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Waybuloo - is this the most stomach turning twee pile of toss you have ever seen?

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solidgoldSneezeLikeApig · 11/05/2009 23:48

I mean WTF? Simpering pink boggle-eyed things doing yoga? DS sat there open mouthed with horror going 'Mummy, is this RUBBISH?'

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BecauseImWorthIt · 12/05/2009 00:10

I researched this programme!

BitOfFun · 12/05/2009 00:29

ooh, off to google...

MaggsS · 12/05/2009 08:47

I could not believe what I was seeing. What a load of rubbish.

My 2 year old was asleep in my arms so no chance of switching off.

KayHarkerInTheBackOfTheQuattro · 12/05/2009 12:19

At one point, when they were doing the meditatey thing, I noticed out of the corner of my eye my five year old look over at me to see what my reaction was. I kept a straight, uninterested face, but afterwards she said "Was that like a 'God' programme. mama? 'Cos I thought it was even more boring than veggietales"

Not appointment telly in our house, no.

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solidgoldSneezeLikeApig · 12/05/2009 12:56

Oh I don't think there's a sisnister woo-bollocks agenda to it. It's just bollocks, really.

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nickytwotimes · 12/05/2009 12:58

Oh, ds came across his the other day and was mesmerised.
Responsible parent that I am, I left him to it while I emptied the dishwasher and made a phone call, so I have no idea what it is like.

KayHarkerInTheBackOfTheQuattro · 12/05/2009 13:16

oh, no I don't think it's agenda driven beyond the usual nice-nice ToddWorld technicolour shite. But if it reminds my astute five year of the worst pappy GodTV cobblers, I'm not going to argue.

Thery're all going off cbeebies, though, and I don't think it's age.

BecauseImWorthIt · 12/05/2009 16:11

It's aimed at 2-4 year olds and is designed to support SEAL - Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning.

KayHarkerInTheBackOfTheQuattro · 12/05/2009 16:28

oh dear. My 2 and 3 year olds didn't like it.

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solidgoldSneezeLikeApig · 12/05/2009 18:11

SOunds like the sort of thing that most children would flee from, then. 2 i not to young to know you're being patronized, which is why most DC hate farking Todworld as well...

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weaselm4 · 12/05/2009 18:14

Made me feel slightly nauseous. DS (3.2) didn't seem fussed either way.

umbungo · 13/05/2009 14:54

LOL Nickytwotimes. thats exactly what happened to my little boy!

he was totally drawn in and totally mesmorised.

so i ran about tidying up, washing machine on, dishes washed, etc.

i think i'll probably pay a bit more attention next time!

stillenacht · 13/05/2009 14:59

i think my little one will like it (He is 5 and a half but has low functioning autism) he is well into spinny, strange, wierd things. He adores ITNG especially when the pinky ponk and ninku nonk do nuts things.

stillenacht · 13/05/2009 14:59

ninky even

Jux · 13/05/2009 15:19

Just watched it on BBCiplayer (dd is 9).

[takes a looooong draw; exhales slowly] That's some weird shit, man.

funtimewincies · 13/05/2009 20:08

Ahh, that explains a lot BecauseImWorthIt - most of SEAL is a complete pile of pants too! Another example of our curriculum turning children into academic, social and emotional clones. This is what you will do, say, think and feel - resistance is useless .

We saw the 'preview' and it was dreadful. The Radio Times reckons that it's cost £9.5 million . All I can say is that it must have all be spent on looks as there is absolutely no content there. The sheer 'made-for-(Japanese?)-export-ness' about it is really annoying too.

I'm prepared to accept that I'm not the target audience (although ds, who is 2, wasn't fussed) but I object to sheer dross!

BecauseImWorthIt · 13/05/2009 21:24

Can't say any more for fear of betraying confidentiality!

AdinaMom · 13/05/2009 22:23

I thought it was quite fun. My 2 y/o was pretty engrossed. Not sure about this SEAL though...

funtimewincies · 14/05/2009 19:54

Just as long as you can live with yourself, helping to inflict this on us poor parents BecauseImWorthIt !

BecauseImWorthIt · 14/05/2009 20:42
tartanpants · 21/05/2009 09:58

I think that Shite is a bit strong for a kids programme. My daughter loved it and fell in love with the characters. Get a life and do some housework. Parents are not supposed to like kids programmes!!!

Kathyis6incheshigh · 21/05/2009 10:05

ROFL. I turned on CBeebies this morning and it was weird. It looked like they were trying to be Night Garden. Trouble is, you do have to watch these things for ages to really get if they are any good or not, and I don't think I can bear to.

tartanpants · 21/05/2009 10:12

Toddworld also teaches children that everyone is different and not to judge people. What is wrong with that. It was the same when cbeebies put Kerry on the telly. There was an uproar because she has half an arm. the uproar was because narrow minded parents didn't want to take the time to explain that she was born like that and I thought that it was appalling that anyone could complain about her. my daughter loves her. my daughter has made friends with a little boy at her nursery who has autism, and also a little girl from Hungary with very little english. No-one told her to do that. all we told her was that everyone was different and she should treat everyone the way she wants to be treated. disabilities are labelled and shouldn't be. Are we creating a nation of narrow minded bigots, or should we be creating a generation of respectful, thoughtful and outgoing children wh aren't affraid to show their emotions or preferences??

InternationalFlight · 21/05/2009 10:15

I prefer it to tronje. slightly.

KayHarkerDoesNotSimper · 21/05/2009 10:38

tartanpants, as an involved parent, I watch what my kids watch, so 'get a life' is a bit meaningless.

I don't like being preached at by telly, and neither do my children, so we usually vote with our remote and don't watch - but obviously we watch first to see if it's any good.

It's offensive to be lumped in with the idiots who complained about Cerrie, when all that has been said is we don't like the programme.

'Scuse me for encouraging my children to 'express their emotions and preferences'. If they think it's tripe, then I shall respect their preference and encourage the autonomous expression of their opinion that waybuloo is bobbins.