Is it credible that watching a particular show, like the often-blamed hyperactive cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants —could have a negative effect on preschoolers? The lead author of that study was suggesting that fast-paced programs featuring unrealistic scenarios may over-stimulate the brain, making it harder to trigger executive function skills. But parents agonizing over which kind of video is best for toddlers may be getting anxious about the wrong thing.
The study claimed that four-year-olds who watched 9 minutes of SpongeBob performed worse on executive function tests than peers who watched 9 minutes of Caillou , a slower-paced, more realistic PBS cartoon about a preschool-aged boy, and a peer group that spent 9 minutes drawing. Schwartz notes that practically any other form of play —playing outside, drawing or painting, playing dress-up, building things, playing with pots and pans while mom or dad make dinner—is more likely to stimulate and socialize young children, because they are acting and thinking, touching and feeling and manipulating things, experimenting, drawing conclusions, observing cause and effect.
And of course mom was on the phone. Get this as a PDF. The children in the study were given common mental function tests after watching cartoons or drawing. The SpongeBob kids scored on average 12 points lower than the other two groups, whose scores were nearly identical. In another test, measuring self-control and impulsiveness, kids were rated on how long they could wait before eating snacks presented when the researcher left the room.
Lillard did note that the children were not tested before they watched SpongeBob, but said none of the children had been diagnosed with attention problems. Skip to content. Just because you are annoyed by this cartoon does not make it the devils work. Please try to be objective when you reveiw these shows or this type of forum becomes irrelevent. This review Helped me decide 4. Had useful details 9. Read my mind 9. Report this review. Adult Written by cherry October 21, Teach your kids early on Really parents?
I grew up in the nineties, I watched classic Nick shows as well as Spongebob. Now I am going to college to be a teacher. Sometimes you can stuff your kids brains with positive messages but they won't always turn out happy sunshine's because there's a pesky thing called reality and reality doesn't work that way as in kids shows.
Spongebob mixes general sillies and jokes with real world problems. The words 'idiot' and 'stupid' will always show up in the real world. You can cover their ears all you like but they will hear it sooner or later. Watching Spongebob gives parents a great opportunity to teach children what they will face when they get older. Name calling, disappointment, those annoying friends, pesky neighbors, losing jobs, getting crushes etc.
Like another review said it's a perfect opportunity to sit down with your kids and explain this things. Not to mention Spongebob general quirkiness will grab the attention of any young child and despite him being sometimes oblivious many kids can relate.
This title contains: Positive Messages. Helped me decide. Had useful details 4. Read my mind 5. Parent of a year-old Written by JoeyBroey August 15, Any age Not violent at all. Helped me decide 1. Read my mind 2. Godd for kids of any age! Positive lessons in the end!
I have watched nearly every episode with my children and have found a prominent, positive message in nearly all of them. I would suspect parents who have not really sat with their children to watch might hear bits and peices and pass judgement, but if you see it through and actually take the time to sit with your children to explain things they might be unsure of, it is a perfect opportunity to talk with them heart to heart about real issues that they are or will deal with Parents the real world is not like "Leave it to Beaver" and this show helps kids realize that bad things can happen including name calling and fighting etc.
Pay attention and you will see Had useful details 3. Adult Written by Hailo C. May 31, Helped me decide 2. Had useful details 1. Parent of a 10 and year-old Written by Angelos Tsiaklis December 12, What is wrong with you people!! Spongebob is a cartoon, which means that things that occur in the show are not real. If your child doesn't understand reality from fantasy maybe instead of ranting of how horrible the show is, sit down with the kid and explain it.
You can't censor the world. Sooner or later your child is going to grow up, and trust me if you don't slowly expose your child to everyday things that you cant avoid, you will do more harm than good. Read my mind 3. Adult Written by dowelborn November 17, New episodes are really bad My five year old and eight year old have mentioned they no longer like Spongebob since they changed them.
I watched a few episodes and have to agree. They are pretty worthless.
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