Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Kids These Days and their cartoons

Every generation has their bones to pick with the ones that come after them. We haven't completely gotten rid of our TV (though we did cut the cable and are relying on over-the-air transmissions), but we still get the occasional cartoon. My, they're different from when I was growing up.

The cartoons I remember most were Robotech and the Trans-Formers. When you watched those cartoons, there was a strain of Good vs. Evil going on, like in G. I. Joe. There was a strong sense of right and wrong, and it was shown to the viewers that they should be good.

Today's popular cartoons like Jimmy Neutron or Pokemon don't strike me as good versus evil, but smart versus stupid. Has anyone else noticed this? How does this influence our kids?