It’s the same as games; people not paying that much attention to it see the ugly side and assume it’s the whole medium. With children shows, it’s the fucking songs. They’re mindless, addictive, and usually revolting to look at; and it will hook in like nothing else.
Bheem, cory carson, rogers, Pixar, etc is like unquestionably to lead to less degenerate behavior than something like cocomelon (though I get some pushback on shutdowns for those too, I get the same pushback on any other toy).
In games, the equivalent would be social spaces (minecraft, Fortnite) and competitive multiplayer; they can be consumed for far longer than they hold any value. But I fully intend to let them play paper Mario, pikmin, puzzle games, point and clicks, etc.
It’s mentally lazy to throw out the baby with the bathwater
Bheem, cory carson, rogers, Pixar, etc is like unquestionably to lead to less degenerate behavior than something like cocomelon (though I get some pushback on shutdowns for those too, I get the same pushback on any other toy).
In games, the equivalent would be social spaces (minecraft, Fortnite) and competitive multiplayer; they can be consumed for far longer than they hold any value. But I fully intend to let them play paper Mario, pikmin, puzzle games, point and clicks, etc.
It’s mentally lazy to throw out the baby with the bathwater