For the first year of this blog, I gave Elmo a lot of shit. But that was before Mazzy watched any children's programming other than Sesame Street.
Now, I understand that 'annoying' is relative. If I could do it all over again, I never would have introduced my daughter to anything outside of Bert and Ernie's apartment.
The following flow chart will help you determine what shows you should encourage your kids to watch based on your background and personal preferences.
For instance, if you are the lamest person in Canada, you'll LOVE Calliou. If you trip your face off after you put the kids to bed, try Yo Gabba Gabba.
Question: If you were to wake up screaming in the middle of the night, it would be because you were haunted by which children's TV show character?
In all seriousness, mine would be Ming Ming from Wonder Pets.
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On a related note, last week I wrote a post about how Mazzy is becoming smarter than me. Jen (from Buried With Children) left a comment about how we should blame television for the increasing intelligence of our children. I think she's right. Check out my post on Babble today called, "Does Television Make Toddlers Smarter?"
