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Re: What Danes consider healthy children’s television

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Post by waqf » Fri, Aug 12, 2016, 6:29 PM UTC

tankenmate wrote: post #39

erelde wrote: post #15

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There's proof of electrons... Your screen. edit: there's also proof of quantum effect in the real world.

My favourite one is that Mercury is a liquid at room temperature. It should be a solid, it doesn't form diatomic molecules in gas form, and it has far lower melting points and electrical conductivity; largely because it doesn't share it's valence electrons easily due to a mixture of relativity and quantum effects.

I think you'll find Mercury is a solid at room temperature. You're probably thinking of mercury.

Re: What Danes consider healthy children’s television

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Post by sixhobbits » Fri, Aug 12, 2016, 6:36 PM UTC

Can we please edit the title to match the (correct) original "children's" instead of the modified (incorrect) "childrens'"

Re: What Danes consider healthy children’s television

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Post by petepete » Fri, Aug 12, 2016, 6:36 PM UTC

david-given wrote: post #96

DanBC wrote: post #71

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I love Bagpus. There's also Mister Ben (not sure this stands the test of time) and Ivor the Engine. (And I have fond memories of Danger Mouse, but I'm not sure that's any good either).

Well, you can't go wrong with Oliver Postgate, who I now notice made nearly half of the programs in my (completely randomly selected) list... Also I appear to have remembered a fairly small selection of the 'children's television on drugs' genre. See also: Banamaman, Jamie and the Magic Torch, Roobarb and Custard, Captain Pugwash... While talking about children's television: it's not British, and it's slightly later,…

Charlie Brooker's tribute to Oliver Postgate

https://youtu.be/uAftt3UnzoI

Re: What Danes consider healthy children’s television

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Post by gedy » Fri, Aug 12, 2016, 6:42 PM UTC

arethuza wrote: post #5

"Supreme Being is not only imaginary" I was immensely proud when my son at 4 years old decided to stand up in his pre-school class and point this out to everyone.

Which is why he did it, and sounds a lot like you posting this here.

Re: What Danes consider healthy children’s television

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Post by andrei_says_ » Fri, Aug 12, 2016, 6:48 PM UTC

skrebbel wrote: post #8

Kaj and Andreea is fantastic! I'm Dutch but my wife is Danish. She does her utmost best confronting our kids with Danish TV (we live in Holland), so I understand a bit of what the author is on about. I was initially surprised as well. Truth is, it _is_ entertaining! But most importantly, once you get past the absolutely amateuristic way things are shot (hey, the kids don't care, why should you?), there's a lot of dep…

Seems that the author of the article conflates teaching with lecturing and "spelling out" the desired interpretation for the audience.

Kids (or adults) don't learn from lecturing nearly as much as we do from modeling and direct experience.

For me, this article was more about the reaction of someone raised with sterile and condescending media presence now witnessing an experience that does not underestimate children's intelligence.

It is about what USA-nians consider "unhealthy" children's television.

Re: What Danes consider healthy children’s television

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Post by mankash666 » Fri, Aug 12, 2016, 6:50 PM UTC

Denmark - Crass, potty mouthed but entertaining kid shows. USA - Clean, preachy, educational kid shows.

Denmark - No gun crime, low homocide rate, high Human Development Index (HDI) USA - High gun crime, high homicide rate, lower HDI.

So - What exactly do kid shows have to do with long term success of the kid, or the general society they contribute to?

Re: What Danes consider healthy children’s television

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Post by marssaxman » Fri, Aug 12, 2016, 7:02 PM UTC

nightpool wrote: post #128

thanatropism wrote: post #65

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> we limit her daily screen time to no more than 24 hours. Here's the thing, though. There's a tradeoff between setting limits and teaching children what's right and wrong; and teaching them how to decide for themselves what's what. This is why kids of a certain age often get cash allowances, for example. Kids are going to grow up one day. They will watch porn, and they need to know what's what -- what's bizarre ente…

Wait, did I read this wrong? Limiting the daily screen time to "no more then 24 hours" reads like a tongue in cheek joke, because there are only 24 hours in a day.

Yeah, I thought that was a hilarious way to point out that it's none of anyone else's business.

Re: What Danes consider healthy children’s television

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Post by seabass » Fri, Aug 12, 2016, 7:13 PM UTC

thanatropism wrote: post #65

tclancy wrote: post #14

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I am old enough (40) with a daughter who is almost 3, to be a little horrified by kids' TV. It's not that there isn't a ton of "good" stuff for her, it's that there is only "good" stuff. There isn't anything not geared toward teaching her math, reading or morals. When I was a kid, that was PBS and a handful of other shows and the rest of it was people whacking the crap out of each other to make me bug my parents to b…

> we limit her daily screen time to no more than 24 hours. Here's the thing, though. There's a tradeoff between setting limits and teaching children what's right and wrong; and teaching them how to decide for themselves what's what. This is why kids of a certain age often get cash allowances, for example. Kids are going to grow up one day. They will watch porn, and they need to know what's what -- what's bizarre ente…

I think you missed the joke

Re: What Danes consider healthy children’s television

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Post by prutschman » Fri, Aug 12, 2016, 7:16 PM UTC

tclancy wrote: post #14

skrebbel wrote: post #8

Kaj and Andreea is fantastic! I'm Dutch but my wife is Danish. She does her utmost best confronting our kids with Danish TV (we live in Holland), so I understand a bit of what the author is on about. I was initially surprised as well. Truth is, it _is_ entertaining! But most importantly, once you get past the absolutely amateuristic way things are shot (hey, the kids don't care, why should you?), there's a lot of dep…

I am old enough (40) with a daughter who is almost 3, to be a little horrified by kids' TV. It's not that there isn't a ton of "good" stuff for her, it's that there is only "good" stuff. There isn't anything not geared toward teaching her math, reading or morals. When I was a kid, that was PBS and a handful of other shows and the rest of it was people whacking the crap out of each other to make me bug my parents to b…

This sounds terribly familiar. Also, "Baby shark doot doo doot doo doo doo..."

Re: What Danes consider healthy children’s television

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Post by einarvollset » Fri, Aug 12, 2016, 7:22 PM UTC

tclancy wrote: post #14

skrebbel wrote: post #8

Kaj and Andreea is fantastic! I'm Dutch but my wife is Danish. She does her utmost best confronting our kids with Danish TV (we live in Holland), so I understand a bit of what the author is on about. I was initially surprised as well. Truth is, it _is_ entertaining! But most importantly, once you get past the absolutely amateuristic way things are shot (hey, the kids don't care, why should you?), there's a lot of dep…

I am old enough (40) with a daughter who is almost 3, to be a little horrified by kids' TV. It's not that there isn't a ton of "good" stuff for her, it's that there is only "good" stuff. There isn't anything not geared toward teaching her math, reading or morals. When I was a kid, that was PBS and a handful of other shows and the rest of it was people whacking the crap out of each other to make me bug my parents to b…

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