I have a 3 year old son and he's currently really into Paw Patrol.
However, most of the time I can't sit through an episode myself so if he's watching it I leave him to it. I think my biggest problem is that the stories are just so flat and unbelievable (I know it's a kids cartoon - but even within that context they are unbelievable).
There also isn't any real learning or much of a moral to the stories. The 2 other shows he mostly right now are Octonauts and Fireman Sam - both of which are much more educational and have (I think) better story writing - I can watch them more easily anyway. In particular he's learned loads from Octonauts about sea life and sometimes comes out with facts that I didn't know!
I agree on the whole with all your points though - including the positive ones and your review is really thorough and well written. Ryder IS a pretty bad character and is not a good role model.
I would have given it 3/10 though! Looking forward to your next review!
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Hey, thank you for reading! My daughter hasn't watched Octonauts, but she also loves nautical themes so I may try to get her to watch that one soon! Thank you so much for your response! I really appreciate your perspective as well. It's really nice to have another adult's opinion to make watching shows like this not seem so lonely, lol.
No problem. Your post grabbed my attention because he was actually watching Paw Patrol when I came across it!
I definitely recommend Octonauts. He knows all sorts of stuff about fish, the Mariana Trench and the great barrier read because of it. We even managed to progress to watching an adult nature documentary about the Mariana Trench after he got super interested in it from Octonauts.
Anyway like you, I don’t dislike paw patrol enough to ban it - but if I have to watch kids tv there are definitely some I prefer more!
All the best with navigating the toddler/tv minefield!