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            In the article “Unlearning the Myths that Bind Us” talked about a lot of myths that cartoons do and people believe it all. People think that cartoons actually mess up the child’s brain. I mean as a child I don’t think ANY cartoon made me a different person, I don’t think the princesses made me realize that life isn’t like a fairytale. I honestly don’t think kids understand until they get a little bit older what the story is really about then by that time they know it’s just a movie and life isn’t really like a fairytale. In the article it said that there’s never any Asian or Hispanic people in cartoons. Honestly growing up I never realized there was no black princess until Princess and the Frog came out. Now we have Moana that children now love.  I have a link here that I never knew what the show really was about until like just now while reading them and they are all shows that were popular when I was a kid.


The next link is about how children pick up on violence while watching this show. SpongeBob I honestly do not like that show at all. I think that is the one show that I can’t stand. Tom and Jerry is said to be violent. I honestly don’t think children would pick up violence from Tom and Jerry. It’s a cat and a mouse not people beating up each other.

            In the article it said that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is also violent for kids. Which I can understand why because they use weapons and things.


Question:

Do you think that these shows change the child’s attitudes?

Comments

  1. I liked reading all the things that your links showed. I also really did not like Spongebob at all. It is true that most TV shows for kids seem to be excessively violent, in terms for kids.

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  2. I do believe that shows can change a child attitude. I always see kids trying to imitate their favorite characters. I believe that as long as there is an adult to show the child right from wrong and talk about the issues of violence and race, then there is a less chance that it will become a problem when they become an adult.

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