Was Barney hated? By whom? I'm not that familiar with it but it seems like the sort of show that is very popular with younger children. When children get older

Was Barney hated? By whom? I'm not that familiar with it but it seems like the sort of show that is very popular with younger children. When children get older they mock such things as an outward show that they are maturing. They like it, but it's cool to mock it. Older children I know mock TV/games that the younger kids like - to 'show their maturity'. Now, there are plenty of shows/books/games my kids watch/read/play that I dislike. I don't dislike them for lack of high culture - I dislike them because they're trash, they're just distraction without any educational benefit (no learning, not even social), no challenge, no development. Part of this is that in the past lots of media was about real life, but now it's 'all' about fantasy universes, often animated. Low value shows with people in at least help you learn to read people's emotions, or whatever. Barney, from what I recall is relatively good on emotional learning. Often stuff 'for kids' is just about distraction, which is why adults don't like it: loads of kids shows (games, books etc.) have humour, plot, character development, mystery, drama. Loads of others are basically just minimal storylines with flashy images and sounds. If there's nothing to talk about afterwards then it's a bad show for any age IMO.