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Horses**t. Excrement. Crap.
I watched him between ages 3 and 7 and I actually had *low* self-esteem problems until I was 13. I never ever thought I was ever "entitled" to anything.Testing
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You know what? This is the biggest load of horseshit I've seen in...I dunno...a LOOONG time.
Let me get this straight...we have an entire generation right now being raised by idiot parents who harp on how special, wonderful, faultless, and flawless their kids are, who come down on the teachers at school for failing them when they earn an F and who give them detention when they misbehave, who threaten to sue if their Darling Angel is disciplined in any way, who tell their kids they are right when they are clearly wrong, and who coddle, spoil, and mislead their kids into thinking they can do no wrong...and it's FRED ROGERS fault their kids are absolutley freaking worthless????
Is this a joke?
I didn't watch the whole thing. I just couldn't.
I got news for Fox...Old Fred had a looooong career. He was doing his thing when I was a toddler, back when rocks were soft. Somehow, my generation managed to avoid this whole "self esteem" crap growing up, even as we watched Fred change into his sweater and sneaks. No, this self esteem fad is a new thing. Let's put the blame where it is due.
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Thank goodness I am not the only person who thinks this is totally BS. But it doesnot suprise me at all, nobody takes responsibilty anymore if something goes wrong then its someone else's fault. Your kids are spoiled its Mr. Rodgers falut. What I do not understand is how do you get to being special to being entitled. The way I understood him when I was a kid was that I was special just because I was me, not that I was entitled to anything. Who's next Big Bird, Oscor the Grouch (becuase he was grouchy). This show has been on forever and now a days this show is not even as popular as it was before, Dora the Exploria is in, and Blue's Clues, and when I was a kid all I remember watching was Mr. Rodgers and Sesame Street and my generation is fine, but the generation where their are more kids shows and more choices, then all of a sudden its Mr. Rodgers fault. Why not blame the parents who are with the children all day instead of someone they watch on tv one hour a day, who tells them they are special once in the entire show, and I cannot remember Mr. Rodgers saying, "You are special, and You deserve everything."Comment
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Wow I didn't even watch this but thank God Fred Rodgers is dead and can't see it.... from what you all are saying, it sounds pretty bad. Yeah I watched Mr. Rodgers too and I had low self-esteem and have never felt "entitled". I didn't feel "special" b/c Mr. Rodgers on TV told me I was.....and um he told EVERYONE that they were special, didn't he? So how would that make me feel I'm MORE special than another person? I don't get it but I dont' have sound on this computer at work so I can't watch it..... but I'm tired of everyone blaming something or someone else for their issues too...Comment
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I know, I was thinking the same thing. The poor man's passed on and unable to see this, thank God. It really would hurt him, I think.
Although I doubt seriously they'd actually have the sand to say something like this if he WAS here to see it. Cowards.
I actually met him once, when he came to where I worked at Public Television for an appearance in town. He was very old, then, and passed away not long after. He was a gentle, wonderful, beautiful person and was extremely genuine. I felt like getting to shake his hand and speak to him was a great gift to me. The one thing that struck me about him the most I think, was the fact that although he was hearing "Oh, Mr. Rogers, I loved your show as a child!" probably close to 500 times a day, he always acted like it was the very first time he'd heard it. He was always geninely humbled and touched.
Blaming him for these morons lack of parenting makes me sick.But yeah, I guess that's par for the course, isn't it? Nobody's ever responsible for their own screw ups! Let's blame some old man from a 40 year old kid show who's dead now and can't defend himself!
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Quoth RecoveringKinkoid View Post
Amen, RK. In this day and age, the child is the one who holds the power in the household. They have increased spending power, and parents are even consulting with their kids on what furniture to buy etc etc.
WHAT THE HELL!! The kid is SIX, what does she know about couches??? When I was a sproglet, my parents bought furniture and I didn't have a damn say in it. I could choose (sometimes) where we ate out, and what we had for supper. That was about IT.
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is the reason why I will not have children. If I raise them the way I was raised, I would be jailed for abuse (swat on the bottom after 3 warnings), neglect (ZOMG no TV in your room??) and heaven knows what else...The report button - not just for decoration
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I have never wanted to break Muroch's face and blow up FOX headquarters more than I do now. You do not blame Rogers! Ever!How was I supposed to know someone was slipping you Birth Control in the food I've been making for you lately?Comment
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While they have a point about kids being 'self entitled', they're wrong about Rogers being the beginning of it. It's the current society that is to blame, not a kids' tv show.
Kids learn from their parents and peers, but their parents are the first great influence in their lives. It is also this society telling people that they can't achieve anything without the aid of government and the government will bail them out of the situation that they themselves got into.
This society has lessened consequences for actions in fear of hurting someone's feelings!"We go through our careers and things happen to us. Those experiences made me what I am."-Thomas KellerComment
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thats whats wrong with the oxymoron that is fox "news"......
any doubt I had that it was a complete nut job of a news show was erased when I their special on "lesbian gangs terrorising the highways of america"
p.a.t.h.e.t.i.c, NZ didnt even get mr rogers but from what ive heard and seen, children arnt raised by televison (when they have good parents) so he could have told them they were all purple and had second heads.... it wouldnt have mattered. Shame on them and that idiot professor for trying to find and easy scapegoat....I wasnt put on this earth to make you feel like a man ~ Mary BertoneComment
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I had to turn off the segment. Mr. Rogers was a kind and gentle man. Unlike RK, I never had the pleasure of meeting him while he was still alive. However, even now, I watch his show on PBS. (My daughter isn't interested in him at all, but he doesn't sing every 2 minutes).
For someone to say that he ruined A generation of kids is bogus horse manure. All those people @ Fox News are what I call "backside berets". His show has been on since the late 1960's or early 1970's. If he's ruined the 6 year old kids of nowadays, then what about all those other kids who watched him before that? I don't believe I'm entitled to anything just because I'm IDrinkaRum. Sheesh ... those people make me sick. Boo on them ...
Maybe, even though it's after the fact, we need to write to the people at Fox News and give them a piece of our minds along with the following:
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