To think that the kids programme 'Tracy Beaker' is really not nice??

[Love2bake]

My DS (7) likes this programme, but I find the character Tracy really rude. She is always shouting at the other kids AND adults and I find the attitude just horrible.

I had a talk with my DS and suggested to him that we didn't have it on any more because it's just not a nice programme. He agreed with me.

I actually can't beleive that the BBC show it.

What do other parents think of it??

I certainly never noticed dd becoming shouty to imitate Tracey Beaker, but maybe because she was older and read it rather than watched it. Instead I think discussing these books has helped her to empathise when things happen at school or in the neighbourhood. Like a little boy who got aggressive at ds's party, we know he is going through a very rough time.
Not to mention that she has enough life experience of her own to know that going through hard times doesn't necessarily make people sweet and cuddly.

I was happy for dd to read Kiss at age 11; I thought it was beautifully written (more poetic than most of JW) and on a subject that is useful for somebody who will shortly move into secondary school ( first love, homosexual love etc).

I can't believe you can even say that. Do you even know what it's like for children in care. This program was for children who were mature enough to know why she did all those things. Bullying, foster care, possibly abuse in the real world are all factors to account for in behaviour in children like this. I let my children watch this so that they understood what it was like to have no parents and be in care. Some of the opinions on here are shocking to me.