Kid's Shows

So as point of confession, not all of my entertainment options match my intellectual ability. I really like watching children’s shows because of their lighthearted nature. So lately I’ve been watching Dragons: Race to the Edge and I’ve really found it fascinating to look at it from the perspective of an adult. I feel like when I was growing up watching Arthur it was really just for kids and talked about things like honesty. When I watch the Dragons show that is aimed for older kids and really a broader audience in general (but I feel is still a kids show) there is a lot in it for adults. One I watched yesterday had a whole literary theme going on that would be way over kid’s heads. But there was a fair amount of darkness too, it wasn’t just about getting the desired object, the bad guy leader literally said to kill them, that the air would soon smell of death as well as fear, and pulled out swords to kill a captive. It seems like we’re socializing kids to become adults younger and younger.