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Series · Netflix · 2019

Carmen Sandiego

Skill and a code. She is loyal to a crew and vague about any law above the code.

Carmen is a thief with better taste than her enemies, and the series wants the taste to be enough. Often the object really should go home. A child can enjoy the competence and should be told that a private code is not the same as a law, and a crew on a radio is not the same as a people. Older children, with you.

The eight

  1. Industry

    6/10

    The heist is a craft, and she is better at it than the people she robs.

  2. Household

    3/10

    A found crew. No family she will stay for.

  3. Piety

    3/10

    A private code stands where a conscience would answer to someone.

  4. Courage

    7/10

    She goes in. The risk is physical and she takes it for the stolen thing, not for applause.

  5. Republic

    5/10

    Returning a treasure to a people is a public good. Doing it outside every law is the hitch.

  6. Temperance

    5/10

    Glamour, held back by the fact that she is not stealing for herself.

  7. Truth

    6/10

    The show is clear about who the real thieves are. It is softer about her.

  8. Stewardship

    5/10

    What she hands back is an object. She does not hand a child a way to live in a town.

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Series · Netflix · 2017

Lucas the Spider

Gentle, short, and kind. It does not sneer, and it does not last long enough to do harm.

Lucas is a small hello repeated until it becomes a habit. There is no sarcasm and no product to want. The limit is the limit of any sweet short: it will not make a child useful, and it should not be the whole afternoon. Put it on for a few minutes. Then go outside and find something that is actually alive.

The eight

  1. Industry

    3/10

    No work. A little creature greeting the day.

  2. Household

    5/10

    Friendship is the whole plot, and it is not a joke.

  3. Piety

    4/10

    Wonder at ordinary things. No creed, no sneer.

  4. Courage

    4/10

    He tries the next small thing even when he is unsure.

  5. Republic

    5/10

    A neighbor is someone you say hello to.

  6. Temperance

    8/10

    Quiet, brief, and not hungry.

  7. Truth

    6/10

    It does not pretend the sill is the world.

  8. Stewardship

    5/10

    A child may copy the hello. That is enough.

Live historicallyAfter it ends, go look at one real insect and leave it where it is.