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by Doctor_Fegg 1374 days ago
CBeebies/CBBC? Not sure what access is like outside the UK.
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I've noticed that a lot of my daughters friends put on American accents when they're playing; we're in the UK, so presumably they just watch a lot of american tv. I don't think it's particularly alarming though, I wouldn't think to warn someone to 'be careful' of letting their kids watch My Little Pony because they might imitate the accents
That's funny, I'm in the US and my daughter puts on a British accent when she's playing. I guess for either one it's something that sounds exotic and fun.
It seems rather odd to be upset that a television programme might teach one’s children to enunciate properly?

One is genuinely rather confused as to exactly what it is with which you take umbrage.

This is America, we speak American here. How dare you insinuate my American ain't proper enunciation. How 'bout you umbrage yerself back to whatever country you came from
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Ghastly!

That article makes it out to have a positive effect so I'm not sure what you're trying to be careful about. Perhaps you want your child to say "thank you" and "please" less?
You would be careful because they are watch a show that increases their vocabulary?
haha what’s there to be careful about that? I love that thanks to Peppa Pig we had a little bit of British culture added to our home.

Similarly now with Bluey (Aussie show) and us occasionally saying Brekky for breakfast.

The use of music (all original scores but beautifully using classical music too) is amazing too.

https://www.abc.net.au/classic/read-and-watch/music-reads/fi...

Yeees, Bluey is lovely! I refused to watch it at first because of the square dogs, but I'm glad I caved in. Similar articles came out about that show, worth a listen.[1]

And really, the Australian pronunciation of "cache" (like 'keish') is downright superior.

[1]: https://www.abc.net.au/melbourne/programs/breakfast/aussie-a...

Bluey is a great show, my grandkids love it, but my son in law jokingly thinks Bandit creates too high an expectation of what a father can and should be…
Bluey is great. My six-year old now uses "For real life?" as part of his everyday speech.
Seconded.

Have been really impressed with the CBeebies family of apps.

Also worth a look: Khan Academy Kids, but it doesn’t seem to hold the attention quite as long.