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A look at the creative process behind Bluey and Cocomelon (2024)

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Re: A look at the creative process behind Bluey and Cocomelon (2024)

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Post by laborcontract »

why bluey or cocomelon? mister rogers is chronically untalked about for kids content in 2025.

its an incredible show and deeply enriching for both me and my little one. we’ve given our two year old very limited screen time with mister rogers and, since, they’ve taken up great fondness to making believe, we talk about characters and situations on the show regularly, and they naturally separate themselves from the screen after a while.

I’ve been very strict about exposure and screen time but mister rogers has been a blessing and provided me great relief for an hour a day.

The jazz aspect of the show completely flew over my head when i was a child but it’s brilliance shines now that i listen as an adult. No two shows are played the same. Costa and his band are constantly riffing. The show is honestly a f-ing incredible work of art.

Re: A look at the creative process behind Bluey and Cocomelon (2024)

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Post by christiangenco »

My wife and I have a daughter in the demographic of these shows, though she's a little young for Bluey. There's a YouTube (and now Netflix) show called Ms. Rachel for a younger audience that I'd put in the same positive category as Bluey.

We probably watch one or two hours of Ms. Rachel videos a day with our daughter. We've got several family friends with a household rule of "no screens at all for kids" who would scoff at that but their rule seems both draconian and technophobic to me. Our daughter has picked up many words and concepts from the show and we've learned a lot of the songs as a family and sing them when the context comes up (ex: "baby put your pants on..."). Ms. Rachel has been a hugely positive parenting tool for us.

Every once in a while, though, YouTube will try to autoplay some Cocomelon after a Ms. Rachel video and wow it's just absolute garbage. I think this article captures it well: it feels like slop engineered to keep young eyeballs glued to the screen with no higher purpose than increasing the number of engaged minutes.

Instead of "no screens," the more granular "you can choose from this menu of approved content on your screen for a reasonable amount of time per day" is the better parenting move for our family.

Re: A look at the creative process behind Bluey and Cocomelon (2024)

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Post by defrost »

Note _Well_

  The show’s popularity has led to some people buying Blue Heelers as a pet for their kids… which will probably backfire because they aren’t meant to be house dogs 

  (Blue Heelers need an insane amount of exercise and can be pretty aggressive)
Heelers will demand four hours of an aerodynamic throwing stick tossed the length of a football field and back and then want a 5km run to the beach to cool down.

Failure to deliver can result in the destruction of everything you love.

Re: A look at the creative process behind Bluey and Cocomelon (2024)

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Post by PaulDavisThe1st »

I found Ezra Klein's chat with Jia Tolentino about Cocomelon and Bluey ... and parenting, zen, hallucinogens, attention and more ... one of the most deeply interesting things I have heard in the last year.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/03/opinion/ezra-klein-podcas...

It's available "where you get your podcasts" (though might be old enough now to not be after the NYT added a paywall for old audio material)

Re: A look at the creative process behind Bluey and Cocomelon (2024)

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Post by Benjamin_Dobell »

Fire-Dragon-DoL wrote: post #9

Well, I was horrified the first time I saw the Cocomelon and was unsettled as a dad. This article explains why. I need to check Bluey, we watched Miraculous, tales of Ladybug with our kids and enjoyed it (the plot is for adults). There is a whole bunch of "junk food" in both tv and videogames (those were you win no matter what). I'm hoping things get better.

Bluey is much more wholesome than Miraculous. Not a judgement thing, my eldest watches Miraculous too and I don't really have a problem with it. It's just not on the same level as Bluey. A huge plus for parents is also that Bluey is WAY more engaging for adults. Far and away my favourite program to watch with my kids. Some episodes really pull at the heart strings.

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Post by __alexander »

Fire-Dragon-DoL wrote: post #9

Well, I was horrified the first time I saw the Cocomelon and was unsettled as a dad. This article explains why. I need to check Bluey, we watched Miraculous, tales of Ladybug with our kids and enjoyed it (the plot is for adults). There is a whole bunch of "junk food" in both tv and videogames (those were you win no matter what). I'm hoping things get better.

Along with Bluey, Gabby's Dollhouse is pretty good. It’s not over stimulating and it’s interactive.

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Post by ashton314 »

Fire-Dragon-DoL wrote: post #9

Well, I was horrified the first time I saw the Cocomelon and was unsettled as a dad. This article explains why. I need to check Bluey, we watched Miraculous, tales of Ladybug with our kids and enjoyed it (the plot is for adults). There is a whole bunch of "junk food" in both tv and videogames (those were you win no matter what). I'm hoping things get better.

Bluey is next-level. S-tier television. It’s wholesome, calm, and entertaining. Episodes like Camping, Baby Race, Cricket, and Onesies are all emotional sucker-punches to the adults watching. (My pet theory, which my wife first suggested: Camping is essentially the Star Trek TNG episode Darmok.)

Re: A look at the creative process behind Bluey and Cocomelon (2024)

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Post by __alexander »

christiangenco wrote: post #12

My wife and I have a daughter in the demographic of these shows, though she's a little young for Bluey. There's a YouTube (and now Netflix) show called Ms. Rachel for a younger audience that I'd put in the same positive category as Bluey. We probably watch one or two hours of Ms. Rachel videos a day with our daughter. We've got several family friends with a household rule of "no screens at all for kids" who would sco…

When your daughter gets a little older I’d recommend checking out Gabby’s Dollhouse.
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