Thanks for the clarification.
Well that is kind of a downer! I guess the part about Captain Kangaroo and Lee Marvin is false too?
But I want to believe this stuff, darnit! :banghead:

My wife and I give them plenty of praise. AFTER they earn it. We don't gratuitously tell our kids they're smart, or that they're doing well if they aren't. On the other hand we let them know that we will love them even if they don't succeed.

Wow. That's really scientific.

What a steaming load. Mr. Rogers was great.

You want to blame someone for raising a ****ed up generation, start with the baby boomers. They're the ones who are raising their grandchildren too.

There has been a lot of research suggesting the ill-effects of the "self-esteem" overload bullcrap that was cranked out in the 60s and 70s.

To me, it seems this guy is expressing it in a way that reduces it to an anecdote that makes a lot of sense to some of us who've lived through it. :shrug:

I'm not absolving the boomers entirely.....but Spock and Rogers seemed to have an almost "eerie" alliance with the hippies.

And, consider....baby boomers in many cases were raising their grandkids because their drugcrazed idiot hippy kids couldn't, or wouldn't.

If you watch Mr. Rogers, you get to see how pudding is made. Then you go to make believe world. Unbelievable how Mr. Rogers can be blamed for having some kid wanting his B+ to go to an A-.

It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood
A beautiful day for a neighbor
Would you be mine
Could you be mine

It's a neighborly day in this beauty wood
A neighborly day for a beauty
Would you be mine
Could you be mine

I've always wanted to have a neighbor just like you
I've always wanted to live in a neighborhood with you

So, let's make the most of this beautiful day
Since we're together we might as well say
Would you be mine, could you be mine
Won't you be my neighbor
Won't you please, won't you please
Please won't you be my neighbor

Oh look how he ruined America. Thank God he wasn't known as Fred! Kotter, did you let your kids watch the show?

Uh, no. The baby boomers were the original drug crazed filthy hippies. It's not surprising their kids abdicated, they learned it firsthand.

I watched Mr. Rogers religiously up until my parents gave away the TV when I entered grade school.
I loved the show but there isn't a time I can recall that I didn't think he was a nerd.
Mostly I enjoyed the pleasant tone, and the trips to see how things were made.
Never took a mindset away from the show, outside of 'it's cool to see how things are made' and 'nerds can be pleasant people.'

My kid NEVER watched it!
She was raised on a purple Dinosaur and the Big Comfy Couch!
Since she got a Presidential Academic Award at the end of this school year the programming she had worked apparently! Barney rokks!

Of course he didn't "ruin" America.... :rolleyes:

However, he and those like him who went off the "self-esteem" deep-end....who argued "I'm alright, you are alright"---even when they weren't alright, and those who claim self-esteem as a some sancrosanct BIRTHRIGHT....rather than something to be earned through hard work and accomplishment, were pushing an agenda. And it was an agenda that has proven, ultimately, to be counterproductive, IMO.

I think from a kid's perspective, you are right. I really wonder how many parents though, adopted that always-pleasant, never-criticize (even constructively,) Polly-Anna-ish rose colored glass view of parenting....to the extent they gave their kids an unrealistic view of life, work, and human nature? :hmmm:

It would be nice if there was an ASSKICKING reality show on tv for spoiled rich disrespectful punks who get the living sh** kicked out of them.

But that would be illegal. Would be incredible ratings!

That's why " I love you. You love me. We're a happy f-a-m-i-l-y!" works better.

You can still love someone even if they're not alright.

Not to mention the Sweet Sixteen show on MTV. Spoiled rich biotches.....

LMAO LMAO LMAO

Now, THAT'S a reality show I'd even watch. ROFL

Do you put a helmet and knee pads on your kids to ride a bike?