WIBU to switch off Topsy and Tim

[GoofyIsACow]

Beacuse they used the word 'playdate'... Twice!?

In fact 'a double playdate'

FFS!

It isn't even about educating children in gender equality though. It is about being smart enough not to build obvious stereotypes and inequality into the show. I would hope for a start that there aren't many families where a brother who wants to join in with cake decoration isn't told it is only for his sister.

What Penguins said!

more eloquently than I was going to

Thanks Harriet Except for my is/isn't typo

:) still more eloquent been on the mulled wine all day

Very envious. No mulled wine for me this year Don't think it will appeal as much in May when I've had the baby and can drink again...

Exactly, nothing to do with educating children about gender equality. A lot to do with not promoting gender inequality to vulnerable preschoolers. Why have they taken out the racism but not the sexism?

Those saying it is sweet, sweet in what way exactly? I don't think 'sweet' is about forcing children into proscribed gender roles from preschool age. Yes a lot of the sexism shown in the school (and abnormally twee family relationships to a lesser extent) are normal/desirable in a lot of families, however that doesn't mean the show is not promoting toxic stereotypes/values to children.

*Show

What bothers me is the fact they have carpet in their kitchen

Yes lets have a healthy dose of reality. Siblings screaming and fighting, exhausted parents, extended breastfeeding, parents sleeping in separate rooms

At least the house is messy and cramped. I hate these show homes everyone seems to live in

Well it makes me cry - in a 'it's lovely' way. I always cry at happy families.

And I fancy the Dad.

eggs yes I can't get past that! Carpet in the kitchen FFS!

I haven't noticed any sexism yet but maybe I'm not looking hard enough... Or I haven't seen enough episodes.

I'm waiting for the 'and that's when mum said she'd have to go to work to pay for the new mortgage' or 'and that's when Mum said we were moving to a new house because it had been repossessed '

My DD who is 3.5 loves it. Fills a gap between dinner and bath time. Gigglebiz at 5.15pm followed by Topsy and Tim = calm relaxed household.

It was never going to replace the books, nor do I think it was its intention, but it's something new which is a good thing. Was getting tired of Grandpa in my Pocket.

Now Katie Morag... We LOVE that here!

Every time KM signals her Granny Island with her torch before she goes to bed, i get rather teary. I'd LOVE to live on Struay (even though it doesn't really exist)

OMG Katie Morag today where they were looking for Izzy and it was the mum made me bawl! Disclaimer - pregnancy hormones at work!

Thumbs up for KM from us too! Pity it's only on Sundays. What about Swashbuckle!!!!!! Love it

Hmmm... my 2 1/2 year old daughter loves it, she even has her favourite episodes...
Not sure why everything must be "real"..has anyone seen Peppa Pig..?
Well done the Beeb!

No HappyHippy looking for Izzy made me cry too. Only I thought she was going to be that granny's dead child. I said to DH 'this is bit dark for cbeebies'

Topsy's friends name is Vinda, not Linda!

Oh OK, I thought I might have misheard!

T&T's mum has tool box shocker - she capably removed that door handle and saved the day. Can we forgive her now?

As for Katie Morag and looking for Izzy, I too thought that Izzy was a dead child - thank god it wasn't - too traumatic. Still made me cry at the end.

Wish they would come up with a replacement for ITNG - I've never liked it.

DH was raging today about there not actually being a lock on the bathroom door and WTF would removing the door handle do

Hey I got quoted in the Daily Fail and the Sun [cries]

Ah medja fame at last!