Eastern Europe was with inundated with that shit after the fall of the Soviet Union and as a child I had the misfortune of having been exposed to it. I know it sounds very dramatic but it went to the point where personally I was scared of TV.
there are plenty aspects to consider from fetishistic content to triggering trauma, even more basic things like how did pareidolia become a staple in children media (fucking creepy), why are we even thinking it's normal to push narratives of any shape on children whose minds are so malleable. children don't "enjoy" watching media, that comes later, a child's brain treats a cartoon like a puzzle, everything you watch at such a young age is a learning experience, but you won't even remember it by the time you have reached adulthood.
For a more practical, less shock value based approach I recommend this 8 minute video on this topic (great channel btw):
How Kids' Cartoons "Accidentally" Brainwashed Generations...
Thinking about that video's concept, I find that I more easily recall the, "serials." Outside of the short slapstick format, the only two, "episodics," I recall much of are Pinky and the Brain, and Courage, both of which were rather self-aware about their, "episodic," nature, and had thin 4th walls. Most of the rest I can recall having watched, but don't have much depth to said memories.
I had previously only really thought about it in terms of ease of handling reruns, and oftentimes lazy writing (a lot of entertainment, but especially kids shows, are shoveled out as fast as possible), though. Definitely food for thought.
This makes a lot of sense. I didn't watch the entire thing but even the first clip from nikalodian was really disturbing. I grew up with out TV most of my childhood and was never allowed to watch anything other than shows like Andy Griffith or leave it to beaver. Couldn't even listen to a lot of music. My mother thought it was all subliminal messaging and not of God. Def never watched nikalodian . My peers always seemed to have an affinity for darker things I didn't understand and couldn't relate to as an older teen. This explains it some I think . I know a lot of them had working / busy parents that just let them sit and watch TV for hours alone. And the older a kid gets the more curious they are to see things that are even shocking right? My mother was ahead of her times in some ways I think, I thought she was extreme when I was a kid but I think she just saw things as they were. Once I had kids I tried finding movies to show my first kid and ended up thinking the same thing. My oldest thought all movies were scary so I would turn them off especially Disney so she's still never watched them. Even if she wanted to I wouldn't put them on now I've watched them. Seriously almost every movie has these scary villains or glorifies good magic. It's real. Why are almost all kid's movies so scary? Toddlers especially are afraid of Disney. Most cartoons should probably be rated PG-13 or R for graphic and scary content.
Been going on long before the 90's in my opinion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m71fpuLkESA
This is worth the watch. It is also worth sharing with people that need a more gentle approach to some topics.
Eastern Europe was with inundated with that shit after the fall of the Soviet Union and as a child I had the misfortune of having been exposed to it. I know it sounds very dramatic but it went to the point where personally I was scared of TV. there are plenty aspects to consider from fetishistic content to triggering trauma, even more basic things like how did pareidolia become a staple in children media (fucking creepy), why are we even thinking it's normal to push narratives of any shape on children whose minds are so malleable. children don't "enjoy" watching media, that comes later, a child's brain treats a cartoon like a puzzle, everything you watch at such a young age is a learning experience, but you won't even remember it by the time you have reached adulthood. For a more practical, less shock value based approach I recommend this 8 minute video on this topic (great channel btw): How Kids' Cartoons "Accidentally" Brainwashed Generations...
Thinking about that video's concept, I find that I more easily recall the, "serials." Outside of the short slapstick format, the only two, "episodics," I recall much of are Pinky and the Brain, and Courage, both of which were rather self-aware about their, "episodic," nature, and had thin 4th walls. Most of the rest I can recall having watched, but don't have much depth to said memories.
I had previously only really thought about it in terms of ease of handling reruns, and oftentimes lazy writing (a lot of entertainment, but especially kids shows, are shoveled out as fast as possible), though. Definitely food for thought.
Sadly, when the question is:
The answer is yes.
This makes a lot of sense. I didn't watch the entire thing but even the first clip from nikalodian was really disturbing. I grew up with out TV most of my childhood and was never allowed to watch anything other than shows like Andy Griffith or leave it to beaver. Couldn't even listen to a lot of music. My mother thought it was all subliminal messaging and not of God. Def never watched nikalodian . My peers always seemed to have an affinity for darker things I didn't understand and couldn't relate to as an older teen. This explains it some I think . I know a lot of them had working / busy parents that just let them sit and watch TV for hours alone. And the older a kid gets the more curious they are to see things that are even shocking right? My mother was ahead of her times in some ways I think, I thought she was extreme when I was a kid but I think she just saw things as they were. Once I had kids I tried finding movies to show my first kid and ended up thinking the same thing. My oldest thought all movies were scary so I would turn them off especially Disney so she's still never watched them. Even if she wanted to I wouldn't put them on now I've watched them. Seriously almost every movie has these scary villains or glorifies good magic. It's real. Why are almost all kid's movies so scary? Toddlers especially are afraid of Disney. Most cartoons should probably be rated PG-13 or R for graphic and scary content.
Comments disabled on the video always raises an eyebrow for me.