Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. My son Levi, much to my frustration, has ...

My son Levi, much to my frustration, has never been a big TV kid. For years, I’d put on an episode of Paw Patrol or a newish Disney movie, but nothing seemed to stick. Either he’d come to me halfway ...

Last month, a press release from the American Psychological Association announced the results of a new study, a meta-analysis of 117 other studies with data from nearly 300,000 children in five ...

Special episodes with ASL interpretation from Fred Rogers Productions streamed 8.5 million times on the PBS Kids app from July to October. (Chris Smith/TheWrap) “I went into television because I hated ...

What your kids see on popular children’s TV programs could teach them lasting lessons about what kind of leaders girls and boys can grow up to be. According to a new study in Psychological Science, ...

Sometimes it’s nice to just settle in for a good binge, but it can be hard to find a show the whole family can agree on! We’ve got you covered with a list of the 100 best kids' TV shows ever, from old ...

Kids' shows can often be a source of annoyance for parents. Many are unfunny, irritating, or nonsensical, with no rhyme or reason to them other than to keep kids entertained via flashy colors and ...

PBS Kids show characters including the title character from "Arthur" decorate boxes at the Arizona PBS offices in Phoenix, May 2, 2025. Federal funding cuts have put the educational content at PBS ...

Children’s TV formed the backbone of many a childhood, with much programming aimed at younger viewers intending to be informative, inspirational, or otherwise innocent in its storytelling. Most TV ...

As the almost-too-catchy theme song to Disney Channel favorite "Phineas and Ferb" goes, there are 104 days (ish) of summer vacation, and the problem is finding a good way to spend them. As schools ...

My feelings about TV and movies for kids are also the result of my own set of values about what I want my kids to experience, how I want them to learn to think about screens and storytelling and ...