I hate big bird. Hate the whole Sesame Street. Have since I was 5 years old - even then, i saw them as boring, politically-correct pap.
It is also conditioning children to have extremely short attention spans which destroys the ability to concentrate for long periods of time which should extend for more than 3 minute/5 minute segments by the time children are 3 years old.
Concentration for long periods is what is conducive to high IQ.
A diet of a little TV is not that harmful—as long as they are not being programmed to think “Up is Down”—or Heather having two mommies is a “good” thing. The cognitive dissonance is destroying logic and reasoning in our children.
It is necessary for children to be clear on Evil and Good by the time they are seven. Most TV clouds the issues-—blurs the line so the children don’t have a strong character when they grow up-—they are easily manipulated into believing anything because moral relativism is so wishy washy.
Children feel secure and confident when they have a firm understanding of Right and Wrong by seven. All Leftism (most TV) is trying to destroy their moral foundation (Christianity)-—to make their minds of clay and confused—so the Leftists will be able to tell them snow is black and they will believe it. Since Leftism is all Lies-—children must be devoid of Logic and Reason (Natural Law Theory and a belief in God, the Designer).
I only liked Oscar the Grouch.
[who was considered a ‘grouch’ because he wasn’t PC]
;D
I even had the Oscar puppet.