Re:YouTube Kids a “vapid wasteland” say US lawmakers
by throwawaw on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @09:33PM
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Do you think your friend might have been using the alphabet as an example of what Sesame Street had taught his kid, and not as a complete catalogue?
Re:YouTube Kids a “vapid wasteland” say US lawmakers
by WalterBright on Thursday April 08, 2021 @12:19AM
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He was pretty specific.
Re:YouTube Kids a “vapid wasteland” say US lawmakers
by lupire on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @09:36PM
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Sesame Street doesn't only teach alphabet.
Re:YouTube Kids a “vapid wasteland” say US lawmakers
by WalterBright on Thursday April 08, 2021 @12:49AM
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It's completely passive. It's not how people learn. It looks like it should be educational, but let's face it. It's a great way to distract the kids so the parents can take a break. Parents need make no effort, just push a button.
No wonder it's popular.
I asked how often his kid watched SS. With a back of envelope calculation, I pointed out that it took SS several hundred hours to teach his kid the alphabet. I.e. it was the most inefficient, time-consuming teaching method ever devised.
(I was taught the alphabet in first grade by singing the alphabet song. This was before SS.)