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Mickey Mouse/Elmo/Dora/Joe Camel than they can Santa/Mommy and Daddy/Themselves in a mirror.
And it's horrifying, it really is. Kids Watch Too Much TV.
(Well, no argument here - buuuuuuut....)
Thing is, I don't think this is so much "watching tons of TV" as it is, for whatever reason, explicit drilling. I see this all the time - adults get themed toys and themed clothes, and ask their kids "Who is this?" the same way I'd ask a kid "What color is that?" or "How many are there?" (And I'm sure these people do that too, don't get me wrong - but where I branch out into capitals, the branch out into TV trivia. Or something.)
They even do it to Ana - and get upset! "No, don't you know who this is? Don't you recongize Bert?" (And I have to say that no, to my knowledge, she *doesn't* recognize Bert. I know she watches TV with her dad (Teen Titans), and I'm sure she watches it with her grandparents, but she only recognizes the Titans.)
And they stare at me. And I stare at them. And they stare at me.
Even if Ana watched a heck of a lot more TV than she does, I don't think I'd quiz her on the characters like that. I understand that, really, connecting TV to the real world of toys is a good thing (such as it is), and that working on remembering who people are (even fictional people) is an important skill... but, frankly, it really creeps me out.
Still, so many people do that that I'm quite sure this is what's causing those stats. Or most of what's causing those stats, anyway.
And it's horrifying, it really is. Kids Watch Too Much TV.
(Well, no argument here - buuuuuuut....)
Thing is, I don't think this is so much "watching tons of TV" as it is, for whatever reason, explicit drilling. I see this all the time - adults get themed toys and themed clothes, and ask their kids "Who is this?" the same way I'd ask a kid "What color is that?" or "How many are there?" (And I'm sure these people do that too, don't get me wrong - but where I branch out into capitals, the branch out into TV trivia. Or something.)
They even do it to Ana - and get upset! "No, don't you know who this is? Don't you recongize Bert?" (And I have to say that no, to my knowledge, she *doesn't* recognize Bert. I know she watches TV with her dad (Teen Titans), and I'm sure she watches it with her grandparents, but she only recognizes the Titans.)
And they stare at me. And I stare at them. And they stare at me.
Even if Ana watched a heck of a lot more TV than she does, I don't think I'd quiz her on the characters like that. I understand that, really, connecting TV to the real world of toys is a good thing (such as it is), and that working on remembering who people are (even fictional people) is an important skill... but, frankly, it really creeps me out.
Still, so many people do that that I'm quite sure this is what's causing those stats. Or most of what's causing those stats, anyway.
