Are Cartoons to Serious?

I am amazed at how the kids nowadays are being raised compared to how we were raised. With all the social media they are exposed to this allows some kids to be grown before their time. They are tech savvy children, my youngest was able to show me a shortcut to my YouTube app on my phone lol. He would watch his cartoons and toy reviews on YouTube and I never knew how he figured it out but he subscribed to 50 channels. Not only are things so different but I notice that even the cartoon kids watch today are not as innocent as they used to be.

My son usually watches Nick Jr or Disney Jr, but the other day while flipping thru channels he came across the Boomerang channel. Boomerang shows older cartoons, such as Looney Toons, Scooby Doo and etc. Well that day they were showing Scooby Doo and Tom & Jerry. My son was very amused by both of these cartoons but especially Tom & Jerry. I have never heard him laugh so much while watching cartoons, and I started thinking what happened to innocent funny cartoons?

Cartoons today are more lesson driven than funny or entertaining. I don't mind cartoons that try to teach but I also would like to have cartoons for children that are entertaining and make them laugh. As kids this should be a fun and enjoyable time for them, laughter is good for the soul. Children television shows should not be so serious all the time. I want shows that my child can have a great time watching and that lifts his spirits.

I am quite sure cartoons will continue to evolve as time goes on. I am just afraid of what they will evolve too. I yearn for the good old days and maybe that's why Boomerang exist to get back that old feeling of great cartoons that kids can enjoy.

Marcee' Bonds

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