Back in my day we had Bod where a bald headed boy could wear a dress. Would fit right into todays trends.
Bod wore trousers and a shirt but he didn’t tuck it in.
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Seven puppies who form a sort of emergency service. One girl, who wears pink and all her stuff is pink. They are managed by a boy, and the boy puppies have all rufty tufty machines that transform into tough off road type vehicles, hers is a pink camper van. The girl human runs a beauty salon, and in the episode we just watched needs a puppy to make beautiful for the dog show.FFS.
Absolutely disgusting. I'm so triggered right now. The only saving grace is that it comes from 2013 - a time when people believed in such outlandish myths as biological sex and gender. Luckily we now know that all biological sex is a social construction and despite overwhelming "scientific" propaganda from the patriarchy we know that men can be women and women can be men if we only brainwash them as such.
For balance I only let my children watch Sheezow on loop. A cartoon programe about a boy who's superhero alternate identity is a girl/his own cross dressing self. You should check it out and force watch it with your children.
With luck and perseverance we can overcome this deeply offensive sexism and redress the gender balance to the point where equal numbers of women can die in dangerous first responder and construction jobs as their male counterparts.
Just feel this showstopper of a post isn't getting the attention it deserves.
jimjam - spot on Sir.
(Yeah, damn right I just assumed your gender!)
To anyone who "likes" Peppa Pig, you might want to encourage the kids to watch Ben and Holly if they're not already. Lots of the same people involved, same nods to the adults.
Of course now mine are 6 and 8 so I get to have quality cuddle time with The Deep, which is actually quite good. 🙂
My lad only has a passing interest in Paw Patrol which pleases my wife as she hates it. Thomas and Chuggington are where it's at round here, oh and Peppa.
He's gone off Abney and Teal which is a shame as I think it's ace! Good job I can force my 10 month old daughter to watch it soon. She's currently all about the night garden and baby tv. Fast frank is on the way and all that.
My lad plays with tractors and trains in his blue room while my daughter is often found in pink. Have I done wrong?
Sophie also likes Bing. I like the episode where pando puts sand in bing's hole.
my son (5) says Bing is an idiot.
Dinotrux is where it's at (on Netflix) - lots of moral tales, themes of teamwork and good against evil interspersed with violent fighting. awesome.
Just to be clear, I am perfectly happy with biological genders. I'm not happy however with society pushing stereotypes onto my kids.
Paw patrol seems to do this.
Just to be clear, I am perfectly happy with biological genders. I'm not happy however with society pushing stereotypes onto my kids.Paw patrol seems to do this.
That, and it's also just ****ing shite.
I am perfectly happy with biological genders
Nazi.
😆Nazi.
Just to be clear, I am perfectly happy with biological genders. I'm not happy however with society pushing stereotypes onto my kids.Paw patrol seems to do this.
You do realise that most people don't pay attention to it. Wee girls like pink heck my boys liked pink too. Sophie plays with dolls just like my boys did too and she also likes to pick up the boys nerf guns and shoot you. It's only an issue when adults make it one.
What's most shocking about paw patrol is have you heard what male dogs call their women 😉 ? This needs to be addressed in an episode, maybe dealing with the misogyny in gangster rap as well...
Blaze and the Monster Machines is the best one, despite the unfortunate drug reference.
And Ben & Holly is way better than Peppa Pig, despite being basically the same show.
We were given the complete box set of Thomas the Tank Engine stories -
The Recurring themes of racism and "religious" obedience started to wear a bit thin after 1/3 of the way through-
- Work hard and do not question authority and you will be rewarded.
-[u]All[/u] trucks are intrinsically "Bad" and should be treated as an under class.
Also some of the engines are just dicks!
On the other hand Maddie on 'Do you know?
That was my first thought after misreading the topic title 😳
It's on now, just need to wake my daughter up so I've got an excuse to watch it 😆
You do realise that most people don't pay attention to it.
They don't pay attention to it, but it definitely has an effect. little girls start to identify with what they see around them. They see the boys as being the action based characters and the girls as the prettiness based ones. It's everywhere in society. My daugheter was made to feel wrong and weird by her peers for liking Star Wars FFS, because they'd picked up the idea that Star Wars is for boys. Despite it being quite feminist.
Kids aren't rational, ideas stick in their heads and stay there. Star Wars for boys probably came from someone's parent - not as a direct statement but some other action. Like maybe on the boy's birthday he gets star wars paper plates, but on his sister's she gets princess plates without being asked.
We've generally stopped directly telling kids how to act based on gender by 2017, but the subliminal stuff is still going strong in many places.
My youngest loves pink. She has chosen to identify with puppies and teddies and all that crap. However my eldest does not, and we've had to work hard to persuade her that she's not a freak because of it. Because growing up thinking you're a weirdo or an outsider is not necessarily that great.
The Recurring themes of racism and "religious" obedience started to wear a bit thin after 1/3 of the way through-- Work hard and do not question authority and you will be rewarded.
-All trucks are intrinsically "Bad" and should be treated as an under class.
Also some of the engines are just dicks!
I hate it too. Thankfully Funk Jr has shown no interest. I remember an episode where they bury an engine alive, in a tunnel, just for wanting to do a different job. WTF kind of message is that sending.
Also plus one for Maddie from Do You Know. She is lovely 😳
The final episode even has one of the androids trying to choose what gender it should be, before settling on non-binary.
Spolier alert!
I misread the title as sexiest kids tv....
I remember an episode where they bury an engine alive, in a tunnel, just for wanting to do a different job
That’s in the first book in think, Henry. Didn’t want to work in the rain because he might spoil his paint and refused to come out of the tunnel. Fat controller ordered him to be bricked in for eternity
or until they needed him to do some work a couple of weeks later...
Sarah & Duck is still popular in our house. I'm more worried that our two still get scared by CBeebies at 6 and nearly 8!
My boss introduced me to Scottish Peppa Pig. If you haven't seen it Google Scottish Peppa pig pancakes......
Edit.... Not while the kids are watching.
Fat controller
Sizeist.
Paw patrol is utter goshawfulness.
Incompetent Thomas is possibly worse.
Eldest son currently likes Sofia the First. Ye gods. Try that for some stereotypes. And adverts. Lots of them. Endless adverts. Constantly. The Disney channels, I are not so very impressed.
OTOH he also still likes Blaze, Octonauts, Go (yay disco!) Jetters, Duggee, Ben Holly, Peppa & some other stuff that escapes me now, but youngest also happily watches.
We find ourselves mainly coming back to mostly CBeebies output.
We had a sudden, yet complete shift in TV at the weekend, Paw Patrol - gone, Puss in Boots - gone. Dora the ****ing Explorer completely and utterly IN, made much much worse by the fact we were both house bound with a cold.
I thought Netflix was broken at one, it's so repetitive.
Endless adverts. Constantly. The Disney channels, I are not so very impressed.
Yeah the Disney channels are appalling for adverts - very American-style, feels like more adverts than content sometimes.
My kids like Tiny Pop and Pop, which are also advert heavy but not nearly as bad. And have the advantage that they show My Little Pony which is awesome 😀
Amazon is always a good option to get away from adverts too.
There's some interesting ideas in this thread. I sometimes wonder why my boys stopped enjoying watching (and listening to the soundtrack of) Frozen. They used to love it. I can't see how Mrs Stilltortoise and I influenced them into not liking it (we quite enjoy it!), but at some stage they decided it was "not cool". I'd put money on that coming from their peers at school. Is that a boy/girl thing or is it simply that "Frozen is for kids".
Pretty much everything is recorded, but it still means a lot of remote jockeying.
Must look into Netflix when we get decent internet (so probably never for us, being in the sticks).
Is that a boy/girl thing or is it simply that "Frozen is for kids".
Dunno. Ours watch stuff constantly for a couple of months then the entire lot gets changed for a new lot. A while back it was scooby doo, scooby doo and more scooby doo, right now we haven't had an episode for months. Kids get bored of stuff, etc.
Must look into Netflix when we get decent internet (so probably never for us, being in the sticks)
Works fine with about 4Mbps min, sometimes it lags a bit at the start, better if you limit it to SD.
Course, thats a long as you don't have a 11 year old who'll spend 8 hours shouting at non-playing YT vid rather than admit it won't work and a FB addicted Wife. Then ideally you'll want a gigabyte uncontested lease line just so you can put a bit of Peppa on whilst you make lunch for everyone 🙄
Ours are into miraculous: ladybug and cat noir, which is a bit strange but not too stereotypical for the roles of boys & girls
Kids get bored of stuff
You could be right. Interestingly, our boys will sit quite captivated by The Adventures of Abney & Teal if it comes on, even if they don't actively go looking to watch it. There's something pleasantly calming about it.
I ffing love Abney and Teal. My kids have outgrown Cbeebies and watch Disney XD and Cartoon Network now, which are both pretty good.
I do miss Ben and Holly though too, especially at Christmas, the specials are great.
Ours are into miraculous: ladybug and cat noir, which is a bit strange but not too stereotypical for the roles of boys & girls
Yeah my girls like that too. It's kinda good in that it portrays a strong female lead superhero who is as useful and effective as her male counterpart. Though sadly when they are in civilian mode it's back to the typical [i]"Oh I like that boy but I'm too shy. Tee hee"[/i] bollocks.
"Totally Spies" is similar - girl hero spies saving the world, but lots of "Oh boys.. *swoon*" sub-plots. 🙄
All you parents out there, wait till they get a little older..... you will love Sanjay and Craig! Best cartoon ever.
gowerboy - Member
My boss introduced me to Scottish Peppa Pig. If you haven't seen it Google Scottish Peppa pig pancakes......Edit.... Not while the kids are watching.
Teesside Tin Tin is also worth checking out. Old, but a classic.
Works fine with about 4Mbps min
Works in HD at 3.3Mbps in our house.
mrmonkfinger - MemberPretty much everything is recorded, but it still means a lot of remote jockeying.
Must look into Netflix when we get decent internet
Yeah, we have only just swapped to fibre broadband - 30Mb.
Prior to that, we were lucky to get 3Mb and as long as nothing else was using the data, Netflix was fine.
As soon as someone starting looking on their tablet or something - then forget it.
My daughter is currently Bing mad. Which, is annoying because we hate the whiny little bugger.
The stories seem to revolve around him getting stroppy & breaking stuff, or stealing stuff or not listening to other people and then hurting himself. Then he gets told "it's OK", "it doesn't matter" etc.
And they don't correct his poor use of English. Bleurgh.
She also likes In The Night Garden, Teletubbies & most of the 'Justin/Mr Tumble' stuff.
She was a massive fan of Hey Duggee (my favourite), Jet Setters & Octonauts, but just went off them all overnight & has never got back into them.
Oh - there's also a bit of Baby Jake every now & again.
Baby Jake perplexes me.
You get this long intro about how there are ten alphabetically-named children living in a windmill, but then the rest of the show only features the youngest, Jake, whilst being narrated by the second youngest, Issac.
Were they planning to do spin-offs with the other children or something?
My daughter is currently Bing mad. Which, is annoying because we hate the whiny little bugger.
The stories seem to revolve around him getting stroppy & breaking stuff, or stealing stuff or not listening to other people and then hurting himself. Then he gets told "it's OK", "it doesn't matter" etc.
And they don't correct his poor use of English. Bleurgh.
Bitching about kids TV on the Internet, it's a Bing thing. 😉
We barely scrape 1Mb right now... fibre on the horizon but not there yet.
You get this long intro about how there are ten alphabetically-named children living in a windmill,
...which they made precisely once and repeated every episode thus halving the production cost.
Just built up this cove 26er for my nephew from some new bits and some bits from the garage.
Note the gender neutral color so I am not enforcing any gender roles on him :
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What wheel size for gender neutral riding?
Subtle debadging there. Otherwise it may have been inappropriate.
If you have Netflix check out Peg + Cat. Bloomin' great.
