Is it wrong to let children watch SpongeBob?

[Autumnleaf]

My Way News - SpongeBob in hot water from study of 4-year-olds

I've always known there was something wrong with this show. Now I know I was right.

 

[AlexBP]

It is wrong to not show children Spongebob. That show is great!

Also, the study in question involved only sixty children divided into three groups, which means there were only twenty children in each group. That's too small to get significant results from.

 

[Amber the Duskbringer]

As you can see spongebob is win. Let the kids have their randomness.

 

[anonymous052280]

...i guess watch it with supervision?

 

[keith99]

It is wrong to not show children Spongebob. That show is great!

Also, the study in question involved only sixty children divided into three groups, which means there were only twenty children in each group. That's too small to get significant results from.

Let's skip the sample size issues for now. There is a far larger flaw in the study. A huge flaw. Let me illustrate by going to the physical. It's football season so football it is, though almost any physical activity will do.

Should football players practice by actually running and hitting? It would seem not as measuring performance right after practice (or a game for that matter) shows that the performance is greatly reduced.

And that is exactly what this study did. It made some measurements right after watching the show.

All that was shown (ignoring the sample size issues) was that watching Spongebob just before taking theit test is not a good idea.

Has anyone else here ever had back to back finals? If yuo have you know that having one final right before another is NOT the way to be ready. But most would agree taking a practice test with time to recover is an excellent way to get ready for finals.

Obvious bias on someones part. (I have learned that it is not always the reasearchers, often articles like thsi one get written and conclusions misquoted).

 

[Exiledoomsayer]

I hate spongebob, the less of that junk on tv the better.

Unfortunately since the spongebob target audience is 6-8 rather then 4 you cant hold this study against them.

If the question is 'is the wrong to let children watch programs above their age group' then maybe.

Course it is true the study has flaws in it, we'll just have to see if the results can be replicated.

 

[Amber the Duskbringer]

Get to a "higher" part of yer life and spongebob will make more sense I love the episode where they find out about bad language. I laughed so hard. Course I was at a very "achieved" sense of being

 

[Jpark]

That was a study taken in 2011 and it is probable that they were subjected to the newer episodes.

The old episodes were the golden ages of that show.

 

[JadeTigress]

The old episodes were the golden ages of that show.

Exactly. After the movie came out, things just started going downhill. It makes me sad. I <3 Spongebob so much.

Also, more on topic, my 3 year old niece has been watching Spongebob pretty much since she was born. And according to her doctor, she's waaaaay ahead of other kids her age developmentally.

She still loves Spongebob, but she's on a Wizard of Oz kick right now. How a 3 year old has the attention span for Wizard of Oz is beyond me. I don't have the attention span for it now.

ETA: I'm watching Spongebob right now, btw.

 

[keith99]

Exactly. After the movie came out, things just started going downhill. It makes me sad. I <3 Spongebob so much.

Also, more on topic, my 3 year old niece has been watching Spongebob pretty much since she was born. And according to her doctor, she's waaaaay ahead of other kids her age developmentally.

She still loves Spongebob, but she's on a Wizard of Oz kick right now. How a 3 year old has the attention span for Wizard of Oz is beyond me. I don't have the attention span for it now.

ETA: I'm watching Spongebob right now, btw.

The Oz series of books is huge. Dwarfs any other book series I'm aware of. And since it has been around forever most are available used.

 

[Exiledoomsayer]

Get to a "higher" part of yer life and spongebob will make more sense I love the episode where they find out about bad language. I laughed so hard. Course I was at a very "achieved" sense of being

Suddenly your new avatar takes on a whole new meaning .

 

[Amber the Duskbringer]

Suddenly your new avatar takes on a whole new meaning .

:3

thought that's a cigarrette, i won't deny use of the other stuff ;P

 

[Crujir]

Also, the study in question involved only sixty children divided into three groups, which means there were only twenty children in each group. That's too small to get significant results from.

Totally agreed. You can't get worldwide results by studying sixty subjects.

 

[Crujir]

...i guess watch it with supervision?

Nah that wouldn't make a difference; the content of the show isn't going to change just because the parents are watching it, too.

 

[Fenny the Fox]

Honestly, I'd like to see the same experiment done with the old Animaniacs cartoon...or anything Looney Tunes or old Disney, for that matter. Spongebob ain't got nothin on those.


But the huge flaws in small sample size, methodology (testing directly after show), and using an age group not even within the target audience -I honestly suspect that the real target audience (and largest base, I would wager) is college aged people and potheads, that is beside the point though- are hard to ignore regardless.

 

[Amber the Duskbringer]

For real. This new generation needs more of her.

 

[Fenny the Fox]

Yay! Slappy~!
Serious...so much ADD inducing goodness in those shows.

 

[mpok1519]

why would it be wrong to let kids watch spongebob?

Is this just another one of those "look at me Im bored!" threads?

 

[Amber the Duskbringer]

Well this is a "look at me I am bored!" post :3 Course all my posts are like that, noone ever gives me attention! I liked the slappy episode where she goes crazy. It was sooooo sad, skippy was crying at the end I actually teared up D:

 

[mpok1519]

I read the article; it said spongebob is just too face-paced for kids. And they did the testing on 4 y/os, when the show is meant for 6-11 y/os.

But, why are things that are fast-paced "bad"? Is it bc kids' brains can't process all of it effectively?

My inclination is to believe that perhaps shows that are slow-paced don't challenge kids' processing abilities enough.