Ms Rachel

My daughter and I both HATE Mr Blippi, but my grandson loved it when he was small. I have to confess that I've never heard of Miss Rachel, though we all love Peppa Pig.
My granddaughter went to Peppa Pig World and had to be dragged from there, screaming, when it was time to go home. She's 11 now and still loves Peppa.

JdotJ

Peppa Pig is as equally popular in the US apparently, with children speaking in English accents.

I was chatting on the phone to my friend in Canada. His young daughter said "Is that Pepper Pig on the phone"?

Though I find the idea of Brit children speaking with a US accent less amusing.

Shirls52000

My little grandson loves Miss Rachel, personally I find it very irritating and try to steer him to something else plus I m always telling him to say zed instead of zee 🙄

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Yes, imprinted in the memory!

You're not supposed to introduce screen time to babies under a year old. Apparantly. According to the WHO

Missiseff

You're not supposed to introduce screen time to babies under a year old. Apparantly. According to the WHO

I'm amazed that anyone would introduce tiny babies to a screen. There are so many problems with teenagers becoming addicted to their screens now I'd have thought leaving it as long as possible would be better.

What happened to Mummy (or Daddy) playing clapping games, singing to their children, the entertainment when they were in their prams or cots being a mobile above their heads, moving gently round?

How things change.

To be fair.my granddaughter watches for less than than 39 minutes a day, whilst her parents finish their meal as she always finishes first, not being that interested in food in the evening. My children also watched for about the same amount of time each day, aka a Postman Pat episode in those days. For my generation it was Captain Pugwash, Tom and Jerry, and Watch with Mother, so it’s not new. highly doubt most parents allow more than a short period of viewing time, and it’s certainly done mine no harm at all. All of them were about one when they started watching.

How sad. Kids stuck in front of a tv.

I hated Blippi and Peppa Pig - but Bluey is fabulous!

Allira

Missiseff

You're not supposed to introduce screen time to babies under a year old. Apparantly. According to the WHO

I'm amazed that anyone would introduce tiny babies to a screen. There are so many problems with teenagers becoming addicted to their screens now I'd have thought leaving it as long as possible would be better.

What happened to Mummy (or Daddy) playing clapping games, singing to their children, the entertainment when they were in their prams or cots being a mobile above their heads, moving gently round?

How things change.

One of these days, somebody is going to make a connection between the arrival of personal screens for children and the astonishing rise in childhood anxiety, ADHD, neurodiversity etc

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10353947/

I dont think it would have ever occurred to me to put a 5 month old in front of the tv. When awake they were talked to, played with sang to etc. I may well have collapsed in front of the tv when they went to bed but not before.

My grandson was a huge fan of Miss Rachel. He's 4 now and has grown out of her a bit. He's now into Handyman Hal - also an American product but pretty good. There's another one he watches as well but I can't remember the name of it. I also picked AdaptedMind for him one day and he says he gets that at nursery. I look after him one day a week and he's allowed 30-45 minutes before I take him home.

Surely the only entertainment a 6mth old baby needs is that of a loving parent or primary carer and a few simple toys? I’m appalled that such a tiny baby is plonked in front of a tv screen, one which whilst it may have lots of bright lights and sounds is entirely unresponsive to the baby itself. It won’t reply to the baby’s emerging vocalisations, it won’t stop or change tack when the baby is overstimulated. Watching a screen is a passive act and the baby will learn that no matter how often he/she reacts to what’s on the screen, there will never be a response from the screen.

It’s easy to take such a small baby around with you as you do various tasks, I loved talking to my babies, telling them what I was doing, singing (badly) songs to them and playing games. At 6mths, babies still sleep and feed quite a lot so it’s not that many hours of the day.

butterandjam

Allira

Missiseff

You're not supposed to introduce screen time to babies under a year old. Apparantly. According to the WHO

I'm amazed that anyone would introduce tiny babies to a screen. There are so many problems with teenagers becoming addicted to their screens now I'd have thought leaving it as long as possible would be better.

What happened to Mummy (or Daddy) playing clapping games, singing to their children, the entertainment when they were in their prams or cots being a mobile above their heads, moving gently round?

How things change.

One of these days, somebody is going to make a connection between the arrival of personal screens for children and the astonishing rise in childhood anxiety, ADHD, neurodiversity etc

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10353947/

Personal screens? Surely young children watch on the TV, not a personal screen? It’s all about parental control and time spent. Yes, if a child is plonked in front of a screen all day it will do them harm, but do any of you know anybody who does that? Most parents are much more clued up than we were, and limit what their children watch and for how long.

Many years ago DD loved Balamory, one of her first words was 'Hallo' in a scotyish accent like Miss Hooley 😅😅

Goodness, how were such young children entertained or "educated" before day time tv. I'm surprised so many of us managed to speak never mind read and write.

My grandchild is only allowed to watch tv for a very short time while I have a much needed tea break after keeping a 3yr old entertained. Can't wait for Blippi to be out of favour as I find it so annoying - same with the program called Makery.

4allweknow

Goodness, how were such young children entertained or "educated" before day time tv. I'm surprised so many of us managed to speak never mind read and write.

Most of us under 75 or so watched Watch with Mother I imagine. It started in the early 1950s.

Casdon

butterandjam

Allira

Missiseff

You're not supposed to introduce screen time to babies under a year old. Apparantly. According to the WHO

I'm amazed that anyone would introduce tiny babies to a screen. There are so many problems with teenagers becoming addicted to their screens now I'd have thought leaving it as long as possible would be better.

What happened to Mummy (or Daddy) playing clapping games, singing to their children, the entertainment when they were in their prams or cots being a mobile above their heads, moving gently round?

How things change.

One of these days, somebody is going to make a connection between the arrival of personal screens for children and the astonishing rise in childhood anxiety, ADHD, neurodiversity etc

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10353947/

Personal screens? Surely young children watch on the TV, not a personal screen? It’s all about parental control and time spent. Yes, if a child is plonked in front of a screen all day it will do them harm, but do any of you know anybody who does that? Most parents are much more clued up than we were, and limit what their children watch and for how long.

Well, it rather sounded as if the baby spends a lot of time in front of a screen.
My niece has a 5-6 month old baby and this is his entertainment on Netlix during the day.

They're all screens, whether TV, tablets, phones etc.

Yes, Missiseff, that has been the rule with my GC. The parents decreed no screen time at all for the first year or two, then limited time with parental supervision.
This has become more relaxed with the oldest two , now twelve and eight, but it's still controlled.
So, the little one ( aged two) is stuck with Grandma's singing: poor girl.

A TV isn’t a personal screen Allira, it’s on so that everybody who is in the room can see it. I think that’s how most young children would be viewing, with the parent in the room commenting on it, at least that’s my experience, I don’t think a young baby would get anything from it, unless it was sensory. My GD at about nine months sat on her mum or dad’s lap and had just five minutes of Dancing Fruit occasionally, and she loved that, she jogged about when it was on.

Ms Rachel apparently is a really nice person in real life, giving millions to children's charities.

She is, and she is very good at what she does too. It’s not rubbish cartoon type TV at all.

Rachel is just as popular in the UK as cbbies, both my toddler grandsons loved her.
The amount of American stuff on our tvs now are as normal to kids as UK programs.

Ms Rachel?? How dreadful.Poor children!

They’re doing a job that parents and grandparents used to do but possibly now no longer have time or even inclination.

American words/accent? I guess they’ll pick some up but the option is DIY.
Does Ms Rachel do potty training videos too?