So my 2 and a half year old nephew LOVE's Max and Ruby. Normally I pay no attention to show however the other day I sat down and watched a few episodes with him and realized how this show misleads kids.
For the past year or so my nephew has had a growing problem with authority. When he doesn't get his way he screams at the top of his lungs and/or cries uncontrollably. Here lately he has even resorted to hitting and biting authority figures when they tell him no. After watching a few episodes of Max and Ruby, I think I have an idea of whats culminating this type of behavior.
Max and Ruby generally follows the title characters, Max a 3ish year old bunny and his older sister Ruby who might be 8 or so. In generally every episode I've noticed that it revolves around Max wanting something and Ruby telling him no. Eventually though Max winds up getting his way and getting whatever it is he originally wanted and everyone live's happily ever after. Basically Max is rewarded for misbehaving.
Perhaps its just me...I'm not a parent myself so I'm not really sure what to think here. But in short...I think this show is giving children the wrong idea. I believe that this show is teaching kids...(Or at least my nephew)... That its OK to persist in getting your way even if an authority figure tells you its not. My nephew has on occasion attempted something dangerous which required myself or another adult to save him because he persisted to get his way despite being told NO.
All and all with that said, I can't say much else except I think this show is bad overall...Even from an entertainment standpoint. I can still comfortably sit down and watch cartoons from the late 1980's to early 1990s' (When I was a kid) and get totally enticed in them. However, like most cartoons on T.V today, I find Max and Ruby to be a total bore, and even if I were a kid I'm almost certain that I would have no interest in this show.
My advice? Keep your kids away from this boring bad influence cartoon, and let them watch something real like Tom and Jerry or the Looney Toons.
For the past year or so my nephew has had a growing problem with authority. When he doesn't get his way he screams at the top of his lungs and/or cries uncontrollably. Here lately he has even resorted to hitting and biting authority figures when they tell him no. After watching a few episodes of Max and Ruby, I think I have an idea of whats culminating this type of behavior.
Max and Ruby generally follows the title characters, Max a 3ish year old bunny and his older sister Ruby who might be 8 or so. In generally every episode I've noticed that it revolves around Max wanting something and Ruby telling him no. Eventually though Max winds up getting his way and getting whatever it is he originally wanted and everyone live's happily ever after. Basically Max is rewarded for misbehaving.
Perhaps its just me...I'm not a parent myself so I'm not really sure what to think here. But in short...I think this show is giving children the wrong idea. I believe that this show is teaching kids...(Or at least my nephew)... That its OK to persist in getting your way even if an authority figure tells you its not. My nephew has on occasion attempted something dangerous which required myself or another adult to save him because he persisted to get his way despite being told NO.
All and all with that said, I can't say much else except I think this show is bad overall...Even from an entertainment standpoint. I can still comfortably sit down and watch cartoons from the late 1980's to early 1990s' (When I was a kid) and get totally enticed in them. However, like most cartoons on T.V today, I find Max and Ruby to be a total bore, and even if I were a kid I'm almost certain that I would have no interest in this show.
My advice? Keep your kids away from this boring bad influence cartoon, and let them watch something real like Tom and Jerry or the Looney Toons.