Not a couple of months after my son came into the world, I began looking into children’s television. Even at a very young age, what a child gets used to seeing in front of them affects them, and I wanted to make sure that when he actually began consuming media he’d be familiar with shows that actually had good values and messages that he would absorb.
There was a lot of noise out there, but one name stood out that parents all over the world didn’t stop raving about. A little show from Australia about a little cartoon dog and her nuclear family called “Bluey.” There were no superheroes, no flashy moments meant to grab and keep a child’s attention. It was just a heartwarming, fun, and unceasingly charming show.
The moment I turned on “Bluey,” my wife and I were enchanted. We found ourselves thoroughly enjoying it, blown away by how it was clearly a show made for children, but one…
