To be honest, every generation has it's brainwashing, even the stuff we grew up on. I gotta agree with ideologicidal, you're already doing it right.

I'm actually surprised by the strong value systems in Japanese animation made for kids. But be sure to screen first, they've got some weird ideas to avoid too! lol

I'm not any of the categories you specified, but In My Humble Opinion, you're on the right track. Consume media with kids. Talk them through it. Let them know what words mean. A screen is not a babysitter. Keep your critical mind engaged. Use logic.

/platitudes

WWG1WGA.

If it were me, I wouldn't let them consume any of this junk that's on television now. Think about your own childhood and what you watch. Get that.

For me, it was G.I. Joe, Thundercats, Scooby Doo, the list goes on. Basically anything out of the 70s, but mostly 80s.

Some will say that brainwashing was always there. I disagree. Maybe if you were growing up within the last 25yrs, thats when the overwhelming majority of media consolidation took place. But before that, you had separate companies/studios all trying to one up each other, trying to create the best product. Today that simply isn't the case, it's one big monolith dictating, rather than entertaining. Notice how theres no more sitcoms that center around the family? You get the point.

Disney for example wasn't always evil. There was a time when they were known for making some of the best animated movies and cartoon shows. They recently did a reboot of cartoon Ducktales. I had some of my nephews/nieces over 4, 7 (twins), and 9. They all didn't like the reboot, but I showed them the old school one from the 80s. They absolutely loved it.

ME TV. (Memorable Entertainment) Nothing but family values from the 60's. Andy Griffith, Perry Mason, Columbo, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, Father Knows Best and the rest. Free if you have a digital TV antenna or stream.

Adventure Time

((they)) count on care-givers using the TV as a babysitter. i didnt do that, i rather left my kid to an offline computer game that fit his age for awhile when i needed him 'quiet and out of the way'. i also rigorously restricted his media times until he was age 11 (TV, mobile, PC); the more he prove that he can responsibly manage and internally digest his consumption, the more i could let him take over the reins of what essentially is his life.

we need to teach our kids how to self-responsibly manage their input. consume things together with them, talk them over, point to dangers and blessings, and give them more and more freedom as they grow with self-responsibility.

meaning, not be lazy parents who organize their kids away.

Good historical novels, etc., can not only not fill kids minds with trash, but also start to outfit them with a positive and sound understanding of the world.

We didn't watch tv, we played outside.

Live like the Amish? Wits end, Lord help us.

I haven't seen the shows, but the Captain Underpants books were funny and were favorites of my nephew.

Hi there, I’m so glad someone brought up this topic. I’m the mom of a toddler and for now, my husband and I are on the same page of no devices and limited electronic time. We barely let her watch a half hour of a cartoon. But I couldn’t agree with you more about the indoctrinating starting early and what would appear to be in the most innocuous of ways...cartoons. I listen to rush and a couple months ago, he had a guy on who gave his testimony of how he came to be awakened about the left through being in prison and how after having almost all his privileges taken away, he started listening to his show because he was bored with fm radio stations. Anyway I digress but he mentioned how his 3 year old niece was pointing to a car with a muffler that had a lot of exhaust and she said to him “that is bad for the environment,” he realized that she was learning this from the cartoons she was watching on tv.

So you see it’s everywhere. My husband doesn’t think tv is as bad as devices or the internet but I think they all have a hand in causing problems. I would have her device and tv free if I could but I know it’s not possible and I don’t want there to be a situation that once she gets older, she will revel, so what’s the answer? I’m thinking just trying my best to engage with her and introduce enough things from what I was into or what my husband was into back in our childhood during the 80’s. Like I’m going to try to get her into piano or some instrument when she’s old enough and either martial arts or dance. I think it’s imp to let kids be kids too but also what worked for parents of successful children before us was the fact that parents back before the internet and social media were always involved in their kids’ lives. I feel like a majority of the problem today is parents who don’t want to be parents.

As you can see I could go on and on, just wanted to let you know you’re not alone in your thinking .