My only gripe with Bluey is that 70% of the episodes take place in their massive 10000 square foot mansion. I do worry it might set some unrealistic expectations when the kids watching get older. In other kid shows there is enough crazy shit going on to accept the setting isn’t based in reality (like on a space ship or in mickey mouse hell world) but Bluey I’d equate more to like the simpsons, where you can start to forget that everyone is a dog.
Like seriously I’d like a scene where Bandit opens his $700 electric bill to keep that warehouse cool during the summer.
Related, Bandit and Chili appear to work light jobs that barely take any of their time and leave them fresh to pour unlimited attention onto their kids throughout the entire episode. As a worker splitting parenting with my spouse across day and night shifts I think this might give our kids unrealistic expectations of our ability to stop what we are doing and follow their ideas wherever they are leading.
Not that it isn’t aspirational. But I personally can’t be as good as Chili and Bandit appear to be.
Yeah I feel that too. I will say most of the episodes follow a contiguous 15 minute period. When my kid asks me to play with him I do think of the show and make the decision to try and do w/e the hell he wants for 15 minutes.
Just to say that the endless energy and enthusiasm that Chili and Bandit display can be made from those “good moments” we get outside work, sleep, housework, chores, shopping, etc.
Setting a clear time limit with my son eventually helped when he was younger. Otherwise he’d assume I could just play the game indefinitely or over and over. He’s 6 now and still loves to play some Bluey-like games (floor is lava and rug island type games). But he knows I can’t go again and again, and that stopping for coloring or reading time after a game is helpful to us both.
Also Bandit carrying a 6 and 5 year old around at the same time doesn’t happen unless you have tiny kids. My son is almost 4 feet tall and 50 lbs. I’m big enough to give him piggy back rides or carry him from the car when he’s asleep, but some of the stuff they do is pure fiction for humans.
Australian suburban houses do tend to be quite big though, we have very large backyards. Though how the hell they can afford rent on that place makes no damn sense to me (maybe they got a large inheritance or something, that’s pretty much the only way people can afford houses these days, and I assume that works for dogs too)
My only gripe with Bluey is that 70% of the episodes take place in their massive 10000 square foot mansion. I do worry it might set some unrealistic expectations when the kids watching get older. In other kid shows there is enough crazy shit going on to accept the setting isn’t based in reality (like on a space ship or in mickey mouse hell world) but Bluey I’d equate more to like the simpsons, where you can start to forget that everyone is a dog.
Like seriously I’d like a scene where Bandit opens his $700 electric bill to keep that warehouse cool during the summer.
Related, Bandit and Chili appear to work light jobs that barely take any of their time and leave them fresh to pour unlimited attention onto their kids throughout the entire episode. As a worker splitting parenting with my spouse across day and night shifts I think this might give our kids unrealistic expectations of our ability to stop what we are doing and follow their ideas wherever they are leading.
Not that it isn’t aspirational. But I personally can’t be as good as Chili and Bandit appear to be.
Yeah I feel that too. I will say most of the episodes follow a contiguous 15 minute period. When my kid asks me to play with him I do think of the show and make the decision to try and do w/e the hell he wants for 15 minutes.
Just to say that the endless energy and enthusiasm that Chili and Bandit display can be made from those “good moments” we get outside work, sleep, housework, chores, shopping, etc.
Yeah for sure, I get that. Not sure if the kids will but you can’t control that really.
Setting a clear time limit with my son eventually helped when he was younger. Otherwise he’d assume I could just play the game indefinitely or over and over. He’s 6 now and still loves to play some Bluey-like games (floor is lava and rug island type games). But he knows I can’t go again and again, and that stopping for coloring or reading time after a game is helpful to us both.
Also Bandit carrying a 6 and 5 year old around at the same time doesn’t happen unless you have tiny kids. My son is almost 4 feet tall and 50 lbs. I’m big enough to give him piggy back rides or carry him from the car when he’s asleep, but some of the stuff they do is pure fiction for humans.
Australian suburban houses do tend to be quite big though, we have very large backyards. Though how the hell they can afford rent on that place makes no damn sense to me (maybe they got a large inheritance or something, that’s pretty much the only way people can afford houses these days, and I assume that works for dogs too)