This morning, I checked out a new DVD from our local library: Hello Kitty. The DVD featured four cartoons, each of which featured the title character teaching an essential lesson like being polite or eating your vegetables.
My daughter watched the DVD at noon and 5 pm, her appointed cartoon times. At dinner tonight, she was remarkably polite. She was also remarkably child-like, talking like a six-year-old impersonating a three-year-old.
Inquiries revealed the source of my daughter’s politeness and toddler tone: Hello Kitty.
The result was a net positive. The experience reinforced just how impressionable my daughter can be.
Learning Together 