Cartoons

Every Monday morning I go to HOSTS, and then go watch cartoons with a friend.  Before this semester I really never watched cartoons, even when I was a child.  But after watching an hour or so every week of Winnie the Pooh or the Backyardigins, I realize how they could effect a child's development.  I understand that too much television is not good for kids, and that they should be active, cartoons seem to give them something to think about.  Each one has something different and unique about it, and many of them have an educational undertone.  Dora the Explorer is also another one of the shows I like (Ok, I don't like it, I think it might be good for children).  It incorporates something many other televisions programs don't, a foreign language.  We all know that the earlier a child is exposed to a different language, the easier it will be to learn to speak it fluently.  I am just now beginning to realize how influential watching cartoons can be for children, even thought the time in front of the tube should be limited.