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Originally Posted by Jenson71
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-...
Oh look how he ruined America. Thank God he wasn't known as Fred! Kotter, did you let your kids watch the show?
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Of course he didn't "
ruin" America....
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.
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Originally Posted by Baby Lee
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.'
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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?
