Yuma
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Fred Rogers met with a child psychologist every week for 22 years to build his show. She shaped everything: every script, prop, and song. The whole point was to give a child's nervous system time to slow down. In 1984, a single regulatory decision ended all of it.
The psychologist was Dr. Margaret McFarland, who co-founded the Arsenal Family and Children's Center alongside Benjamin Spock and Erik Erikson. She and Rogers understood that the prefrontal cortex in children, the part of the brain that controls impulse, emotion, and attention, takes decades to fully develop. At the start of every episode, Rogers tied his sneakers and changed his sweater while children settled in. Those pauses were intentional, designed to help a child's nervous system shift into a calmer, more focused state.
What ended it had nothing to do with child development science. In 1984, Reagan's FCC chairman Mark Fowler abolished the advertising limits that had protected children's programming from commercial pressure. Toy companies moved within months. Between 1984 and 1985, cartoons tied to toy lines increased by 300%, from a handful of shows to more than 40 animated series. In almost every case, the toy was designed first. The cartoon was built to sell it.
Researchers later put numbers to what parents were already noticing. A 2011 study in Pediatrics from the University of Virginia tested 60 four-year-olds across three groups: one watching SpongeBob, which cuts scene every 11 seconds; one watching a slow PBS show, which cuts scene every 34 seconds; and one drawing. Nine minutes later, all three took tests on attention, impulse control, short-term memory, and problem-solving. The SpongeBob group scored significantly worse across every measure.
In the 1970s, children began watching television around age 4. Research from pediatrician Dimitri Christakis found that by 2009, the average age of first screen exposure had dropped to 4 months, as the content got faster and the audience got younger. Researchers separately found that each additional hour of daily screen time at ages 1 or 3 raised the risk of attention problems at age 7 by 9%.
ɴᴀᴅɪ.🎀༘@luvblessingz
We didn’t realize it then, but kids’ shows used to be this calm on purpose.
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@marketmagepapi Lmao out of towner falling for Miami women they can’t handle
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Man everyone talking shit bout his ex. Ohhh but never marry a Miami girl.
Bro idk maybe he just didn’t have pull like that fr. Maybe she saw the facade first. She had money already and she was seemingly ride or die…
Losing that veneca chocha then getting pieced up, brutal.
morodelsur@morodelsur
Pues nada aquí tenemos a la culpable de la primera derrota de Ilia Topuria. Increíble como una mujer puede cargarse una carrera
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@vibeocracy No sure but the last names strange, her 2nd one is Badell. Anyways All I can find on her is she’s born in Venezuela, moved to Miami young and started a seemingly successful company.
I’m not actually autistic enough to search deeper than that lmao
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@vibeocracy Ilia topurias ex wife. Giorgina Uzcategui. They divorced last year and he took a year off fighting bc of it. Bit of a legal battle
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Josh Hokit got a Full ride to Fresno University where he was a dual sport all American. He graduated with a 3.5 in political science. The dude is a high achieving, highly educated, individual. H s very obviously doing a bit to be a pro wrestling heel. If you don’t get that, you’re an ignoramus.
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(Much love other than this stupid post)
Michael Tracey@mtracey
Not really helping to dispel any public perceptions that the UFC is by and for ignoramuses
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Mexicans seem exhausting lowkey… let the dude shout out his mom bro sheesh
kai@shatteredjaw
bitch don’t claim dat mexican warrior spirit now lmfao
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Found this guy’s IG and he’s not even a spurs fan he was just looking for some action. Love of the game.
juju 💰@ayeejuju
bro really took on the whole arena 😭
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All they know how to do is insider trade lol and not even well
Championship Rounds@ChampRDS
🚨 In a now-deleted post, Daniel Cormier exposed Eric Trump for asking him if any of the UFC White House fights were rigged: "I'm probably going to get a lot of flak for bringing this to light, however I refuse to stay silent... Shame on anyone trying to ruin this beautiful event."
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