Well, the other day, I got a message from Moollee that gives me a good excuse to blog here again. She wrote:
Whenever I'm feeling down I like to watch Oobi clips on Youtube. I think it's so simple, calm and happy. It puts me in a good mood and reminds me of my childhood. But my friends say its weird to still like it. I tried explaining how nostalgic I am for my old favorite kid shows but they didn't get it.This is something I didn't realize I'm so passionate about: having "juvenile" interests. In my opinion, it's really only possible to be too young to watch something. I don't think you can ever be too old to watch something. If it makes you happy, that's all that really matters. You are the only person who gets to decide what you like, and if a good-old-fashioned kids' show picks you up when you're sad, people need to respect that without judging it! It's great to find new things that you love, but that never means that you needs to stop loving the old things that you loved when you were a kid!!
I've seen people -- usually online -- make fun of others for liking "juvenile" things. Respect who they are! The end. I've never once felt judged for incessantly posting my love missives to Mister Rogers and Sesame Street on Facebook. No one has ever suggested that I should have moved on from the shows I fell in love with when I was three. Why should people's reactions to Oobi, or Blue's Clues, or the Backyardigans be any different?
I love Oobi just as much as my son does. It's a show about friendship, and kindness, and family, and problem solving, and creativity, and curiosity. Which of those things should people outgrow??
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| Oobi: fun from ages 1 to 100 |
