Do you think Teletubbies is a nice series to teach young children tolerance etc ?

[Flowsik]

Well I have a cousin
And he is a big fan of teletubbies
So I was thinking if I could use this to teach him virtues and more about the world
Since he's still small and not so intelligent yet I thought that using something more simple like Teletubbie might work
For example if you look at this picture

Just 4 teletubbies ?
Well if you look closely you will notice that one teletubbie is completely different from the others
He is "black" and has darker skin
It's the green one
He is also the only one who says "Ha ho" instead of "Ah oh"
Another hint for this theory of mine
He also has a name I think it's dipsy
I want to explain my cousin that dipsy is an immigrant from another country that's why he speaks and looks different than the other teletubbies
Since my cousin also knows other children with immigration background I want to use this as example for him
I will tell him that despite their differences they still get along and are happy
Since sometimes he asks me why the other children look different than him or have a weird accent when speaking..
I will also use teletubbies as way to show him that homosexuality isn't evil or bad
So that he becomes tolerant at an early age and probably stays this way his whole life

..

Do you think this will work out ?
Or are there better ways to teach a child tolerance and love ?

Share your thoughts
Discuss

 

 

[famousidolu]

I never watched it.

[thot]

iono, but tinky winky was a fierce bitch!

[♥SNS-Shinomiya♥]

I never took the show that serious when I was 5-6, anything could have deep meaning if you think hard enough. Most of the kids (in my experience) found the show really cute or really silly.....your cousin may not take your "advise" seriously or it could do a reverse and make him think differently or certain demographics.

[alllysone]

I used to watch Teletubies everyday without fail. Even had a teletubies bagpack for school. Honestly, I didn't think that deep into the show. I just watch it because its cute. KIds age 5-7 probably wouldn't take it too seriously

[Gabriel Celeste]

i used to watched that when i was child but cant remember

[lilyalana]

right now, he might not take you seriously and not really understand what you try to tell him. but maybe when he grow up, he might be reminded of what you said and come to understand (happened a lot to me, elders telling weird thing when i was young, but when i grow up, i understood) your effort to educate him is already a good move

 

 

PS - i used to watch this, but i don't remember one of them being a bit darker hmmmm.....

[TheStrange1357]

the last time i sat down and watched tellietubies was when i was like 4... but i guess you can do that to teach your cousin immigration i really don't know i cant remember the tellietubies that well 

[swimswamswum]

I totally think so. Everything presented is very normalized and it helps familiarizes kids. They're the same, but they're different (but not in a bad way) and kids recognize that. You could always segue into deeper discussion (that's what children's shows are for). But far from that, it allows children to like them without judgement and this then helps them to be less prejudice in life.

 

Something I loved about Teletubbies as a kid was that there was someone I could identify with unlike other children's shows (Po was Cantonese like me). I didn't need someone to tell me that. Teletubbies is excellent in presenting different types of people and kids understand that the Teletubbies are different other than personality.

[sane]

I never noticed the yellow one looks asian colored in the face lol

[FrostedFlakesSaram]

I dont remember teletubbies teaching me things, all i remember is custard and babies in the sky.

[Little Eight]

All I know is tubby toast was tasty.

[Cleopatra25]

I fucking hated that show when I was a kid lol. It actually made me angry seeing that stupid baby sun ugh.

[campfire]

Hey, I never thought of that. That's funny.

[defsuzyB]

lol teletubies sucks, kid shd watch cartoons like the backyardigans, or thomas the chop chop train lmao they're better 

[elle]

Yes but they bored me when i was little.they are too big and fat and they always talk.dora too.I preferred to be educated by hello kitty.

[CALICO CAT]

idk i watched it and turned out alright

[SEWER RAT]

I think primary school teachers and parents use eggs of different colours to explain diversity and acceptance. That is, crack them open and they all have a yolk and egg white, 'we're all the same on the inside' blah blah.

 

As straightforward as it sounds, not sure how effective it is.

[Nini Bear]

I think primary school teachers and parents use eggs of different colours to explain diversity and acceptance. That is, crack them open and they all have a yolk and egg white, 'we're all the same on the inside' blah blah.

 

As straightforward as it sounds, not sure how effective it is.

I don't think it is. Kids will go their own way later on anyway

 

Besides I don't remember shit from when I was 4/5/6 but maybe I just have a very bad memory

[SEWER RAT]

I don't think it is. Kids will go their own way later on anyway

 

Besides I don't remember shit from when I was 4/5/6 but maybe I just have a very bad memory

 

The one thing I clearly remember growing up is the lack of diversity when it comes to characters in books.

As a result, all the characters in my imaginative storytelling had typical white people names and identities.

[imsomessedup]

yeah dipsy was my favorite teletubby because my fave color was green back then

and isn't dipsy black

he ain't no immigrant

he had a gangster hat and was mad good at dancing

 

i knew they were all different (barely) but i wasn't consciously going "oh look they're playing w/ each other in spite of all their differences"

i was racially blind until junior high

[ravioli]

i used to watch that when i was little and i don't think i learned anything

[ironborn]

only if you explain it to them

 

i watched teletubbies when i was little and those things never even crossed my mind. i don't even realize that dipsy has darker skin color.

 

but teletubbies are kinda creepy

[cbean]

i watched teletubbies when i was young and i never noticed any of those things.

i focused on the cool machine they use to make their tubby custard instead 

[FerrumEins]

I only watched this when I was 5. Couldn't remember what did they show except for the cookies.