First - An Explanation.

This blog will primarily review things that are of interest to fathers. While my interests may not match yours entirely, one thing we share in common is we both have children, so that will be the main focus of the blog. I will have occasional posts about other interests of mine though, such as video games, home improvement, etc.

For reviews - I will rate on a basis of 1 to 10 for learning, enhancing creativity, fun, and for toys, cost. and then give a general review. A 5 will be baseline, IE if a show is less than a 5 for learning, it means it may well be teaching your kids things you DON'T want them to learn, although this rating is likely to be rare. For cost, a higher number means more expensive.

Some people are of the belief that kids do not learn anything from watching TV or playing games. While they are welcome to believe what they wish, I am a first-hand witness to the contrary.

What I review will be both past and present, but will still be accessible, older kids shows for example will be stuff you can still tune into with a Netflix account. If you don't have Netflix - I recommend it, there are TONS of shows for kids on there, and the sheer variety will keep any toddler learning and watching for hours.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Show Review - Max and Ruby

Fun - 9
Learning - 2
Creativity - 5



This show, on first appearance, is deceptively harmless.  However, watch it even one time all the way through, and you'll likely see why you're better off never letting your child watch it.

Ruby and Max is a show about 2 human-like bunnies that appear to be living on their own without any parents, Ruby being the older sister and taking care of her brother Max.   Max, however, is the model of a complete brat of a child.  He generally only ever speaks in 1-word sentences despite showing an age closer to that of a 5 year old(IE, He goes to the store by himself), and his behavior is simply terrible.  He seems to willfully disobey everything possible, and worse - the show generally shows him as being "rewarded" and even applauded for his awful behavior.  The show is unfortunately attractive to a young audience, most likely having something to do with Max's behavior being appealing to them.  Also, the show doesn't really try to teach children anything of value and does very little to inspire creative behavior.  In fact, Max almost seems to suffer from some sort of major learning disability, although the show doesn't make this clear in any way.
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