Most children's TV is rather inane and annoying, and designed to provide mere distraction. I like my TV to have a little more depth, and so do my children. 5 and 3 they may be, but stupid they are not!
They love Sesame Street, Dora the Exxplorer, Bob the Builder et al that do have meaning in the shows, but best loved of all for my 5 year old is "Little Bill".
We live in an area that is predominantly white, so my children do not get much exchange with children of different ethnic backgrounds. From Dora and Diego, she has learnt a bit about Hispanic culture, and how the children are really just like her. So goes Litte Bill. Here is the first black family my daughter EVER "met". Wow...and the family was a lot like hers, showing her people are the same really all over! Great family values, and dilemmas that crop up in the life of probably nearly every Western 5 year old. Add to this that Litte Bill too has to encounter differences in culture as he lives in a diverse area. I love this programme for its gentle pace, its warmth of family, and its ideals of mutual co-operation and above all, a dash of humour, all things that hallmark this as yet another masterpiece by family man Bill Cosby. This programme is also one of the few watchable by anyone over the age 10. Bill, my family salutes you! Bill may be small, but there is nothing little about the wonderful impact this programme makes on young minds.
They love Sesame Street, Dora the Exxplorer, Bob the Builder et al that do have meaning in the shows, but best loved of all for my 5 year old is "Little Bill".
We live in an area that is predominantly white, so my children do not get much exchange with children of different ethnic backgrounds. From Dora and Diego, she has learnt a bit about Hispanic culture, and how the children are really just like her. So goes Litte Bill. Here is the first black family my daughter EVER "met". Wow...and the family was a lot like hers, showing her people are the same really all over! Great family values, and dilemmas that crop up in the life of probably nearly every Western 5 year old. Add to this that Litte Bill too has to encounter differences in culture as he lives in a diverse area. I love this programme for its gentle pace, its warmth of family, and its ideals of mutual co-operation and above all, a dash of humour, all things that hallmark this as yet another masterpiece by family man Bill Cosby. This programme is also one of the few watchable by anyone over the age 10. Bill, my family salutes you! Bill may be small, but there is nothing little about the wonderful impact this programme makes on young minds.