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29 out of 36 people found the following review useful:
Kids love it, parents hate it..., 27 September 2006
Author:
gshann from United States
Both of my daughters (5 and 2) love the show. They will sit and watch it almost mesmerized. It is great to put on when my wife and I really need to get the kitchen cleaned up. However, since they have been watching it with more regularity, their behavior has changed, and not for the better. They now seem to emulate Calliou's impatience, tantrums, and the lack of please/thank you. It's hard to tell if the show is a cause, but since it's been available on-demand, and with a recent DVD rental, it has been on more frequently, and it seems like it has been a bad influence. As a result, we no longer put it on. While it may ACCURATELY depict how a 4 year old would act, remember that 4 year old's do not behave properly. I've met some. Much like all kids (except yours), they are selfish, defiant, disobedient, and often disrespectful unless taught otherwise. In this show there are no repercussions to Calliou's often bad behavior. I'm no developmental psychologist, nor do I have any kind of interaction with children this young other the one's in my neighborhood. I do believe that it has been a bad influence, and would not recommend prolonged exposure.
33 out of 49 people found the following review useful:
Spoiled bratty child who acts like a baby, 8 August 2006
Author:
schultzclan6 from United States
I hate to sound so harsh, but it must be said that Caillou has had one
of the worst influences on children I have ever seen. Caillou is a 4
year old bald child who is very spoiled by his parents. They spoil him
so much, that when they tell him to wait, he breaks out into a tantrum
and begins to cry and scream "I want this now!" Honestly, this is
something you would expect from a 2 year old child. The parents don't
ever get mad at him nor do they teach any good manners. Instead they
give him what he wants almost like a reward and he yells "Yay!", then
plays like a little baby.He also has a baby sister Rosie, who is pretty
bratty too, but she is little so I can understand. The 2 dimensional
cartoon's animation is very, very bad. Pictures are drawn sloppily and
appears very fake.
Let me close with this as proof that this show is a bad influence. I
have a 4 year old brother. Like most 2 year old, he used to break out
into tantrums. Then he began to watch Caillou. The only thing that he
has matured in his speech. He still has temper tantrums and is a
crybaby for a child his age. I recommend this to a to-be parent that
wants to know how NOT to raise a child. As far as children go, don't
let them watch this. You'll have a brat on your hands in the near
future. Put on The Wiggles.
30 out of 46 people found the following review useful:
Many problems with this show, 2 November 2003
Author:
Kevin Fletcher (producer@dazzleproductions.com) from Burlington, Ontario, Canada
While my 3-year-old seems to enjoy this show, I think it may be very bad
for
him to watch.
Among the many problems I have is the child character's constant bad
behavior, mostly his complete lack of manners, I have yet to hear a Thank
you or please (often it is "I want").. this could be a cultural difference
with the French.
The episode in which he gets scared of monsters at night, rather than
helping my son; inspired him to become scared of monsters (he never
thought
of monsters being in his room until he saw this show).
I often see many safety issues brought up in the show, in one episode
Daddy
leave a newborn baby (Rossie) unattended on a change table.
The "world view" of the show is too politically correct and homogeneous to
the point of encouraging conformity in children. In fact I find the
nonwhite
characters to be portrayed ina very disturping way, bordering on racism...
the Chinese family eats only Chinese food, visits China on vacation, has a
house decorated in Chinese decor.. in fact every part of their life we see
is completely enshrined in Chinese culture; as if they have no identity
other than being Chinese. In another episode a Mexican family has a
birthday
party, and of course it is a fiesta! I hate children's shows that only
define multicultural people/families by their race/nationality as if
that's
ALL that defines them; it is an ignorant view of our world.
29 out of 46 people found the following review useful:
PBS should be ashamed., 20 November 2001
Author:
naugy_trix from Naugatuck, CT
My daughter is not allowed to watch this show anymore. Caillou is the biggest brat. He is constantly whining and disobeying. Granted, his parents do correct him eventually, but they are like flower children from hell themselves. My daughter, after watching a couple episodes, started acting like Caillou - whining, calling people "stupid".... So we don't watch this show anymore. I can't believe this show was up to PBS standards. I think they need to reevaluate their program guidelines.
15 out of 19 people found the following review useful:
Caillou's voice is like Chinese water torture, 17 August 2001
Author:
Aaron G.McCaskey from Roswell, NM
The little boy, Caillou, teaches children about growing up effectively
enough; this without any unpleasant stuff to go along with it like many
children's shows that have either unpleasant content (Cow & Chicken) or
empty content (Zoom).
Some such shows contantly have things in them parents don't find
appropriate whatsoever, yet I cannot object with any of the shows content.
It is excellent in that regard.
My only complaint is that Caillou's voice is Chinese water torture.
Maybe it's just me, and it strikes a chord that makes me wince, however I
do
not think that this is the case, as my dog and cats sometimes leave the
room
(in a full run) when my niece is watching this show.
19 out of 27 people found the following review useful:
Annoying and a REALLY bad example for kids, 22 January 2008
Author:
beeryusa from Boston, MA, USA
As a 45 year-old parent of a 4 year-old daughter I must say I have to
agree with some other reviewers here - this show is terrible. I guess
the developers of this show fail to understand that 4 year-olds will
see Caillou as a role model and they do not get the character arc. So
when Caillou is being whiny or ungrateful and he learns how to behave
in the last few minutes of the show, what kids remember is the
whininess, not the lesson.
Caillou is a horrible show that teaches kids how not to behave. My
daughter actually started to behave much worse after being exposed to
this show than she did before seeing it. At one point she even copied
Caillou's style of tantrum - where he falls on the floor and kicks his
legs while crying - on one level that was amusing but it was clear that
our daughter was using the show to learn very bad behaviour. Thanks to
the title lock on our DVR this show is now blocked and our daughter has
once again become the sweet, well-mannered and happy 4 year-old she was
before she saw Caillou.
15 out of 22 people found the following review useful:
Steer Away from this Show!, 9 August 2003
Author:
belacane from Seattle, WA
I agree with the other comment about how bad this show is. Caillou is a
4-year-old kid and he does and says lots of bad things. It often takes
several minutes of watching the show before he is castigated for it, and
by
that time, the children watching have forgotten that he did anything bad.
Plus, the grandma voiceovers reinforce the badness. An example is that
Caillou is supposed to go somewhere with his parents, while the grandma
stays at the house and watches the baby. Caillou lays down on the floor
and
starts throwing a temper tantrum. The grandma voiceover says, "Caillou
didn't want to go with his mommy and daddy." Then the parent moseys on
in,
says, "Caillou, time to go!" He cries and whines a bit, and then the
parent
says something like, "We're going to stop for ice cream on the way home,"
and Caillou jumps up, all happy, and goes. I feel this is poor
programming
to show to young children.
My son likes Caillou, but I won't let him watch it anymore. (He's 3, we
stopped watching it when he was 2).
I wrote a nastygram to the Caillou email that's given on the PBS website,
and got back a response as follows:
"The premise behind CAILLOU and his adventures is that they reflect the
real
life experiences and emotions of a 4-year-old child. However, we do take
your comments seriously and we will share your concerns with the
production
team and their child development consultants."
I am sure that Caillou's "emotions" are pretty close to those of a
4-year-old! I'm just not sure that the Caillou adults handle him in an
appropriate manner. I don't want my kids to expect the kind of treatment
Caillou gets, when they act like he does.
Trivial thing: one of Caillou's stuffed animals is a T. Rex named
(predictably) Rexy. Rexy claims that his favorite food is lettuce. If my
son grows up thinking that T. Rex ate lettuce, I'm not doing my job as a
parent!!
Donna
13 out of 20 people found the following review useful:
Diabetics: Be Warned, 10 October 2003
Author:
Kay-29 from Texas
"Caillou" is one of only two PBS for Kids programs who's appeal is totally lost on me...and my children don't like it either. Part of it is the vocal characterization of Caillou-who's whiney little voice is like nails on a chalkboard. Couple this with insipid dialogue and sickly-sweet plotlines and you've got a show that, despite it's intent, few kids will want to sit through, let alone learn from.
8 out of 11 people found the following review useful:
Make it stop, 20 January 2008
Author:
gwashington1732
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
I am severely angered by this show. It is quite possibly the worse show
that PBS has ever aired.
Quite possibly the worst thing about it is that kids idolize that
little bowling ball headed brat. All he does is whine about anything
that happens. I honestly can't see how it teaches anything but, "Whaah
Rosy hit me, mommy!" After seeing, probably a minute of this crap I was
smashing my head against the wall trying to make it leave but they just
don't make ear plugs powerful enough to cancel out that whiny little
monster. I actually had to V-Chip PBS for a few months until this show
could be forgotten.
9 out of 15 people found the following review useful:
Wonderful little show, 18 January 2001
Author:
AlrightGuy from Kodiak, AK
Thank goodness I get the chance to watch this with my son in the mornings. It's such a gentle, happy show and it teaches me as much as it does him (the parents are insanely cheerful at all times, which freaks me out a little, but it helps remind me to keep calm even when our child is acting up or whining). It also helps prepare kids for younger siblings, as Caillou learns in almost every episode how to be a big brother to his sister Rosie. In a world full of obnoxious singalong shows that are only on the air to push merchandise, this little gem is a truly welcome find.
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