Originally Posted by springvalley112:
Today I was checking my email and I had received an email from the today show and while I was reading it and noticed that the show Arthur (that has been running since I was a child) has aired its 22nd season on Monday and they have now decided to make the teacher gay. When we had a television with a DVD player, we would allow the children to watch old episodes of Arthur and never really thought about it beforehand. Here is my question, for those of you that allow the children to watch tv between transitions or after nap, do you believe that the children's television shows that are suppose to be geared towards children today actually geared towards children like they were in the past or are they totally going into a different direction? Just curious as to what you feel like as a childcare provider
I don't let my daycare kids have screen time at all and wouldn't allow other people's children to be exposed to this in my home. But times are different now and I see nothing wrong with my own kids being exposed to this kind of stuff. Kids are going to encounter gay people in their lives these days. It is good for them to have exposure to it and know how to interact and be empathetic with people who may be different than them. Who knows, we may even be providing care to a child who will turn out to be gay. I don't see the big deal.