Series · Netflix · 2017

True and the Rainbow Kingdom

Kindness as a spell. Safe, thin, and made to be watched a long time.

True is kind, and the kingdom agrees to be kind back. A small child is safe here and is not being asked to become anything. The colors are the product. Use it if you need a calm half hour, and do not use it as the story of how problems end. Problems do not end because the air turned pink.

The eight

Industry
3/10
The work is wishing correctly.
Household
4/10
A friend and a cat. No household.
Piety
3/10
Niceness stands in for reverence.
Courage
3/10
The risk is a magical mishap.
Republic
4/10
A kingdom that exists to be mended by one girl.
Temperance
6/10
Gentle. Also long, and the same.
Truth
4/10
The feelings are the facts. The world rearranges for them.
Stewardship
3/10
What it hands on is a mood.

Live historicallyOne episode. Then a problem in the house that kindness alone does not fix, solved together.

Series · Netflix · 2009

Masha and the Bear

The bear is patient. The show thinks the girl's havoc is the charm. Watch it with them and say so.

Masha is little and loud and the bear loves her anyway, which is a true thing about caring for a child. The series cannot resist making her wreckage the entertainment. A child who watches a pile of these will learn that the laugh arrives when the careful person sighs. That is the wrong lesson from a kind premise.

Fine in a small dose, beside you. Say out loud that the bear is the one to copy. Then go outside, where poking the animal is not a cartoon.

The eight

Industry
4/10
The bear does the work of putting the house back. She undoes it for the laugh.
Household
5/10
A found household: someone large keeps someone small. The small one does not learn the keeping.
Piety
3/10
Kindness is shown, mostly by the animal.
Courage
4/10
She is fearless. Fearlessness without care is just noise.
Republic
3/10
The forest is a playground, not a place with neighbors.
Temperance
3/10
Mischief is the product. Obedience is the joke.
Truth
4/10
The mess has a consequence for the bear. Rarely for her.
Stewardship
4/10
He keeps a home. She is not being taught to keep one.

Live historicallyWhen a child makes a mess, have them help put it back before the next episode.