In the night garden/teletubbies

Have you seen either of these shows?

I have heard that you shouldn't let kids watch tv until they are two or until they can talk. This is mostly because when you are watching tv, there is usually no dialogue between you and your child. Anyways, I do watch tv with my son. Go ahead, say I'm a bad father but I don't think so. When I watch tv with my son, we watch it together. I ask him questions and talk about what we are watching and dance and sing with him. He loves it and so do I. I don't think this is bad parenting. But I digress.

These two shows were created by the BBC and for some reason, they absolutely mesmerize my son and other kids. There is this video on youtube that absolutely kills my son:



Also, In the night garden is another awesome show. Whenever we watch this clip, he rips around the house like he is in the video.


I don't know how the good people at BBC come up with these shows but holy wow do they brainwash kids. A few years ago, I can vaguely recall an uprising against teletubbies saying they brainwash kids and some sort of hoopla and at the time I brushed it off. But now having a kid who watches it, I can see what they meant.

Here are some other good shows for kids:

Superwhy (probably the best kid show, great alphabet and phonics help, it also gets the kids to interact with the show)

Busytown Mysteries (I love the songs and how it promotes a questioning attitude)

Sid the Science Kid (great show about learning with great songs)

What are some shows you watch with your kids?
or
do you think kids even should watch tv?

Let me know!