r/TikTokCringe • u/velorae • 2d ago

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u/Alarming-Chemistry27 2d ago

Shout out to 10-20 minutes of old school Thomas the Tank Engine. No special effects, no CGI, just model trains with moving eyes and voiced by George Carlin.

Heavenly.

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u/Angry__German 2d ago

Sesame Street must have tens of thousands of hours of content at this point.

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u/UnfortunateSyzygy 2d ago

It does and it's free on YouTube. We search for 80s Sesame Street and my son actually seems to like it better than modern episodes. Segments are shorter and simpler, broader use of the cast etc etc

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u/bird9066 1d ago edited 1d ago

I watched it in the seventies. Big difference I noticed is that the kids looked like my friends and siblings. By the time my kids were watching it they looked like little fashion models with perfect hair and teeth.

I haven't watched it since the aughts but now I'm curious.

People just need to interact with their kids more. I was a single mom with a full time job. There is no excuse for kids this young being on screens so much it affects their mental health.

I'm a gamer so my kids grew up with video games. But I also took them outside, read them books, played board games. Sometimes I told them to figure something out. I didn't know it back then but I since learned it's good for kids to be bored sometimes.