Comments on Momopoly: He Loves Me, I Love Him Not

Oh, Barney is just so alluring to a certain age th...

2009-11-04T03:15:38.973-05:00

Oh, Barney is just so alluring to a certain age that it's really bizarre. We've been trying to avoid him after having his songs burned into our brains by our niece's infatuation. But he's insidious and just lurking and waiting to pounce. Barney isn't the worst part — I agree with Marie that it's the creepy smiling child actors. Ack!

I guess I should have gone with the short version ...

2009-10-29T17:13:18.630-04:00

I guess I should have gone with the short version on that one.

Trust your instincts.

I don't think parental dislike of Barney is some s...

2009-10-29T17:11:27.590-04:00

I don't think parental dislike of Barney is some style thing. There's a reason he makes us uncomfortable. Pay attention to the little kids on the show -- do you really want your kids to behave in that pretentious, adult-mimicing, metrosexual manner? How about the songs -- ever notice they are all the old nursery songs with new words? Plagiarism they can wait until college to learn. And I hate that instead of singing, "This old man, he played one" my kid might learn to sing "I love you, you love me, we're a happy family" which, I'm sorry, is a song full of teaching tolerance for the idea that a family consists of any two people that love each other.
That's not to say I'd call CPS on any mom that lets her kid watch it, but I have to wonder, if most moms hate the thought and most moms give in to it, what exactly does that say about the modern woman's trust in her own instincts? I think the loss of women's ability to think for themselves is a sadder one than the loss a few kids may experience because some nutter mom dared to not let them watch Barney in daycare. And I don't think the message that mommy dislikes people who are different from her is the one you should guard against here, but the message that mommy feels strongly that something is wrong to consume but if all her peers and all your peers are doing it, we'll do it too.
I know, bummer comment. Feel free to take it out if you want to keep this light, no hard feelings at all.

This post made me smile! Before I had children, I...

2009-10-29T13:14:27.838-04:00

This post made me smile!

Before I had children, I swore they would never watch Barney. Then I actually HAD children, and poof, that promise went out the window!!

Fear not...this too shall pass. My older ones loved watching it and now they can't stand it.

It can be extremely annoying to a parent, but for some reason the little ones love it. I think it is the singing. It is amazing what kids will do if you put the words to song!

Hang tough! I have boys and am constantly bombarded with Star Wars, Star Trek, and John Wayne right now!! (I'd much rather watch HGTV, but for some reason the men in my house don't agree!!)

:-)

I actually don't mind Barney. Now if you speak abo...

2009-10-29T07:00:25.817-04:00

I actually don't mind Barney. Now if you speak about Big Bird, I just cannot stand him.

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Therese

My 4 year old first encountered Barney at Chuck e ...

2009-10-29T02:30:07.984-04:00

My 4 year old first encountered Barney at Chuck e Cheese's where the big guy was riding shotgun in a yellow car. My son hopped in, looked at Barney and asked, "What's that?" "Well, um, that's a big purple dinosaur." I answered. "He scares me." he said, as he hopped off & went looking for a safer ride.
Yeah, me too!!

Yes! What kris said. Also: are you familiar with...

2009-10-28T16:09:31.318-04:00

Yes! What kris said.

Also: are you familiar with the BOZ movies/books? SO much better than Barney. Same nasal voice. But at least some substance!

Hee, hee!! Too funny. He is pre-school crack. B...

2009-10-28T09:06:10.986-04:00

Hee, hee!! Too funny. He is pre-school crack. But there is hope - all of my older kids have LOVED Barney at one time or another. But they outgrew it. And now the two little guys don't even really know him that well. She'll get over this and move on - to something equally as annoying!!

When I worked for a daycare back in 1998, there wa...

2009-10-28T07:40:13.649-04:00

When I worked for a daycare back in 1998, there was an 18-month old in the toddler room that was not allowed to come in contact with anything Barney. We couldn't ready Barney books to the class. We didn't allow any toys or Barney stuffed animals.

And I couldn't help thinking that one mom's dislike for something infringed terribly on every other child's opportunity to like him in the daycare room.

Luckily, the kids were too little to understand :)

For me, its Calliou. I cannot stand Calliou.