I always swore before I had DS that I would never let my offspring watch Barney.
Of course DS now 2.5 loves it.
Most of the time I can distract him or tell him we don't have the channel. But sometimes for peace I put it on.
Have no issue with the big purple dinosaur himself. Just the really annoying children on the show.Where do they get them?
Also, it doesn't seem to me to be either educational ot interesting ( I'm not 2 tough)