cookie monster is awesome, and elmo is fun.
But being an "educational program" I don't recall any of this ever being corrected. In fact the "adults" (as far as I can recall) never corrected Elmo on his word choice
ELMO: "Elmo sad"
ADULT: "Oh, Elmo's sad? Why is Elmo sad"
instead of saying " Oh, YOU'RE sad? Why are YOU sad?"
not correcting a childs misuse of words actually does MORE harm to them than good.
But hey, if red and blue furry puppets can choose how they're referred to then why can't people?
then again, there are SEVERAL issues Sesame Street has failed to address under the premise of EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING.....
But being an "educational program" I don't recall any of this ever being corrected. In fact the "adults" (as far as I can recall) never corrected Elmo on his word choice
ELMO: "Elmo sad"
ADULT: "Oh, Elmo's sad? Why is Elmo sad"
instead of saying " Oh, YOU'RE sad? Why are YOU sad?"
not correcting a childs misuse of words actually does MORE harm to them than good.
But hey, if red and blue furry puppets can choose how they're referred to then why can't people?
then again, there are SEVERAL issues Sesame Street has failed to address under the premise of EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING.....
They’re also not mocking the characters. They do explain proper speech in other segments.