Warner Media, through HBO Max and Cartoon Network, are launching a new and inclusive kids programming that infuses diversity, representation, and “woke” talking points to pre-schoolers. The new programming slate is called “Cartoonito” and aligns with Cartoon Networks new tagline “Redraw Your World”. Among the new programming, which started this past Monday, will be shows that have same sex couples, non-binary and LGBTQ characters, and multi-cultural diversity. Some of the shows listed are ,’Little Ellen’, produced by Ellen Degeneres, who has same sex parents, ‘Jessica’s Big Little World’, which features gender non-binary and LGBTQ characters, and ‘Bea’s Block’ which focuses on multi cultural Diversity. But Warner media insists there’s no agenda and that they are representing reality.
Major Entertainment Studios are Trying to Re-educate and Reshape How Our Kids Think
In a press release on pressroom.warnermedia.com, Warner Media stated that their new programming is based on their ‘Humancentric’ learning.
“Cartoonito’s offerings on HBO Max and Cartoon Network will reflect a wide array of diverse content that connects kids and their caregivers through relatable stories, lovable characters and meaningful social emotional learning both in and between the shows,” said Amy Friedman, Head of Kids & Family Programming, Warner Bros. “We are now in the homestretch and we can’t wait for our four hosts Nito, Glob, Wedge, and Itty to take preschoolers and their families into the expansive world of Cartoonito.”
“Cartoonito strives to be a space where little ones are free to be themselves, let their creativity flourish and become caring community members. This fresh take on preschool programming is guided by Cartoonito’s proprietary Humancentric Learningframework developed in partnership with Educational Psychologist Dr. Laura Brown which aims to help children develop their unique potential and encourage them to treat others with compassion, respect, and fairness.”
Notice some of the words used in that statement like “diverse” and “community”. No individuality here, we must teach our kids to act like a hive collective. I jest of course, but it is true. I don’t want to go too far down the rabbit hole, but when I did some investigating into Dr. Laura Brown, I found that she’s been instrumental in shaping the media education of kids for the past 20 years with companies like Disney, Nickelodeon, and PBS. If you go to a website called summit.kidscreen.com, you will find information on a ton of studios and media companies that have had an insidious contribution to what is going on in modern kids’ television and education programming.
Dr. Laura Brown, an early childhood expert and licensed psychologist, has been shaping the content of educational media properties for over twenty years. She develops curricula and provides formative research and consulting services for clients like Nick Jr., Disney Junior, Sprout, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, PBS Kids, Silvergate Media, Brown Bag Films, Little Airplane Productions and many others.
You can now add Warner media to that resume. The Kids Screen Summit, itself, states that it has been focusing on a new “trend” in kids learning since 2016. That can’t be a coincidence and not deliberate…can it?
For the last 10 years, US research firm The Family Room has been mapping the shifting emotional landscape of Gen Z youth. And for the first eight, these core hopes, fears, dreams and anxieties remained remarkably constant. And then came 2016, which triggered the start of some astonishing shifts in the Passion Points Gen Z kids and teens are most focused on, leading to implications for the kids media industry that cannot be overstated. In this kick-off keynote, TED Talk speaker and Family Room CEO George Carey will track these shifts in Gen Z’s emotional landscape, exploring how they will impact the where, how and what of youth media consumption, and recommending strategies for kids media players to reflect this new reality and elevate the emotional relevance of their properties and platforms with today’s kids and teens.
Ellen’s New Show Only Represents .0003% of The Population
I know I’m digressing here a little bit, but the point is that these media companies are focusing their kids entertainment on an an extreme minuscule
Credit – Cartoon Network, Warner Media, Cartoonito
portion of the population. For example, Ellen Degeneres’ new show ‘Little Ellen’ has a a character that has same sex parents. That’s great. Warner media has developed an original character to fit their representation needs. The problem with that is Warner Media has a platform that will reach millions of households that will have parents scratching their heads and wondering why their kids are being taught about same sex couples. There are currently 705,000 same sex couples in the United States. That’s .002 percent of the population. Of those 705,000 same sex couples, 114,000 are raising kids. That’s .0003 percent of the population. How is making a show with that kind of content important to a child’s upbringing or a trend? How is that diverse and representative of the real world? It’s not, but the East and West coast liberals don’t care about the rest of the country and want to try and reshape how you think. In an interview with the AP news, Ellen Degeneres apparently thinks this is a reality as well.
“It’s these sweet little characters that always have the best intentions and are hopefully teaching kindness and supporting one another, and everything that a cartoon should be, but it just happens to have a couple of characters that have same-sex parents. which is great. I think it’s always important for kids to be exposed to what is reality. This is reality,” she said. “It’s supportive.”
In that article, from AP news, Dr. Laura Brown also states how this will be interactive for the parents as well.
“The approach underlying Cartoonito is based on modern tenets of psychology and education, Brown said, with the latter emphasizing “higher order skills” including collaboration and critical thinking, as opposed to rote learning of information. Key learning scenes are identified by labels, and there are 15-second “bumpers” that run before shows and cue adults on what will be addressed. In the series about Thomas the Tank, that could be problem-solving and teamwork.”
Warner Media Thinks the Real World Lives Outside Their Studio Windows and it Does Not
Amy Friedman, the head of kids and family programming at Warner media states that they want their programming to look like the real world and insist they are not pushing any boundaries.
“The goal is that the characters and those who create them “look like the real world,” not to pursue a social agenda, said Amy Friedman, head of kids and family programming for Warner Bros.. We are not aiming to push boundaries. We are aiming to be very intentional about what it is that we’re showing and saying, and what the kids are learning,” Friedman said. “We are lucky to be able to be starting this at a time when we are all so much clearer now about what representation looks like.”
I’m sorry, but where is the representation for for the other 94% of the population. If you factor in the same sex parents with the LGBTQ population they make up roughly 6% of the entire United States Population. What happened to the good old days when our parents taught us right from wrong. What happened to learning from your own life experiences? What happened to good old fashioned competition and may the best man win. That’s right…I said best man. It used to be a universal saying and no one cried about it being offensive to women or other non-binary gendered cry babies who seek refuge in their safe spaces. The trend that Warner media sees is a fallacy and false representation. It really is an educational agenda focused on transforming our country from the bottom up, through our kids, and has been decades in the making.
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