What exactly is a Wiggle anyway?
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dad2twins on Apr 2, 2007 in Did I ask for your advice?, Farty Pants Twins, What was I thinking?
Long before I was a parent I always swore that I would never, ever allow Barney the Purple Beast into my house. Ever! I was laughed at berated by my friends who had kids. They swore to me that it was going to be nearly impossible for me to avoid the purple monster if my kids ever found about about that the beast existed. I calmly explained that I could do it and that I would succeed where others had failed.
I remember one of my first discussions with my wife after we had the Farty Pants, I reminded her that Barney was not welcome in the house and I would have to leave her and the kids if he, she it ever showed up. Thankfully, my wife has the same disdain for the purple piece of …. as I do. We did a pinky shake on it that we would expand our kids knowledge base above and beyond Barney so that they would be intellectually superior and would jump quickly beyond the need for Barney and Barney’s blather.
I don’t think I’m an unreasonable person. I expect my kids will want to watch Barney, but I have already mapped out my main arguments for saying “No”. I’m sure my kids will not have any reference to my complaints, but i am relying on you as smart parents to back me up. Here are my main complaints with Barney;
1. I was raised in a generation of Romper Room, Captain Kangaroo, and The Banana Splits. Witchy Poo would kick Barney’s ass just for being Barney and thus, so should I.
2. What happened to Sesame Street as quality children’s programming? How did Barney and it’s STUPID show surpass the brilliance of Sesame Street? When was the last time you saw a major rock star show up on Barney’s show and play for the kids? Not to mention Sesame Street has the brilliant Oscar the Grouch.
3. I hate purple.
So, back to my original point. I am fine with almost any children’s program coming into our house. I expect my kids will want to watch children’s programs. I know they will be exposed to it at other kid’s houses. And thankfully, we have discovered a show we can all live with. My only problem is that I don’t have any idea what a Wiggle really is? Maybe I will ask my intellectually superior children.
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I too hate Barney and luckily, my kids never fell in love with him. There was a brief Wiggles phase for my oldest daughter. My youngest daughter simply doesn’t like TV. She can only watch maybe 10 minutes before finding something else to do, usually bothering me.
Grant Miller, Esq. | Apr 2, 2007 | Reply