
Indeed! The parents are so lazy nowadays
And the parents need to face backlash but also I hope trump could fix it too
@@harrygardner7257 trump is a dictator he wont do shit
I started playing Roblox when I was 14(2016) and most of the top games were pretty alright. If I use Roblox now, most of the top games are so overstimulating, bright and have so many things trying to get people to use Robux.
Most games are slop shovelware to get little kids to spend money and little kids shouldnt be on there at all rn because the platform fell into corporate greed so now they couldn't care less for the community, meaning lots of nsfw stuff and disgusting people are rampant.
Please dont let ur child play roblox at all
Aaaaaaaa I miss it
Not to mention ai generated and pay to win….bro I hate it so much
I hate simulators and rng slobs Bollocks no effort trash
@@kqlolll2618 As a roblox Teen myself, I’d rather let my child play Minecraft than roblox because of *everything you just said*
Finally, somebody is actually saying that it’s not the children’s fault
“ this generation is doomed” Our generation was doomed years ago
ai kids ''content'' getting so bad on youtube has inspired me to rework one of my older story ideas into a potential idea for a kids show, just so that i can try to make something better if im somehow able to do so one day. im still a kid/teenager myself and not a professional writer, so the show wouldn't be anything groundbreaking, but i want it to be a passion project of sorts that will at least have a lot of soul behind it if nothing else.
the show would center around two main characters, mew and clover (both cats.) i don't have much written on mew yet so i will mostly be talking about clover here. clover is very curious about the world they live in, particularly and specifically with anything to do with the supernatural, which is the basis for most of the scenarios that would happen in the show. i would make most of the episodes tackle real scientific phenomenon by turning them into little ''spooky'' (in quotes because i'm not gonna go super far on that because i dont want the show to be genuinely scary) adventures. despite the ''spooky'' tone of a lot of the episodes, i still want the show to feel very calm with not super high stakes most of the time. i want it to truly feel like exploration without having to make it super (over)stimulating. i'd describe my idea as ''friendly horror'', if that makes sense. the show would focus mostly on strong characterization of the two main characters, and, just in case the viewers would like to explore, there is also plenty of hidden lore related to the characters lore subtly hinted at throughout the show that more observant viewers could dive into if they so wish.
the show would also be pretty friendly in how it approaches its characters. both main characters are neurodivergent, and i intend to make most of the characters that appear in the show all be a bit ''odd'' in their own way and not have any character be shamed for that. i want to make a show that is fun as well as genuinely wholesome.
would this show be a success? uh, probably not. but i want to make something with intention behind it
That sounda adorable and i would watch it as an adult lolll
I actually have my own show idea. It's themed around 2 or 3 cats that run a taco truck. Think "Bread Runners" but infinetly better. The first episode would revolve around just getting to know the cast, and the conflict would be how the cats have very little money after buying the necessities, so they have to get creative with marketing & advertising. One of the main characters has autism, and thus appears as 'lazy' and 'uncaring' , refusing to share his ideas verbally (btw he can talk, he just prefers not to). Eventually, the others figure out how to communicate and meet him in the middle, leading to some good publicity. If a character has a disability, then most- but not all- charecters just act like it's perfectly normal (cuz it is).
That whould be really good love too watch that
Do it omg I would 100% watch
I hope this becomes an actual show!
kids shows used to be educational!! the magic school bus (og version) thought me about the water cycle, and spider webs, and the planets, and a bunch of other things i forget. now it’s just noise to fill time.
I'm sick and tired of the "kids stuff was better back in the day" schtick (and anything similar).
1. It ignores all of the good stuff.
2. It's not like there wasn't any slop back then either.
Also, not everything needs to be educational.
@@NewSonyWonderHappyMadisonFanit kinda does lol, it promotes learning in children and everything, also why would you even say kids content now is good. There was slip then but not much. The slop is the problematic part
@@NewSonyWonderHappyMadisonFanfor like toddlers maybe. Because they’re still young
"Used to" and they don't now? I guess the only show adults know about is Cocomelon. 😂
didnt know blues clues was still going on. i used to love steve, i cried when his run ended
Yup, they have Josh now and it's really updated, which is understandable but nobody beats steve
@@Kaysaja I'm sick and tired of the "kids stuff was better back in the day" schtick (and anything similar).
1. It ignores all of the good stuff.
2. It's not like there wasn't any slop back then either.
Also how dare you slander mah boi Josh. Bro did nothing wrong.
i actually liked Joe too. But i just knew instantly that Josh didn’t match the energy.
My mom says that when I was like two or three, I told her that I was going to marry Steve. 😭
I kinda feel bad for the Joe guy that came after him though. He did a good job, but a lot of kids didn't like that Steve was getting replaced, which isn't really his fault. It reminds me of the annoying "not my Rodrick" trend that went on where people complained about the new actor playing Rodrick in that new Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie. No matter how good you do, people will get upset at you just for being the replacement. At least us pre-school aged kids didn't have Twitter to make mean jokes about Joe though. 😂
@@NewSonyWonderHappyMadisonFanas someone who loved blues clue as a small child, I can confirm Steve was better also my text is in the same position help me pls
It's genuinely sad that we're just throwing slop to the kids because they don't know any better. Like i moved recently and just for the nostalgia i went thru my old box set of Roald Dahl books like James and the Giant Peach. He put so much care and effort into these books. Cause like the story is good not even just for a kids book. It's kinda long for kids. There's pages of just straight text with no pictures, but the language is simple enough for maybe 8-9+ year olds. The illustrations aren't just random they help you to follow the story. These books probably helped me and so many ppl transition to adult books because someone cared. Same with old school Nick Jr and PBS etc. TH-cam kuds already curates a little. I wish they really only let the best of the best on there. Like if they're gonna be iPad kids at least give them good content
I'm sick and tired of the "kids stuff was better back in the day" schtick (and anything similar).
1. It ignores all of the good stuff.
2. It's not like there wasn't any slop back then either.
@@NewSonyWonderHappyMadisonFan fair,but you can't deny that it's a little true. in my experience when I looked at kids content on the TV not even 7 years ago (when I was barely conscious) I remember it was undeniably better than the air generated and brainless things people make for kids nowadays. Sure,there's some older slop,and sure there some younger gems,but ultimately,as a genre,older kids content had more care put into it. You'd see more thought,planning,and making going into a singular 5 minutes segment of a single episode of Arthur than a whole 10 minute video of apples jumping around yelling letters in terrible high pitched voices and that's because the segments had people actually animating them whereas the 10 minute video was just a few animated pngs and terrible voice effects that probably took less time. There's just a certain disconnect,like old Disney movies compared to movies like Wish. Sure they might both be decent but you can't deny the thought and execution behind one was better than the other.
TL;DR: I call bull on that statement plus nobody said one was OBVIOUSLY better in EVERY CASE.
@@capybara2244 I'm not defending the slop on TH-cam.
@@NewSonyWonderHappyMadisonFan and i do get that,its just that generally theres so many kids watching youtube slop that whenever this topic is brought up its usually aimed towards youtube and app slop. Also,its been widely normalized that kids these days still in their earlier developmental stages,as stated earlier,are raised on youtube. Why else would those stupid surprise eggs videos get so much traction? And again,i understand you dont mean youtube slop but honestly thats pretty much all there is at this point,so its kind of hard not to mention it.
This made me think of my older sister deciding that my baby nephew wasn’t gonna be allowed watch any tv.
Now I just wanna ask her if it’s because of the quality of content or just being strict. I really wanna give her suggestions on non-overstimulating, but creative and fully engaging content.
Dvds is the way to go.
bluey
It may not be my place, but I definitely wouldn't recommend her not letting her nephew watch TV AT ALL. There's definitely some good shows out there, in my video I was just focusing on the bad, but I think it's a good idea to let them watch older shows maybe, and with newer ones maybe she can watch them first to see what it entails? But I still think tv is a great method of entertainment for kids, it just needs to be monitored of course
mickey mouse club house it teaches colors and shapes n stuff
I get where she's coming from, but the thing with forbidden fruit is that it's always so much sweeter. Unless she's vetoing screens from the entire home, it's going to prove increasingly challenging, especially once he's exposed to peers who have access to TV. Look at any family who bans soda, junk food, privacy, video games, secular media - it either results in rebellion or repression and fear.
Having TV as an option, through a curated DVD collection (that's where you come in!), for limited amounts of time, could be incredibly useful. He'll be exposed to the thing, and begin to understand to enjoy things in moderation, and even learn new things from watching informative shows. Children's programming that focussed on teaching the audience how to do things RARELY had me parked in front of the screen - I'd be far more interested in trying my own hand at making puppets or building a blanket fort.
My little sister is SEVEN and has a phone and a tablet. And she’s had a phone since she was three (maybe younger, but since she’s my step sister I’ve only known her since she was three.) and she’s always grabbing others phones when hers dies. She broke my phone case, and my phone still has no case. She’s cracked the bajesus out of my phone, all because the TH-camrs she watches do pranks like that, and she doesn’t understand it’s not real.
That sucks I'm sorry
She needs some discipline
WTFFF
Download app blocks in her phone 🥰😍
THANK GOD Im not the only one who noticed how different the new spongebob is animation and color wise
I was watching a Film Cooper video about Brent Rivera the other day, he raised the point of what if this content aimed at kids was in front of physical kids? Like a football stadium filled with 7 yr olds was the example he used. A lot of this stuff would be creepy as hell
OH MY GOD BLUES CLUES AND BACKYARDIGANS YES
OCTONAUTS was also my go to
I have an entire LIST of peak shows i used to watch as a kid
LOVE OCTONAUTS 💕
My brother is 5 and he watches blues, octonauts and stuff like that!
I remember this one episode of octonauts,it was where the characters went back to the old broken ship to retrieve this cylinder to repair the current ship and it was actually quite entertaining to me when I watched it,unlike the current stuff on youtube kids
@ yeah my brother just watched it LOL!
As someone who wants to illustrate childrens books for the future the idea that ai is doing it all terrifies me. Not only for my sake but for their sake. even though the drawing isnt as important to the writing of the book!! I would feel like shit if i used stolen art and empty writing for the most impressionable of us
A show this video reminds me of is invader zim, its my favorite kids show, ive watched it multiple times. in an interview with the creator, Johnen Varquez, he mentioned how other kid show cretors would look at his work and were like "Ican do this?", in the same interview he mentioned how he really likes it when he can "see an actual personality in someones work". This really stuck with me because it made me realize how barely any kid shows do this now, everything is picture perfect, made to sell instead of creating.
aside from the tablet stuff, as a 2010 kid, heard of people on tiktok that are my age that are saying they have relatives who are gen alpha that once got a death threat and I’ve seen a screen shot of two comments saying something like “gen alpha r🍇pe in 4k” and another one that’s like that but biting the curb. there are people out there bullying this generation on social media and like bro they just want a happy life. maybe we should focus on that too.
and btw about the tablet stuff, i used to have a tablet around these kids’ ages but there was no brainrot at the time is was the early 2010s when i was little so i had things like elmo loves abcs and stuff. and i would also watch kid shows on prime video when i was 5 too. but most of the gen alphas i see on tiktok are normal kids. some of them do have tablets, but they’re pretty much watching something else, so i’m hoping this generation does a successful job in life. plus there are also good modern shows other than bluey out there like ms rachel (for the babies), story bots answer time, and yo gabba gabbaland (i watched a few episodes of the yo gabba gabba reboot and i love it so much :3) they can watch that or the older kid shows or both
We had our own brain rot and I need people to realize this
I can see you are a victim.
Yup, this is something I wish I talked about in more detail in the video but I forgot, but yea of course every generation has its brain rot, but I'd like to argue that due to the fast rise in technology, this type of "brain rot" can be generated faster and easier. And not only that, but because of the accessibility to multiple people, rather than just big corporations. Before at least u had a select few options for brain rot, but I feel that because of today's updated content creation methods(which still take a lot of time of course) we're seeing more overstimulating content simply because of the facts that it's easier to do so, hence the reason so many ppl watching the same cartoon created years ago vs now see a huge difference. Or maybe I'm just biased idk, I'll stop yapping now.
@@AdaTheWatcher how so?
@@Kaysaja agreed
So did I. My Gym Partner’s a Monkey for example.
I feel like the shows I grew up with - Backyardigans, Little Einsteins, Wonderpets and the like - genuinely kick-started culture for me. All the music and dance and story-lines (and even Austin's representations of Autism) genuinely led me forward as a kid. I've been told I dance well, that I have a good ear for musical rhythms, that I write good stories.
That was because I was grown up with shows made with care and love and creativity embroidered within them. And watching this made me realize that I should no longer take that for granted.
Great Video, Kaysaja!
Bluey’s creator is a child psychologist
which explains why the show is so, y know, good?
I did watch cartoons like Pingu and Curious George in my childhood, but I was also raised by the internet as a whole. Turns out that if I ever have a son in the far future, I don't want to give the son the screens in a very early stage and in their first several years, strictly play only educational, high-quality programs for them. I feel bad for the parents having to realize about today's entertainment for kids.
Great video!
I’m an aspiring children’s book writer and I will say it until I’m old and wrinkled, children deserve movies, books, and shows that are made with love, integrity, and passion. I grew up with those and they inspired me to take this path so I can help continue to give children good media.
Where I live continues to give me hope for the future. Children play outside, bike around, and enjoy reading. I also have a niece whose screen time is monitored and limited and she loves playing outside!
A book series I loved reading when I was younger was the How To Train Your Dragon books! Highly HIGHLY recommend
10:01 I agree but also want to mention Thomas the tank engine because they also turned it from live action models and story telling to fully 3d animation and it just feels so much less authentic
I wouldn't call the "rock" rock (but I'm a metalhead, so maybe I'm biased.) It's really just pop with an electric guitar in it.
What yall know about the Backyardigans 🗣‼️🔥
Also please tell me someone else watched Max & Ruby too, with the rabbits? It feels like a fever dream
@@ruescentYESSSS
@@ruescenttimothy goes to school and the berenstain bears
as someone with gen alpha siblibgs. if i see something innapropiate on their screen, i take their ipad and make sure they NEVER. watch that channel again.
if you have gen alpha siblings. PLEASE. PLLEEEAAAASEEE GO THRIUGH THEIR TH-cam.
I am the gen alpha sibling
I have some gen alpha distant cousins. It's to late for them. They've gone too deep.
@@lemmystabsstuffstudios7838 Your Yoshi collection is impressive.
@@Gobbler72 thanks
@@DiscoPantsStudios you can still do something i believe in you
I really wish every creator of kid's content had the mindset that children deserve better than brainrot 😭 My favourite shows when I was younger actually made me learn things and helped to shape who I am today. Wild Kratts nourished my love for animals. Little Einsteins gave me an appreciation for art and classical music at a very young age. Word Girl helped me explore my interest of writing and learning new words. Hell, I think just about everything on TVO kids was great for learning while keeping you engaged!
It's not impossible to create media for kids that's simultaneously educational, stimulating, and made with a ton of heart and passion. I hope for a new golden age of children's content because they really do deserve better!
Bluey is pretty much the only modern-day kids' cartoon that I like nowadays.
A critique is that you should consider that most tv shows have standards and practices departments while TH-cam had nothing
Wish they'd stop cancelled them all.
@ I absolutely agree. But indie animation has potential. Like wheels and roses
I used to watch Martha speaks, my Little Pony, bubble guppies and the amazing world of gumball
I still watch tawog
I remember as a kid TV shows mostly being calming, not exciting like newer kids shows that get kids so agitated. I remember as a kid I would watch an episode of a show and walk over to move onto the next activity very chill. My sister watched newer shows and when it was over she'd be hyper. She'd either want to run around and act wild, or keep watching it more and more. If I try to watch older stuff with her she'd be more calm, but she'd get bored quickly because it wasn't as exciting. The educational content is also less complex, the questions are easier, they don't ask as many questions. It really is a whole dofferent world now.
Teddy Ruxpin was the BEST tv show for kids
I'm sick and tired of the "kids stuff was better back in the day" schtick (and anything similar).
1. It ignores all of the good stuff.
2. It's not like there wasn't any slop back then either.
Also, Teddy Ruxpin was made to sell toys. It ain't better than Cocomelon.
I agree, there are plenty of good things around now. Adventure Time is a wonderfully imaginative and modern alternative to Teddy Ruxpin. But there is NO WAY you can tell me that Adventure Time's animation is anywhere NEAR what Teddy Ruxpin was hand painted with love to look like. Please. Go re-watch it. Or old Disney like The Last Unicorn. The animation was STELLAR. And now it's just AI generated blocky, over-saturated insta-ready content.
For me, my comment, and my interests regarding this topic, it's not about "kids stuff", it's about aestetics. I like good art, and think that good art is the basis of good nostalgia.
So, that said, if you know of a modern cartoon (non-anime - Japan still does a good job of aestetics) that has stupendous art, please put it in your reply
@@AlexAnder-rv1gu 1. Again, Teddy Ruxpin was made to sell a toy.
2. Just because it's not cel animated doesn't mean it's bad.
3. The Last Unicorn isn't Disney. It's made by Rankin-Bass (the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer people) and animated by Topcraft (basically Studio Ghibli before Studio Ghibli). It did get released on physical media two times by CBS/Fox Video in 1983 and 1985 but that was WAY before Disney bought 20th Century Fox.
4. I'm not defending AI slop or Cocomelon in my comment.
5. Idk Bluey, the Spiderverse movies, and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish are pretty good modern kids media.
Edit: The Paddington movies are good too.
I remember a time when kid shows were good instead of feeling like a bad LSD trip. There was more variety since the early 2000s still aired cartoons from the 80s and 90s, which is probably why I enjoy older movies and shows.
I still remember being sick in my 4th or 5th grade year and being introduced to a show called "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" which was essentially Goosebumps, but more scary. It was a good show honestly and I thank my mother for introducing me to it
There's also a huge issue of people using live animals just to abuse them in kids content. These videos are going to raise a generation of of people who hurt animals just for the fun of it.
✨👀✨That game of peekaboo was TERRIFYING.✨💀✨
I'm 19 and Still like Mlp and Barbie and enjoy Bluey those are actually Good Kid Shows and then my adult Shows is Like Digital Circus and Hazbin Hotel Helluva Boss again I grew up with Nick Jr Nickalodian Ect Coco melon is So Bad but I'm like So hyped that Wonder Pets is coming back with new Characters because Babe they are one of the Classic Shows
As a new Aunt myself, I agree that kids deserve better. They need better content than this brainrot. I swear, we need a law or something that bans brainrot content for kids, because this is unacceptable.
I’m so glad you mentioned some of my childhood classics, Bluesclues, and especially Backyardigans that show was so good, omg, it’s probably the reason why i love all these different types of music, I’m so ticked off by the reboot they made, they not only butchered the source material, they dishonored the original creator who sadly passed away a month before they uploaded the reboot. Im working on getting into animation, and I would love to make cartoons someday, not only ones that kids can enjoy, but for everyone to enjoy, because, say it with me now, Animation is a form of Art, and is meant to be enjoyed by everyone regardless of age. So stop stigmatizing animation is “just for kids” because it’s not, it’s for everyone. And stop thinking that just because you’re making kids shows, you can be lazy with it. Stop. Being. Lazy. Don’t make me call Sporticus! Because you should never be lazy with this type of content, but some effort into it! For crying out loud…kids deserve better. I’m not gonna let my nephew, and yet to be born niece, watch this garbage…they deserve better!
I do agree to a extent but from the perspective of a neurodivergent parent with neurodivergent kids I do think there is a place for some of the simplistic and predictable storylines. I know for myself and my kids sometimes these can be an escape from the overstimulation and unpredictability of life. Not to say that I want all the creativity and life sucked out of everything I just think there's a place for both if that makes sense 😊
ya know that's fair, there's definitely a place for both, I guess as an adult now I have my standards set a littler higher because of what I'd expect from children's shows but it's not made for me anyway lol. But I didn't even think about kids who might be easily overstimulated, so that's a good point
@@KaysajaBut you are right I mean look at shows like bluey and even hey duggee they are constantly innovative and engaging while still being kid friendly, there is definitely a space for the easier and more simplistic but I do think you are right that far too many creators are exploiting the genre as a cash grab because it's easy and it is becoming wayy too over saturated leaving no space for innovators. Also there's nothing wrong at all with having standards, I always enjoy your videos can't wait for the next one 😊❤❤❤
I noticed even before we had cable, so when I was only 4-5, I would get SO INSULTED by kid's shows that patronized the viewer or talked down to me... I'm young, not mindless. I liked calm kid's shows like Bear in the Bog Blue House or Steve on Blue's Clues (happy you mentioned him too!!!), soft-spoken and calm or needing help, but not talking to us in a high-pitched, cutesy way, ew.
I also tended to refuse shows if the art style was too "ugly," but also, I was paintng and drawing since I was little until now (I remember I only tuned into As Told By Ginger when I was older when I heard it and enjoyed listening to it before turning and realizing it was that ugly chin-mouth Klasky-Csupo show.)
Note: my brother and I are autistic and learned to read/write at age three, plus, we both grew up with a lot of tech, but also, I loved swimming and wandering around and playing in the dirt. Tomboyish!
It's true kid's shows from the past generally had a higher quality and good messages or an educational element, even when it wasn't solely educational.
The colour difference is also due to digital colouring compared to the degraded transfer from casettes. But it's true, also, even if you got higher quality remastered copies, the colours were more natural... I love traditional animation and anime with those old watercolour backgrounds. I liked more muted colours too, but I was quite a sad child and by 11 (so I preferred older Pokemon episodes in terms of style *and* colour... it did get more beautiful later, in terms of many details, but still rather bright), dull colours felt realistic to me. I ddin't see the world in much colour and that's still true. Rarely do I see vivid colour, then, things look muted and greyish.
9:55 old original seasons were hand drawn, now it's animated on a computer and is alot easier, alot brighter, and cheaper. I'm sure they're overinflated in part for more visual stimulation but could also be for a comedic effect
PLS SOMEONE MENTION WILD KRATTS
its my favorite educational kids show like it's genuinely cool, interesting and funny without any lazy slop content
and its still going strong like they're still making episodes!!!
Baby Shark was stuck in my head DECADES before it became a meme, lol. It was a little tune we had in summer camp, complete with hand gestures and all that, and the version I knew had a bit of a biblical splint because it was a Christian summer camp. 😅
bluey fr is the only good toddler show left, the 1990s and 2000s had the best shows for little kids
I make animations (mainly PMVs), they're not really for children but I enjoy creating them. One day I'd love to make an animated series for children.
I just wish that companies could create anything but mind-rotting noise and colors. Art is about being fun and creative, and we're are basically throwing that away.
Your art is tasty 😋
And yes I agree 100%
Oh man I thought pmv was something else this whole time. That's says more about me tho
@@banquetoftheleviathan1404 PMV in the art community stands for Picture Music Video if that helps!
I think what annoys me the most about iPad babies is that if you really need to distract them for a little while, I think a toy would work just fine. We know by now that TH-cam Kids is horribly unregulated, what’s the point in letting them watch that completely unsupervised when you can just sit them down and have them watch a Disney movie or literally anything that’s at least confirmed to be fine for kids.
When I was a kid, if I wanted something fun, I played with my toys, if my parents wanted to distract me for a while, they would put on a movie (which can be done even if your outside nowadays.)
I like how you mentioned that cartoons nowadays feel a bit overstimulating. Me and my brother rewatched Thomas and Friends and the earlier seasons are so nice! Feels like someone’s reading you a bedtime story lol. I didn’t really like loud cartoons when I was a kid and was especially happy for the shows that were a bit more mellow. I think there should more shows to help kids wind down. Back when I was a lot younger I saw a lot of stuff aimed at kids my age that were getting louder and more busy and it definitely grabbed my attention. I’m glad I grew up before I had to deal with a minefield of loud noises and bright colors.
Wow, a gen alpha video where we take accountability for gen alpha behaviors instead of just bullying children? Thats new. But yes overstimulation is something I’m very tired of. Especially from an autistic teen,flashing lights and colors,and screaming is a very shitty way to entertain children. Yeah not everything has to be educational but education is essential to their development
I don't remember the exact quote right now, but C.S. Lewis said something about talking to other children's books writers and hearing they talk about writing to kids like a formulaic task where you just needed to give what everyone knows kids like
While Lewis thought something like _I write what _*_I_*_ like, because I like it_
Basically that he enjoyed and was actually passionate about what he wrote for his public
My partner is a professional animator mostly working on children's content and he's extremely worried about how little effort even big networks put in. Really good point there and I'm glad you mentioned it.
Bro I’m so fucking happy somebody’s talking about this. My uncle who used to live here with my family literally gives his younger kids all toddlers screens and phones n shit and his youngest kid WHO IS THREE is literally given a phone to watch TH-cam shorts like why the fuck are you giving a screen to a thre year old and the worst part is that these kids cannot do ANYTHING without screens like they can’t even bathe without a TV without Cocomelon in the bathroom it’s literally sad and insane to see and I don’t plan on being a parent but even I know that giving a little kid let alone a THREE year old a screen like an iPad or whatever to replace actual parenting it’s absolutely awful for their development
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@@BlueCanaryNightLightHELL YEAH!!!!!
i feel like the generations that consider regular life to be trauma and social interaction to be abuse shouldn't have anything to say about how the next batch of kids should be raised, which is also how much the abusive boomers and their absent gen x nieces and nephews have room to talk.
i say this while feeling that life is trauma and recovering from seeing social interaction as abuse because we are all way too screwed up to know what's best for those kids. maybe they should get left outside and not have any screens, and then give them screens later as if they were just invented. maybe they should live out history so it means something to them when they learn about it in school. whatever it is its not living digitally and becoming a tiktoker when they grow up.
I watch a lot of old kids' shows for entertainment, and a lot of them even made me improve my English as someone who was born in a non-English-speaking country. It's really sad that it is becoming really rare to find a good and unique cartoon to watch.
top 10 videos that made me debate rewatching backyardigans
not gonna lie i knew the new blues clues wasn’t good as soon as i found out they replaced “we just got a letter, we just got a letter” to “wE jUsT GoT aN EmAaAaAaIIILLL!!” i wish i was kidding
Considering the comment about kids needing bright colors it’s hella concerning that beige moms are a rather big trend anf the kids themselves aren’t able to distinguish colors later on
Honestly I could see that being a whole ass Pixar villain. Like why do you hate color?
@ it’s giving white supremacy and purity culture for me honestly.
When I watch newer kid shows I notice how fast and ADHD coded they are it makes it hard for me to watch 😆
Even if a kid can’t tell, giving them a good quality story is going to inform their sense of taste. A good story is like a healthy meal, it’s engaging but it also emotionally connects with you and teaches you something about yourself or the world. I feel like we’re letting kids down in so many ways and media is one of those fundamental things that can inform their psyche as they grow up.
As a gen alpha who's born 3 months ather gen z ended i'm worried for the youngest of my generation and the mysterious increase in narcissistic personality disorder in it, parents need to teach their kids how to control their human nature, luckily i was raised my the good part of the Internet. Kids glued to their phones is dangerous right now and causes complusive anger due to a short attention span and it also harms productivity in school. Most of people in my class can't spell or read fluently, we're 11-12... And the 12 yr olds are gen z so 2012 is fuhing COOKEDDD
@creme25s I didn't say it was the Internet and I don't need your life story, I said I was worried about the increase of narcissism, what you showed is a great example yet may you NOT be a snowflake and vent on my comment? Your personal experiences doesn't count for the rest of the generation. If you didn't take the time to read the entire comment let me tell you that I stated there is a good side of the internet in which I experienced. An uneducated outburst is your own set up
Octonauts is the show I loved so much as a little kid.
Here in the uk I’m so glad I grew up with CBeebies and cbbc instead of this
One of my favorite children shows and one that I still watch from time to time is Sofia The First. It had really great music and sometimes deep, complex lessons. Sofia is also very determined and she goes on a lot of fun and sometimes dangerous adventures. She teaches children that they can overcome anything they set their mind to and she is so inspiring to me for that. I really hope that her new upcoming sequel series will be as good as the original. I’m really looking forward to her return in 2026.
I hate the way everything is going now with people deciding to use artificiality to "create" (steal and make worse) with no genuine human thought, and of course what's coming out in general. Plus I would think some children should be able to distinct what's real and what isn't or shouldn't be or detect when it clearly feels uncanny, I don't know if I'm explaining myself right. On the other hand, I really appreciated the talk about shows like the original Blue's Clues and Backyardigans (those were just a few of my all time favorites, especially Backyardigans), another show we can't seem to get something similar to anymore is Reading Rainbow, with a calm host (or at least as the show progressed, LeVar was more calm/level with the viewer and less "announcer"-like? not sure how to describe it) and a focus on reading.
edit: I'm really hoping people don't keep generalizing Gen Z as the creators of the brain rot Gen Alpha is taking in. There are a lot of us that genuinely do want better for generations to come
bluey's one of the only new kids cartoons doing it right
Fantastic video
I CANT BELIEVE I FOUND U IN A COMMENT SECTION I LOVE UR VIDS :)))))) - ALSO I AGREEEE
OMG I thought I was the only one that noticed this about children shows nowadays. I definitely noticed the shift in Blues Clues when I was younger like I would literally change the channel once that third guy came out on blues clues, I didn't even remember his name until you said it. 🤣
When (or if) I have children of my own when I’m older, I’m getting dvds and downloading things (arrr! 🏴☠️) for my kids to watch, (Ill try my best to give them a mix of educational, fun, and heartfelt media) just because I dont want them to have low attention spans and be used as pawns for money hungry predators on TH-cam or companies not truly taking kids content seriously.
10/10 video, love how mature yet somewhat lightly you take this topic. I'd love to see more like this in the future.
And a lot of people don’t know that AI is really bad for the environment. The places where they work on wastes a LOT of water and Carbon Dioxide.
Comment your fav childhood shows!
Mine r probably:
Courage the cowardly dog 👑
Chowder
Flapjack!!!!!
MLP (the old one)
Garfield and friends
Fosters house of imaginary friends
Blues clues
Pokémon
Uhhhh I’m forgetting so many but this feels like a good list
I’ve been showing Courage the Cowardly dog to my siblings, and they love it!
thomas the tank engine
Animaniacs
battle for dream island
thomas the tank engine
miffy and friends
miffy's adventures big and small
Courage was a lil too spooky for me lol but MAN I miss Fosters😢 and the comedy in Chowder honestly shaped so much of what I find funny now😂 COMEDY GOLD✨
@@MiffyFullEpisodes BFDI is still going, they’re on their 5th season.
Speaking of The Backyardigans, they were a big deal for me not when I was little, but when I was in high school. The show was the big inspiration for a segment I made for my high school's morning news show. I also made a Backyardigans fansite on the former Freewebs. Not sure if you can still access it today.
I haven’t seen too much of the new Blue’s Clues revival, but I do think Josh drops the energy a bit more in the later seasons. Plus Steve and Joe still make regular appearances!
There are plenty of great kids shows nowadays if you know where to look. Most of the stuff on CBeebies and PBS Kids, for example. Of course a lot of the older stuff is fantastic too, my cousins love the original Australian Hi-5 and Balamory and the original version of Thomas the Tank Engine with Ringo Starr, but I’d be lying if I said there wasn’t some fantastic shows being made right now. Bluey, MixMups, Slumberkins, Do You Know, Hey Duggee, etc.
You saying that kids can’t see until 5 months took me back to when an early intervention therapist tried to gaslight me and say my nearly 2 year old “couldn’t see what we see on a tv” and “couldn’t understand the show”. Which was horseshit, because how did my kid along with every other kid in a world know that their favorite characters are on the screen and would go grab toys or plush of said character? How do I remember being that age and clearly watching Rugrats?
That was a wonderful way to ensure I never trust anyone. She was a crunchy hippie who hated technology. No one has your interest at heart, only their own.
tbh I dont think gen alpha is "doomed" like people say they are and I agree that the content sucks but gen alpha isnt gonna "ruin society" cuz gen z is exactly the same I mean for example: the iPad came out in like 2010 and many gen z people had an iPad when they were like 6 and look at them now they are smart functioning adults or how people complain about how the content is weird and bad when gen z used to watch things like Elsa gate, mlg videos, weird fans animations and things like the gummy bear song (not to mention all the videos of people cutting their arms off) and even cocomelon only came out in 2016 and even then they were getting millions of views or how skibidi toilet is exactly the same as good videos from 2013 and I can go on and on but thats not all cuz also the humour is fine too cuz like all gen alpha humour is is some silly words that dont make sense but sounds funny and if anything its the opposite of gen alpha being doomed cuz since theres so much more technology and stuff now and they can easily use things all this technology at like the age at 5 imagine what they can do in the future so truth is: gen alpha isnt doomed gen z is just acting skibidi in the head (I study yapeology)
I thought this was thoughtfully organized. Great job out there. Lots of good points. It's the adults making thi, and then we blame them for it. Most adults cannot fight their addictions. How can we expect children to do it when we shove it in their face? 😢
I'm fine with skibidi toilet series, gen alpha slangs, and gen alpha memes, but i'm not okay with kids buying sephora products and skincare/adult makeup products, gen alpha kids watching cocomelon, gen alpha kids watching sigma male edits/podcasts, gen alpha kids watching nsfw content farms, gen alpha kids watching content farms, gen alpha kids watching OF models that promote their content to them, and gen alpha kids watching inappropriate videos, and also i'm not okay with parents treating their kids like they are friends and not teaching them any responsibilities/morals, and i'm also not okay with gen alpha kids watching content farms abusing animals in real life.
This might not be fully related but everytime I see dinosaur content for children they never use scientifically up to date depictions, it diverts them to thinking that animals like dinosaurs were nothing but movie monsters, they should be shown like actual animals
my nephew was watching a brent rivera video with girls in it and i think they were speed dating. it was so odd because in the video it showed me them kissing... and im like "why are you watching that?" and laughing nervously and he was like "I dont know haha" just giggling... he's 6. it's really giving spiderman and elsa videos from back then.
lemme tell you- my kids are watching the shows i grew up watching starting with MAX AND RUBY
I appreciate that the host of the new Blues Clues is Filipino, and it’s even discussed in some episodes (I have a toddler so I’ve seen some episodes). I agree he is overly friendly, but it’s a lot better than Blippi…
My favorite shows for her (she’s almost 3) are Peppa Pig and Paddington Bear. Paddington in particular is just so wholesome and not too stimulating. We limit phone and tablet time to mostly nothing, though.
She gets a few minutes on the phone when we’re brushing her teeth, and a little bit of iPad time when I do her hair, and that’s pretty much it. Otherwise she watches the tv, usually the shows previously mentioned, and most days she gets 30 minutes or so, some days nothing.
Sigh.... Children's content nowadays such as Cocomelon has no personality! It is so bland and boring! There is something about the graphics that just don't sit right with me... That characters are just the same model, but modified slightly! It makes children's content from 20 year ago look like some of most sophisticated stuff I've ever seen! Take Bob the Builder from 1999-2009 for instance! That TV show focuses on the livelihood of adults constructing houses with machines that are filled with such personality! Seeing that as a kid made me feel super adventurous! It was also my introduction to stop motion animation and it actually makes me want to so stop motion! Talk about inspiration! I would never ever be the adult that I am now if it was not for what I viewed during childhood!
Bro I’m ever so grateful my baby was not Interested in coco melon, he loves bluey and Mickey Mouse club house. And I’ve been trying to get him into ms. Rachel cuz she’s genuinely so educational and has taught a lot of kids how to do sign language etc , it’s really sad seeing parents just raise iPad babies, not caring what it’s going to do to them as adults.
Just raise your kids on old timed Educational television
FAINLY SOMEONE GETS IT. I see what too much people Blane the kids when it's the adults that are doing this to them.
great video! I love your hair btw
I love your necklace :)
agree 100%. i could say so much about this topic but i dont wanna write a comment essay lol
all i will say though is, thinking about why shows like spongebob or phineas and ferb were perfect (at least in the 90s-2000s, i dont watch the newer stuff) and why this content isnt.... its just sad really! i blame the internet enabling it all. back then it was just tv shows, which had to be approved to air in the first place, and continuously regulated with each episode made. youtube kids doesn't have that regulation, and by the father son and holy spirit oh my GOD we need regulation. PLEASE youtube kids are literally growing underdeveloped cus of this shit.
if youtube kids WAS regulated more like a tv channel, things would be better. as in only a very strictly selected handful of creators who actually care about what theyre making, with strict rules and regulations about what can and cant be shown, things would look so much different. but since literally anyone and everyone in the world can upload there, even with current moderation it's still so... bad. it's bad! brainrot is more than just a meme word bro im genuinely convinced gen alpha will be mentally underdeveloped as teens and adults cus of this shit
Girl!! THIS content is rly engaging! New sub 😊
I remember when I was a kid, old Spongebob episodes felt very hiperactive and werid for me. That was because I grew up watching old post soviet cartoons that were far less saturated in color
Centaurworld. That is all. I love that show. (except for most of season two but whatever)
I have a younger sister who is six and autistic, her favorite thing to watch is the cocomelon logo with different voice and image effects
I have already solved this problem and I don't even have kids. I just have all my favorite shows and cartoons already downloaded. I have all the best action cartoons. They can just watch that.
As gen alpha i just watch grownup shows like law and order svu and when im not watching those i watch netflix kids movies (the classics from the 80s-90s) like it takes two or home alone
I don't have kids and i don't make online content so, its not me doin shit. People need to manage their children.
As a 17 yo girl I’ve already decided my kids ain’t gonna be iPad kids
Nuh uh no way
That’s child neglect.
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I feel like kids show are losing soul? If that makes sense , for example fifi & the flower tots and nanaland have time and energy put into it and it shows (esp when in interviews n such) even tho it's for kids. Kids deserve better media, just bright colours with constant stimulation and loud sounds are so constant to keep them entertained instead of an actual story and look that is interesting for kids
Commented this before the video ended and you said this way better 😭oops
Maybe I'm biased bc I'm Autistic and I'm not a little kid, but the overstimulating bright colors and face pacing makes me so pissed off it makes me wanna punch a hole in my wall.
And the soulless AI content, and the boring, bright, plastic generic art styles makes everything look so boring. Like I miss it when shows had just enough color to stimulate kids but they also had unique art styles and the shows were actually meaningful.
I grew up with the show "My Little Pony". Yes it had bright colors but it wasn't overstimulating. And it wasn't just a show to "keep the kids entertained." No, it actually provided valuable lessons and it was memorable. I wish more shows were like that.
Is any Gen Alpha kid gonna look back on Cocomelon and be like "Wow, I remember watching this growing up, it was so memorable." Like.. Are they really gonna look back on it and feel nalstogia the same way we do? Or are they just gonna look back on it and throw it under the rug?
Is Ed Edd n' Eddy a good children's show? Because it's my favorite show.