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Huge plug for Daniel Tiger, the successor to Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. Our kids (4, 2) love it -- it has great lessons, talks about the topics relevant for the

Huge plug for Daniel Tiger, the successor to Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. Our kids (4, 2) love it -- it has great lessons, talks about the topics relevant for them, and never uses the tactics discussed eg overexposed colors, rapid cuts, etc.

otkfutufjfh 5y ago
I just typed 'Daniel Tiger' into YouTube to have a look and then I watched some Mr. Rogers samples. It really strikes me as nothing like Mr. Rogers. Daniel Tiger is animated, it does use fairly rapid cuts, the overall pace and feel is much less calm. Mr. Rogers has a peaceful adult voice, the effect of extended listening is a bit more like watching Bob Ross paint. It's soothing, relaxing, and calming. Daniel Tiger has constant loud child voices. Also, because Mr. Rogers is an actual human being with actual human facial expressions, he can provide healthy modelling to children for how to be a decent human being. Many children these days grow up in broken homes with parents who scream and fight and then divorce. Divorce rate is like, what, 40%? My parents certainly screamed and fought and divorced. But watching Mr. Rogers as a child gave me an important experience of a human who is Not An Asshole. Is there really some compelling reason to use the "successor" to Mr. Rogers as opposed to the original? Mr. Rogers sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tkJduDu1JM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tkJduDu1JM Daniel Tiger sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m08BrNDkJjw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m08BrNDkJjw Bob Ross: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLWEXRAnQd0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLWEXRAnQd0
- antiterra 5y ago
  To me, especially as an adult, the in-person Mr. Rogers segments are irreplaceable. However, I absolutely hated the puppet sections as a kid, aside from the model train aspect of the trolley. In comparison Daniel Tiger is much more accessible and offers really good tools for emotional regulation. The main gap is a kind of the ‘everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face’ problem— it’s very hard to use a relaxation tool from TV when the feelings are real and intense.
- calcsam 5y ago
  To answer the question you asked, the show is based on a neighborhood of Mr. Rogers, with permission from the Fred Rogers foundation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Tiger%27s_Neighborhood#Premise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Tiger%27s_Neighborhood#...

otkfutufjfh 5y ago

I just typed 'Daniel Tiger' into YouTube to have a look and then I watched some Mr. Rogers samples. It really strikes me as nothing like Mr. Rogers. Daniel Tiger is animated, it does use fairly rapid cuts, the overall pace and feel is much less calm. Mr. Rogers has a peaceful adult voice, the effect of extended listening is a bit more like watching Bob Ross paint. It's soothing, relaxing, and calming. Daniel Tiger has constant loud child voices. Also, because Mr. Rogers is an actual human being with actual human facial expressions, he can provide healthy modelling to children for how to be a decent human being. Many children these days grow up in broken homes with parents who scream and fight and then divorce. Divorce rate is like, what, 40%? My parents certainly screamed and fought and divorced. But watching Mr. Rogers as a child gave me an important experience of a human who is Not An Asshole. Is there really some compelling reason to use the "successor" to Mr. Rogers as opposed to the original? Mr. Rogers sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tkJduDu1JM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tkJduDu1JM Daniel Tiger sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m08BrNDkJjw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m08BrNDkJjw Bob Ross: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLWEXRAnQd0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLWEXRAnQd0

antiterra 5y ago
To me, especially as an adult, the in-person Mr. Rogers segments are irreplaceable. However, I absolutely hated the puppet sections as a kid, aside from the model train aspect of the trolley. In comparison Daniel Tiger is much more accessible and offers really good tools for emotional regulation. The main gap is a kind of the ‘everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face’ problem— it’s very hard to use a relaxation tool from TV when the feelings are real and intense.
calcsam 5y ago
To answer the question you asked, the show is based on a neighborhood of Mr. Rogers, with permission from the Fred Rogers foundation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Tiger%27s_Neighborhood#Premise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Tiger%27s_Neighborhood#...