Every toddler just loves Dora the Explorer. If you don't know who that is you obviously don't know anyone under the age of 5.
Aside from the fact that Dora always seems to be yelling, it is a very cute little show. It teaches kids Spanish, counting, songs and it's got a whole bunch of PhD's behind the content, language development and blah blah blah. What is also has is a villain. That villain is named Swiper.
Swiper is quite the bully. He jumps in and out of Dora's life and keeps stealing her things. He not only takes them, but flings them to far off places. Dora then needs to find them just to continue with her exploring. How annoying is that? Sometimes she can ward him off, but most times he just walks up to her and takes whatever he wants. Anything really - rope, necklace, star pockets. She really needed that rope - to get the necklace you flung on top of Star Mountain! Geeze. What's WITH this guy?
In the end, Dora always finds the things Swiper has stolen. She's very resourceful. She's got a map, helpful stars, a seemingly endless supply of trinkets in her backpack. The moral here being: Even if some lousy bastard bothers you and takes your things, just use your friends and your resources to get them all back. And she does.
The problem I have with all this is that my daughter thinks that Swiper is going to come and swipe HER things. She says:
"I don't want Swiper to swipe my my stuff. That sneaky fox."
And I have to explain, "Swiper is only on TV. He will never come and swipe your things". How many other 2 year olds in this world think the same thing? Hopefully she understands all this. I think so. She still wants to watch Dora, we still sing the songs. I guess it's just one of those life lessons that you learn at 2.
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YOU KNOW WHAT I HATE ABOUT DORA?........................................YOU DO?..............................WHAT IS IT?................................................IT'S THE LONG PAUSES AS SHE WAITS FOR HER AUDIENCE TO RESPOND TO THE TV (you have to read this in a Dora voice)
I know, I know, it's interactive and let's kids get involved with the show...but it's still annoying!
Oh it's very annoying indeed! Especially when you've seen the "sleeping sun one" about 276 times. I wonder if the shows we used to watch as kids were this irritating to our parents?
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