Posted on 07/23/2014 4:33:53 PM PDT by TigerClaws
There are many terrible children's programs through which parents must suffer during their child's young life. For every Sesame Street, there is an annoying Caillou or an acid-trippy Yo Gabba Gabba. But Thomas and Friends is – or was – the one show with enough subversive messages to make me turn it off for good.
My son, now three-and-a-half years old, thankfully never never went through a manic train fascination like so many other children. But once in a while, he'd get a bug in his brain to watch Thomas, and every time I sat and watched with him, I winced and groaned almost as much as Percy.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
I'm talking about the Guardian, not Thomas The Tank Engine.
And don’t forget that there are Interstate Highways in Hawaii.
I think the target audience for Teletubbies were college kids on drugs.
“”Funny, he’s actually taught me a few things about trains””
Same here with my 5 year old grandson. He could tell me the difference between a steam and a diesel engine when he was three. If I make a mistake in describing one of the cars, he’s right there to correct me; “that’s a tender, grandma.” His grandpa keeps a supply of AA and AAA batteries on hand and the grandson knows where to get the right ones for him to change. They do start at a young age and are an absolute delight. Sure made birthdays and Christmas easy - only two days apart - which trains or accessories didn’t he already have???
I figure the person who wrote this is a democrat even if in the UK - may he/she never step foot on our shores.
Don’t really know them. My kid was too old by the time they came along. I saw a bit of the wiggles with my niece and nephew. And Spongebob is OK I guess, although there kinda really is a gay undercurrent to that show. But I think it might be just ironical gay, not true homo gay, if you know what I mean and I’m not sure I do.
It's a bleedin' train! What else is it supposed to do than be "a really useful engine"? Join the Royal Ballet????
... But once James gets back on the rails and picks up Granddaughter Hatt and her friends, all seemingly ends well because the girls love pink.
Well guess what? It's not OK. You think a little boy watching Thomas is going to file away the lesson that pink is OK for boys? No, what kids remember is that James was laughed at, cruelly, over and over again, because he looked different and was clad in a "girly" pink color.
Maybe the train was mortified that it had to go out in public wearing only its underpaints!
A lot of people don't like to be seen driving their car around town with a panel painted in primer gray.
There are boy trains and girl trains? Do go on, continue...
“peep, peep” = peeps to Holder
Interesting criticism from a gal who gets her vanity rant published -- and I'm guessing she is NEVER a lot of fun.
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