I'm going to be a daddy

[markysimmo]

Start of a week off with the kids, literally cannot wait to spend some time with them

 

[ricky2tricky4city]

Fat clam

 

[ricky2tricky4city]

Have a ball mate..

 

[Daisuk]

Just wanted to chime in to say how insanely well reverse psychology works with a three year old. Don't want to put on your shoes? "ooh, I'm sure you can't do it, I'm so sure you can't do it", two seconds later and there are shoes on your kid. Excellent.

 

[Baleforce]

Is that Colchester Zoo?

 

[nayimfromthehalfwayline]

Is that Colchester Zoo?

Love it there - would recommend to anyone who hasnt been but can make it along

 

[r-u-s-x]

Make the most of it, there are smart minds behind that show, mine watch some absolute rubbish now, waffle the wonder dog and topsy and Tim, sickening crap.

The CBeebies hotties tend to only be on the shows for the youngsters too.

pepper is a moaning clam and George just cries - we got rid of it (pepper is on holiday) as he was starting to pick up the habit, oh and Bing is a little clam too. Hey Duggie is genius.

 

[nayimfromthehalfwayline]

You think thats bad, wait until they are old enough for the Disney channel, oh boy....

 

[Daisuk]

You think thats bad, wait until they are old enough for the Disney channel, oh boy....

Violetta is probably as close to hell or purgatory as you will get without violence. fudging terrible.

 

[nayimfromthehalfwayline]

Its not just that (and that is bad!) its the repetitive nature of it.

In both being repeated endlessly, but also every "different" show being EXACTLY-THE-BLOODY-SAME!

 

[Baleforce]

You think thats bad, wait until they are old enough for the Disney channel, oh boy....

my daughter is into sam and cat now, absolute pile of toss

 

[markysimmo]

Is that Colchester Zoo?

Yeh we have Zoo Passes, you only need to go 2 times a year to get your money back really, it's a brilliant zoo

 

[markysimmo]

my daughter is into sam and cat now, absolute pile of toss

Get them into Victorious, Tori Vega !!

She is hot

 

[Baleforce]

Yeh we have Zoo Passes, you only need to go 2 times a year to get your money back really, it's a brilliant zoo

It is, we had passes when I was a kid, my mum loved the place, we'd be there what seemed like every day in the summer holidays. It's improved a lot in the last 20 years.

 

[Daisuk]

Its not just that (and that is bad!) its the repetitive nature of it.

In both being repeated endlessly, but also every "different" show being EXACTLY-THE-BLOODY-SAME!

Yeah, some of the people I work for (in a group home) watch Disney channel every day after work, and I can't tell the shows apart at all. "Oh, are you watching Violetta again, what's it about this time?", "No, stupid, can't you see it's Y?". Over saturated colors, slick model kids cooking up some flimflam drama with a crap Norwegian dub on top. fudging great.

 

[nayimfromthehalfwayline]

My kids are 14, 12 and 9. Just as one grows out of it the other takes it up. Seems to be never ending.

And, annoyingly, you take it in. I dont want to, its like osmosis or something.

Ill be watching a show, recognise an actor, and itll bug me for ages. Eventually dawns on me, they were in some Disney crap...

 

[parklane1]

Ahh for the days of " Magic Roundabout" Banana Splits' " Bill and Ben" " Andy Pandy" ( especially when he got into the basket with Loopy loo)

 

[scaramanga]

pepper is a moaning clam and George just cries - we got rid of it (pepper is on holiday) as he was starting to pick up the habit, oh and Bing is a little clam too. Hey Duggie is genius.

Relish that short Cbeebies period while you can.

Disney, Nickleodeon, etc are all at a pitch and pace that make Cbeebies seem like a sea of calm tranquillity. On the rare occasions my son wants to watch something he used to like on Cbeebies it really shows the difference. That said, Blaze and the Monster Machines is irritating as fudge but really educational.

 

[90291Spur]

Ahh for the days of " Magic Roundabout" Banana Splits' " Bill and Ben" " Andy Pandy" ( especially when he got into the basket with Loopy loo)

Mary Mungo & Midge, Rhubarb & Custard, Bagpuss and of course, Captain Pugwash!

 

[Bullet]

Tell them to read a book or watch a documentary or go outside. 3 options.