I remember growing up watching some of my favorite TV shows and waiting with expectation every week for them to come on. When I was younger I watched shows like Sesame Street and Zoom and The Electric Company. As I got older I started watching some cartoons like Bugs Bunny, Looney Tunes & The Flintstones & The Jetsons. Then came the shows such as The Brady Bunch & The Partridge Family.
Today my 10yr old watches You Tube videos like they are sitcoms. She will watch Slime videos all day every day, and watch the same one over and over again. They make slime in these videos. They talk about slime and some even sell slime. The other crazy videos she will watch are of other children opening toys. It could LOL toys, toy eggs with surprises in them, or just about any other toy. Then there are the prank videos where children prank each other and their parents. Let us not forget the videos of people eating stuff or crushing stuff under wheels ! I don't think I am alone in thinking, what the hell is so intriguing about all these videos? These videos are like an obsession.
What happened to the funny sitcoms for kids? There are channels like Disney and Nickelodeon, but I am wondering what kids are watching those? Not mine at 10 yrs old, maybe my six year old.
So from time to time I will have my children watch Looney Tunes with me or I will look up an old sitcom on You Tube and have them watch it with me. I just feel like they are missing out on something. Maybe I'm just nostalgic or too old and remember a time before the internet and when TV really was our only choice of entertainment at home.
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