Ah, I missed your post and made my own. I have this gripe that if it's really supposed to be important then Father's Day (and Mother's Day for that matter), should be a three-day weekend. However, this is really part of my reasoning as to why it's not actually that important. It really is just another Sunday and anyone trying to make it too much more than that is setting themselves up for disappointment, fathers and father-enjoyers alike.
Oh man, our 2.5 year old has recently gotten very into Ms. Rachel and it's so lovely. We get to do all the songs with her off screen as well. In the same vein I'd recommend any new parents to check to see if their local Library has any baby rhyme time or story time like ours. They also upload lots of those online too for free which is great!
Mostly it's very well written. Funny, sweet, educational for both kids and parents. The humor isn't tacked on to keep kids' attention; it's woven into the story and lesson of each episode. Bluey is one of the few shows I enjoy watching with my kids, and it's by far my favorite.
I haven’t watched it much, but my wife really likes it. My advice is simply to avoid Caillou, unless you want your kids to be bratty, whiny, and possibly bald.
Our kid is 2 1/2 and the best advice I can give (if you live in the US) is to download the PBS kids app. As you can imagine I'm concerned what shows my kid is exposed to and the stuff on PBS kids is great. Some of the stuff like Arthur seems to be targeted at kids a little older but shows like Daniel Tiger and Sesame Street are great. It's really awesome watching your kid sing along to some of the tunes. I've basically come to the conclusion that as long as it's on the PBS kids app that it's good to go.
Other shows I've shown him off the app are the OG Thomas the Tank episodes and Peppa Pig, both of which I love too.
I don't know anything about Bluey but it seems to be pretty popular with parents so I'm sure that's a good choice too.
Most kids TV is just mindless repetitive garbage. Bluey is actually just genuinely, good, well-written TV. I've heard people say that it's not really a kid's show that parents like to watch, it's a parent show that kids also like to watch.
I was telling my son (~3 at the time) about the days of the week. I asked him what day it was today and he said Friday. I knew exactly what his reaction was going to be next so I started recording the interaction on my phone.
I asked him what day it is, he says "Friday", I let him know "well actually buddy, it's Tuesday", and a meltdown began with him yelling "No, not Tuesday!"
I'm sure every adult has shared that feeling, nothing ruins your Friday like realising it's Tuesday.
We were playing lego and she destroyed my tower. Then she reprimanded me because I wasn't sad enough. So I spent the next 20 minutes rebuilding/breaking/me fake crying/repeat. It was, apparently, hilarious.
My four year old informed me, via the Father's Day questionnaire she filled out at school, that I am 18 years old. I thought I was 37. I hope they don't call the cops on her mother.
I was just thinking that I hadn't seen a dadsplaining post since my last one and I was concerned for a moment that my instance, lemmy.one, decided to pull a Beehaw on lemmy.ca.
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