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I wasn't allowed a TV as a child. I credit this for learning to read very early (by myself for the most part). I always felt Sesame Street was some kind of lef

I wasn't allowed a TV as a child. I credit this for learning to read very early (by myself for the most part). I always felt Sesame Street was some kind of leftist softie propaganda, but that may be a side effect of growing up in a culture that didn't allow TV to children. I really think learning about reality; i.e the natural world, physical work, making "stuff", math, the nature of life and death are better for kid's mental well being then any flavor of abstract propaganda.

neilv 5y ago
Yeah, I wasn't allowed much TV, but was allowed Mister Rogers and sometimes Sesame Street as a kid. I lean pretty progressive/leftie/inclusive, and I think I recall some of those ideas from both of those shows (but I also got some of that from my parents and teachers). Which I suppose is why I wonder about bits like the "three of these kids belong together" and programming a child with mental machinery to look for differences in other kids for the sake of finding differences. And the "belong together" language around spotting differences sounds loaded, given adult societal context.