Why would a professor say that Sesame Street is no good for children?

Question

Why would a professor say that Sesame Street is no good for children?

Answer 1

It is the evil Cookie Monster........

All the time, it is "gimme cookie, gimme cookie!"

What is the world coming to?

Answer 2

Maybe because he was concerned with the fact that it is television based. It is true that young children NEED to strengthen their gross motor skills and to accomplish that, they HAVE to run around, jump, skip, hop, take a walk, swim, etc. Sitting in front of the tv or the computer for long periods of time is rarely conducive to a child's learning. So in short, Sesame Street is educational for children, they just need to balance that with some serious but fun physical education. Kids need to play too!

Answer 3

maybe because fo it's content it also matters in it's contents

Answer 4

Maybe he is thinking it is not educational enough. God, it is getting stupid. Kids are not allowed to just enjoy being kids any more....everything has to have an educational content.

Sesame street has heaps of educational value in my opinion. He probably hasnt even watched it.

To be honest tho, even tho I grew up watching it, my kids were never that fond of it.

Answer 5

There is no way for any of us to know what your professor is thinking.

One of my concerns with the MTV-like fast pace found on Sesame Street is that children develop a short attention span.

Answer 6

What's wrong wtih Big Bird?

(Now telletubbies and bo bahs those sould forever be banned from little children.)

Answer 7

Are you sure s/he said, "no good."  Very little on this planet is 100% "no good."  Perhaps he was trying to say, "you have better choices when raising and educating your child".  Read them a story book, roll some Play-Doh, fingerpaint, run in the park, sing songs. In other words, something engaging and interactive using dialoge, motor control and sensory stimulation.

Answer 8

Television is a cheap baby-sitter and Sesame Street acts as teacher. Children need to interact and learn with other children. Their teacher needs to actually be there to answer questions, apply corrections when needed, conduct activities, instruct, give comfort, provide discipline, teach morals, etc.. Under these criterias any device used for educational purposes are inadequate. Bottom line, it's ok to use educational tools, such as Sesame Street, but a living breathing, human is required to teach what a cd-rom or a television can never.

Answer 9

Because TV in general is not the best thing you can do with your children.  The American Pediatric Association recommends no TV for children under 2.  Even kids older than 2, while some TV is ok, kids learn more by talking, playing, interacting, and being read to than by watching TV.  My preschool director just told us about a study that showed for every extra hour of TV a small child watches, their vocabulary goes down by a certain number of words.

Answer 10

I think that is a very broad generalization.  Some children enjoy and learn a lot from Sesame Street.  My own children did not care for it because they had very long attention spans and didn't like the way it jumped from topic to topic, however it suits some of my grandchildren just fine.  They love it and get a lot out of it.  I think your professor needs to rethink his evaluation of the program and say that Sesame Street is not appropriate for all children, but is very good for some children.  

I would also have to say the television as a whole is really not good for young children.  Television viewing should be kept to a bare minimum, in favor of more constructive activities.

Answer 11

My guess is that childen shouldn't watch a lot of TV as they under the age of 5 learn a ton by running and physical play, they must develop well large muscle skills before fine muscle skills, they used to say kids who had trouble reading never learned to crawl, there are steps as children mature and each step needs to be taken so watching TV and being a couch potato these days is inhibiting their true learning.