The producers of educational children’s television most likely think they deserve a pat on the back. When “Sesame Street” debuted in 1969, there had been concerns already about the amount of time young children were spending in front of the “boob tube”. Children had become accustomed to the bombardment of commercials that informed them of which cereal to ask parents for because it had the best “snap- crackle-pop”. So when television producers came up with the idea to offer commercial style content as a means for education parents and most educators welcomed the idea. Parents loved the guilt free idea that their preschooler could sit for hours mesmerized by puppets and catchy tunes all in the name of learning. Many parents felt relieved
