Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Signs That Your Preschooler Might Be Watching Too Much TV


She might have asked if she can eat a doodleberry.

She might associate question marks with Super Why.

She might draw stick figures and call them Caillou.

She might know the theme song to Phineas and Ferb.

You might know the theme song to Phineas and Ferb.

She might think penguins are called "Pingu".

She might wake up in the morning, walk straight to the computer and ask to watch "D-d-d-d-d-Dora."

She might sing "teamwork" anytime she is asked, "What's gonna work?"

She might be able to recognize every Disney Princess, every Disney character, every Nick Jr. character, every PBS character and every Shrek, Ice Age and Pixar character by name.

She might insist on owning anything with a picture of Lightning McQueen on it. Even if the only difference between the one with Lightning McQueen and the one without is an extra five dollars.

She might own so many sippy cups, backpacks, coloring books, bedroom furniture, stickers and toys with Lightning McQueen on them that she could easily be mistaken for a diehard Nascar enthusiast.

She might refer to all sea turtles as "Dude".

You may or may not have offered Special Agent Oso, Little Einsteins, Go Diego Go, Yo Gabba Gabba, Elmo, Arthur, Handy Manny, The Backyardigans, Team Umizoomi, Blues Clues, Kailan, Curious George, anything (in fact, you may even have said, "Please watch ANYTHING else") just to talk her out of wanting to watch "Sid the Science Kid" because you just couldn't imagine another episode with that so-obnoxious-you-want-to-punch-something voice of Sid's Grandma. (Seriously, I can handle the annoying voice of Baby Bear on Sesame Street, Ming Ming on Wonder Pets, even the constant yelling of Dora and the incessant whining of Calliou, but that Grandma and her stupid, irritating fake laugh.... find me something to destroy.)

You might have offered her some macaroni and cheese for lunch. And she might have said, "Yes, I want some Max and Ruby and cheese!"

And finally, you know that your preschooler might possibly getting too much screen time if you went for a jog this morning and had the "Winnie the Pooh" song stuck in your head for your entire run.


2 comments:

Tiffani said...

"There's a hundred and four days in summer vacation and school comes along just to end it. So the annual problem for our generation is findin' a good way to end (fix?) it. Like maybe..."

We have those same sings in our house.

I love t.v.

Liz said...

Creed's first word was "backpack" b/c Dora was telling him to "Say Backpack! Say Backpack!"