Discussion/Show Recommendations for Non-Pozzed Children's Shows: A Guide for Kiwi Parents

[Optantrix]

This is my first thread but I wanted to start a discussion based on a conversation going on in the MATI thread to see if there were other Kiwi parents having a difficult time finding non-pozzed entertainment for their children to watch. It's a daunting task to screen every single show to make sure there's no random faggotry in it but I figure there's power in numbers.

So far the only thing I let my son watch (which is more play in the background than anything) is the following:

Bluey
Tumble Leaf

So far I haven't noticed anything pozzed in them but I'm not holding my breath forever for Bluey, adult faggots keep trying to overtake the show and it is Australian so I feel it's only a matter of time. I would love to see your recommendations below if you have any!

Edit: Here are some recommendations I've gathered from the comments below, you can also use https://www.commonsensemedia.org/ to check a show out before putting it on for your little one! I've grouped it by the following categories: Green Light (little to no pozzed themes; little to no violence, all around good for all ages), Yellow light (proceed with caution; for older children, themes might go over the heads of younger children or may be too dark), and Red Light (show at your own risk).

Spoiler: Green Light Shows/Media

Barney
Common sense lists for ages 2+
Love him or hate him, Barney is a hit with preschoolers.
Premiered in 1992. Streaming on Netflix, YouTube, Apple TV, and Pluto
14 seasons

Bear in the Big Blue House
Common sense lists for age 3+
Cooperate and share with Bear! Great for kids.
Premiered in 1997. Streaming on Disney+
4 seasons

Blue Clues (1996 - 2006 only)
Common sense lists for age 3+
Engaging fun for young ones (and parents, too!)
Premiered in 1996. Streaming on Paramount+
6 seasons

Bluey
Common Sense lists for ages 4+
Positive family, social themes in Aussie pup's adventures.
Premiered in 2019, currently streaming on Disney+ and ongoing series.
3 seasons

Miscellaneous Immorality:
Questionable instance where Bluey’s father and Uncle are playing with her and follow as she has imagines them as two horses “getting married." There is another episode that is banned on Disney+ which for lack of a better term Bandit "births" Bingo when she pretends she's a baby in a baby carrier.

Bob the Builder
Common sense lists for ages 3+
Teamwork paramount on friendly construction show
Premiered in 1998. Streaming on Paramount+, Prime Video, Vudu, YouTube, and Roku
19 seasons including Project: Build It and Ready, Steady, Build!

Dora the Explorer
Common Sense lists for ages 3+
Preschoolers will love Dora's ongoing adventures.
Premiered in 2000, there is a newer version available but from the comments it would appear to be faithful to the original. Streaming on Prime Video, Paramount +, Vudu, and YouTube
8 seasons

Fancy Nancy
Common Sense lists for ages 5+
Books-inspired series celebrates individuality, expression
Premiered in 2018. Streaming on Disney+.
3 seasons

Little Bear
Common Sense lists for ages 3+
Gentle, age-appropriate viewing for preschoolers.
Premiered in 1995. Streaming on YouTube, Paramount +, and Prime Video.
5 seasons

Mister Rogers
Common sense lists for ages 3+
Classic series gently promotes social skills, imagination.
Premiered in 1968. Streaming on Misterrogers.org, Prime Video, and PBS KIDS.
31 seasons

The Moomins
Common sense lists for ages 6+
Popular Nordic characters star in amusing family adventure.
Premiered in 1977. Streaming on Prime Video and YouTube

Oswald
Common Sense lists for ages 3+
Witty, gentle, surreal; ideal for preschoolers.
Premiered in 2001. Streaming on Prime Video and Apple TV.
1 season

Sofia the First
Common Sense lists for ages 3+
Spunky, well-rounded princess celebrates individuality
Premiered in 2012. Streaming on Disney +
4 seasons

Spider!
Not listed on Common Sense, however skimming through the episodes would probably be 3+
The Boy tells us how he likes every kind of animal....except for spiders!
Posted on YouTube back in 2017 on the Bogglesox TV
13 Episodes

The Stinky & Dirty Show
Common sense lists for age 3+
Popular book characters are excellent role models for kids.
Premiered in 2016. Streaming on Prime Video
2 seasons

The Story Keepers
Not listed on Common sense
The Story Keepers tells the story of a Christian leader and his family's adventures living in Ancient Rome whose mission is to keep Jesus's stories alive during the 1st century.
Premiered in 1995. Streaming on Youtube

Superbook
Not listed on Common sense
The first series began at the home of a young boy named Christopher Peeper who discovers the Bible "Superbook" (Time/Space Travel Book) that speaks and sends him, his friend Joy, and his clockwork toy robot Gizmo back in time to the early events of the Old Testament. Gizmo can walk and talk, but only for the duration of the adventure (and he still needs to be wound up regularly).
Premiered in 1981. Streaming on YouTube

Thomas and Friends
Common sense lists for ages 3+
Thomas and his train friends huff and chuff around.
Premiered in 1984. Streaming on Netflix, Youtube
6 seasons

Tumble Leaf
Common Sense lists for ages 4+
Vibrant preschool series teaches about science through play.
Premiered in 2014, ended as of 2016. Streaming on Prime Video
4 seasons

Miscellaneous Immorality:
Questionable instance where Fig the Fox is playing dress up and is put in a dress/skirt.

Veggie Tales
Common sense lists for ages 4+
Veggies save the planet in faith-based tale about sharing.
Premiered in 1993. Streaming on YouTube, there's at least a special on Netflix but seems options are limited. May be best to torrent this one.
50 episodes

Spoiler: Yellow Light Shows/Media

Tom and Jerry
Danny Phantom

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Invader Zim

*Spongebob Squarepants

*Where this one goes south really depends on the person. Personally I think it's good until the first movie. Stop watching when the Splinter episode comes up for sure

*Fairly Odd Parents

*Stop watching after they have the baby.

*The Animaniacs (1993)

*Can't speak for the reboot

Batman the Animated Series (1992)

Dexter's Lab

Ed, Edd, and Eddy

*The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

*There's some inappropriate bits but overall it's fine, I recall really enjoying it growing up

Teen Titans (2003)

Ben 10

Looney Tunes

*Bugs does dress in drag from time to time, really up to you if you want to avoid

Baby Looney Tunes

*Adventure Time

*First 2 seasons are fine, woke creep begins after that. May not be worth.
-Gay coupling at the end

Regular Show

Samurai Jack

Johnny Bravo

*Scooby Doo

*Pre Mystery Incorporated; Velma is made into a lesbian

*Jimmy Neutron

*There's a weird mpreg episode but nothing too gay

Courage the Cowardly Dog
-Disturbing content
-Can be scary for younger viewers

Gravity Falls
-Fun show, monster of the week but creator is a huge faggot
-Gay couple reveal at the very end

Over the Garden Wall
-Disturbing visuals
-Dark themes
-Interracial coupling if that bothers you

Spoiler: Red Light Shows/Media

Ridley Jones (Netflix)
-Non-binary bison

The Owl House
-Witchcraft
-Non-binary witch
-Gay

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (Netflix)
-Gay
-Non-binary shapeshifter
-Transgender named "Jewelstar" in last season

Star Trek: Prodigy (Paramount+)
-Genderless alien

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (Netflix)
-Gay
-Non-binary character

Transformers: EarthSpark
-Non-binary Terran; actually discusses pronouns

Muppet Babies
-They make Gonzo play with gender expression (look how they massacred by boy)

Blues Clues & You
-This abomination

Steven Universe
-Gay
-Fusion later becomes a big allegory for sex leading to allusions to rape
-Dark themes; death, abandonment, genocide
-Non-binary creator

Danger and Eggs
-The show focuses on the adventures of a "gender-free female lesbian child and her giant large-gamete friend,"

Loud House
-Gay; Gay dads in case of the main character's best friend, one of the sisters is a lesbian
-Creator Savino has numerous allegations of sexual harassment and intimidation towards fellow artists.
-Toxic fanbase

The Legend of Korra
-Poor role model; Korra is impatient, narcissistic, and loud. None of these traits are ever portrayed as a bad thing and any character that attempts to help her grow are lambasted as wrong.
-Dark themes; death; suicide
-Lesbians in the final season

Caillou
-Poor role model; Caillou is a pretty bratty kid, pitches fits
-Can be overstimulating

Peppa Pig
-Poor role model; Peppa is a brat
_British

Total Drama Island
-Both the original and reboots had gay innuendos
-Sexual comments/innuendos
-Violence
-Crude humor

Clarence
-Divorced parents
-Obnoxious main character
-Gay dads

Star versus the Forces of Evil
-Lots of gay background characters

The Bravest Knight
-Gay parents

Amphibia
-"Just two girlfriends who REALLY love robots!"

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
-Anti white sentiments
-BLM Protest in the show
-Gay dads
-Genderfluid/Non-binary characters

Ms Rachel
Not on Common sense
"Toddler Learning Videos and Baby Learning Videos with a real teacher, Ms Rachel! Ms Rachel uses techniques recommended by speech therapists and early childhood experts to help children learn important milestones and preschool skills! You can trust Ms Rachel to provide interactive, high quality screen time!"
Premiered in 2019. Streaming on YouTube.

Edit: Added to Red Light after controversy of her inviting Dylan Mulvaney onto the show. At the time of this edit he has not appeared but there is a constant non-binary who sings songs on the channel. They do not directly address anything regarding gender at this time but with the way it's trending I would expect that to change.

 

[Claude Sigma]

I don't have recommendations to give per se because I don't really like the idea of using screens as a form of entertainment for young children to begin with so I never really thought about it, but I'm pretty sure I saw a few times some very well maintained religious websites about TV shows and other types of medias for parents that want to screen for sexual content, violence, that kind of thing.
The shows were tagged for the type of possible nefarious content it had, so it made it easy to filter out the things that "look" kid-friendly but weren't. Which is not an easy feat especially with Japanese shows or modern American shows.

Maybe someone else could point out to said websites.

PS: I welcome the thread, I wish there would be more parenting threads on here.

 

[Optantrix]

I don't have recommendations to give per se because I don't really like the idea of using screens as a form of entertainment for young children to begin with so I never really thought about it, but I'm pretty sure I saw a few times some very well maintained religious websites about TV shows and other types of medias for parents that want to screen for sexual content, violence, that kind of thing.
The shows were tagged for the type of possible nefarious content it had, so it made it easy to filter out the things that "look" kid-friendly but weren't. Which is not an easy feat especially with Japanese shows or modern American shows.

Maybe someone else could point out to said websites.

PS: I welcome the thread, I wish there would be more parenting threads on here.

Yeah I feel that completely, screens are not my favorite thing and I try and keep it at a minimum but working full time from home while also watching him since I don't trust child care sometimes I throw it on for some relief. 100% will not get him an iPad or anything until he's way older because my niece and nephew are iPad kids and whew buddy it's rough.

 

[JULAY]

Not a parent, but I used to entertain my nieces and nephews with shows from the 80s and early 90s when they were young, and they always loved them. There was no woke faggotry back then, so you don't have to screen for any of that bullshit. If you can give me an age range for your kid(s) I can recommend some stuff to seek out...

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

https://www.commonsensemedia.org is one of the parents guide's thing mentioned, and it has been good for "knowing what's going on" - there are others but I don't have a ton of experience with any of them, I just use "movie name parent's guide" or similar to find one.

I've not found anything majorly pozzed in the older media i partake of (read: it's probably pozzed the way I was pozzed lol) and have found the following acceptable in whole so far (and one of my sneak tricks):

• dora the explorer (old ones, new animation ones haven't been bad but it looks lame)
  • both parents alive and married
• sofia the first/elena of avalor
  • married parents though a step dad in one and dead in the other, but elena has married grandparents
• fancy nancy
  • married parents
  • diversity is limited to a black friend, but she has married parents, too, so obviously a fantasy
• daniel tiger's neighborhood
  • (a bit pozzed but it's just maybe we shouldn't murder autists kind of stuff)
  • parents are married, but side characters are more "diverse" but it's late 90s diverse
• older barbie animated movies
  • the bitch has like a billion sisters or something amazing; parents are married
• the classics of course, tom & jerry, warner bros, etc
  • animaniacs is actually pretty subversive now
• bob the builder
  • I think he has parents but he's older
• various "made for DVD" movies from the 80s-early 2000s
  • think the low budget LEGO stuff and what not
  • be careful of toy tie-ins

As you can see much of this is older stuff, which I borrow from the library, rip to my server, and play via Jellyfin (infuse is a decent client for it, VLC for other stuff).

As for this thread, recommend things with ages (any kid under 3 can watch anything because they don't really give a fuck what's going on), everything above is the 0-7/8 range I'd feel.

fuck youtube ads; if you must watch content on youtube (there is actually quite a bit of good shit but as it's more recent the chance of random pozz is higher), use yt-dlp to get it on your media server.

ipads and screens are not as MUCH of a major issue as they can be made out to be if you monitor what the fuck the kids are doing, keep ads away, and don't let recommendation engines eat their souls. apple's kid account shit actually works pretty damn well - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201304 protip: you can lie to apple about your kid's name and age, or even make up a kid that doesn't exist if you want to limit yourself.

 

[SNEED.EXE]

Nowadays, it's best to stick to stuff from the 20th century. You can probably torrent the entirety of Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry, etc. if you have enough HDD space.

 

[Registration]

This shit was comfy as fuck

https://youtu.be/1CwMcDXiet4

 

[R00T]

torrent old shows if you don’t like the new ones. Internet archive also contains some runs of older tv. I know for a fact stuff like Gargoyles is on there. You might even have the old Mister Roger’s stuff.

I would seriously advise looking for child care. There is a lot of good stuff out there and one of the benefits is that it provides a kiddo a chance to socialize with peers. If you don’t think socializing is a concern then there might be an older woman locally just looking to stay busy and fill some time. You could potentially get a few days a week where your kiddo goes with them and then that solves some of the problem. Older women are also more so looking for the opportunity to just do something so they’d be less likely to hand them an iPad and instead do something with them. You just need to do some looking and maybe put out some feelers through ads or Facebook.

YouTube kids is actually very versatile. You can just put hard blocks on specific words. Say you don’t like apples, you can remove all apple related content. Also puts hard locks down that you as the parent are only able to work but as others have said there are ads. Might be surpassable with brave.

 

[Patrick Bait-man]

OG Thomas & Friends (Seasons 1-7) is one of the best childrens media around. Highly recommended.

 

[Optantrix]

Not a parent, but I used to entertain my nieces and nephews with shows from the 80s and early 90s when they were young, and they always loved them. There was no woke faggotry back then, so you don't have to screen for any of that bullshit. If you can give me an age range for your kid(s) I can recommend some stuff to seek out...

Yeah! Right now he's under 2 so like I said he isn't really paying hard core attention to it. I've downloaded some older shows mentioned above that are just plain entertainment like Tom and Jerry and Baby Looney Tunes that 100% smack but do like the slightly educational vibe that Bluey and Tumble Leaf bring (Tumble Leaf teaching about science in a not gay way, Bluey more social things like sharing, behavior, etc)

https://www.commonsensemedia.org is one of the parents guide's thing mentioned, and it has been good for "knowing what's going on" - there are others but I don't have a ton of experience with any of them, I just use "movie name parent's guide" or similar to find one.

Thank you so much! Would it be alright if I add this information to the OP?

And yeah regarding the iPads I know there's good resources that they can benefit from, I just feel it needs such constant monitoring I fear of something falling through the cracks you know? I remember walking in with my niece on the iPad watching a MLP gore video and she pitched a fit when I took it away from her. Unfortunately it's not monitored like it should be in my sister's household.

I would seriously advise looking for child care. There is a lot of good stuff out there and one of the benefits is that it provides a kiddo a chance to socialize with peers.

I get that and it's really only two days of the week where I'm working and watching him by myself since my husband and mom help out the rest of the week, this area has just had some scandals regarding children and I find it hard to trust strangers. We def do try and socialize him every chance we can with outings and going to any get togethers with other children I've just seen a bit too many horror stories you know?

 

[Coelacanth]

It is with great pleasure that I'd like to introduce you to Spider!.

It might be a bit too dated but I remember it fondly as a kid.

 

[Lieutenant Rasczak]

I'm just going to say this while I'm here. For the love of God, keep your children away from the Internet.

 

[Catgirl Tyranid]

I've been watching the 1992 Batman the animated series with my 2 year old son. He can't get enough of it and marches around saying Nananananananananana followed by the names of our cats.

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

OG Thomas & Friends (Seasons 1-7) is one of the best childrens media around. Highly recommended.

Thomas is (like a lot of british kids shows from before 2000s) fucking insane and dark as fuck sometimes. You don't notice as a kid but holy shit they go all cask of amontillado on a fucking engine in The Sad Story of Henry.

Thank you so much! Would it be alright if I add this information to the OP?

If you're gonna do a curated update of the OP, you're a fucking God among kiwis. Take anything I write, no need to credit.

Oh, I forgot. When the kids are older, I'll bust out my old Homestar Runner DVDs.

 

[Basic Blond Boy]

Not a parent, but I grew up with lots of children's programming, primarily Nick and CN.

Honestly, it is hard to recommend much of it though depending on how much you are trying to avoid. Much of pre-2005 CN and Nick is pretty good, but all feel like they come with caveats. Just screen them before showing as I grew up on edgy material, so maybe not the best to advise.

• SpongeBob is fun and well written, but has been argued to drop intelligence.
• Avatar The Last Airbender seems to bore kids nowadays and may be too much given the war themes.
• Invader Zim is dark as shit, also bad fanbase.
• Fairly Odd Parents has some oddities (male pregnancy) along with stereotypes.
• Jimmy Neutron is fairly good, cannot remember anything pozzed unless you count Jimmy and Cindy being in a romance.
• Danny Phantom has a super lib character, though is mostly a harmless Spider-Man knockoff, just stay away from the fanbase.
• Ren & Stimpy was made by an abusive pedophile, so stay away.
• Rugrats is mostly harmless.
• Dan Schnieder's shows (Drake & Josh, ICarly, Victorious, Zoey 101, etc.) can be funny, but are full of under-aged feet

• Dexter's Lab is fine.
• Powerpuff Girls is fine, they even had an anti-feminism episode.
• Johnny Bravo is fine as long as you can handle a man going after women in some not-so-respectful ways, though he gets punished for it.
• Cow & Chicken is pretty gross, and honestly not that funny.
• Courage The Cowardly Dog is fine, but could scare a child.
• Ed, Edd n' Eddy is fine, but my mom hated it as she thought they taught kids bad lessons and to be assholes.
• Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is fine, but does have some weird shit like a potential 16 female/10 year old boy relationship.
• Billy & Mandy is edgy and has some weirdness like the Eris riding scene, but fine otherwise.
• Samurai Jack is great, but might be boring.
• Teen Titans 2003 is great, tells interesting stories and deals with social issues, but in a proper way. Avoid the fanbase though.
• Chowder is fine.
• The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack is fine, but really dark and scary at times.
• The Amazing World of Gumball is fine.
• Regular Show is fine, but does have cussing.
• Adventure Time isn't awful, but the "woke" creeps into it and it has some weird pedo-shit at times. I hate to denounce it though as there are some genuinely well-written material. I would say early seasons are good, anything with Ice King is great. Avoid later season Bubblegum episodes and Fionna and Cake, and the show isn't that bad.
• DCAU (Batman TAS, Superman TAS, Justice League, Unlimited, Static Shock) all are great but are not shy about real world issues such as abuse, gun violence, government, etc..
• Batman Brave & The Bold is great.
• Young Justice - season 1 & 2 are fine
• Green Lantern The Animated Series is great
• Justice League Action is great
• Steven Universe is fine for two seasons, though would recommend avoiding all-together.
• Ben 10 and Generator Rex are fine, but can be dark, especially Rex.
• Scooby Doo is fine till like 2020.
• Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry are fine

 

[R00T]

this area has just had some scandals regarding children and I find it hard to trust strangers.

Being only 2 it’s not as much of an issue and as you’ve said play dates fill a lot of that need. I was speaking more in the late three to four range where you have to start prepping for school and the like.

One thing to consider is that when there’s one scandal four more just happen. It’s the same way in elder care. Sometimes it’s justified other times it’s just everyone trying to toss their dirty laundry all at once because the blow is softer when everyone’s doing it. If you’ve already got most days covered and are getting in play dates then child care certainly not as important.

 

[Catgirl Tyranid]

Ed, Edd n' Eddy is fine, but my mom hated it as she thought they taught kids bad lessons and to be assholes.

I feel like that's the opposite of what kids would actually get out of the show. You're not really rooting for the Eds except when they're being assaulted by the Kanker sisters and the times they do actually win are few and far between usually with some caveat that they've done something morally good to earn that sweet, sweet jaw breaker or whoever they were scamming did something worse, but that's just how I remember it. None of them are paragons of virtue and they generally get what's coming to them.

I feel like if anything, it shows you that hard work will usually pay off, but taking short cuts to achieve a goal can be disastrous. I still remember one of their most successful "scams" if you can even call it that was when they built a cardboard city for the whole neighborhood to play in and the only reason they lose their earnings is their shoddy craftmanship causes the whole set to collapse. Now that I think about it, that entire episode might have been based as fuck as it called out big cities as crime ridden cesspits that sap your humanity and turn you into a jerk.

Great message for a kid to learn.

 

[Basic Blond Boy]

I feel like that's the opposite of what kids would actually get out of the show. You're not really rooting for the Eds except when they're being assaulted by the Kanker sisters and the times they do actually win are few and far between usually with some caveat that they've done something morally good to earn that sweet, sweet jaw breaker or whoever they were scamming did something worse, but that's just how I remember it. None of them are paragons of virtue and they generally get what's coming to them.

I feel like if anything, it shows you that hard work will usually pay off, but taking short cuts to achieve a goal can be disastrous. I still remember one of their most successful "scams" if you can even call it that was when they built a cardboard city for the whole neighborhood to play in and the only reason they lose their earnings is their shoddy craftmanship causes the whole set to collapse. Now that I think about it, that entire episode might have been based as fuck as it called out big cities as crime ridden cesspits that sap your humanity and turn you into a jerk.

Great message for a kid to learn.

I don't disagree personally, just wanted to throw it in since that was how my parents viewed it. My mom didn't really like a lot of cartoons though. Of the stuff I watched she really only seemed to like Dexter, Courage, Billy & Mandy and surprisingly Johnny Bravo. She also didn't mind most of the DC stuff and grew up with Scooby Doo.

 

[Orange Tabby]

Barney is a classic, and older Sesame Street (the movies especially) are great.
If you want to get preachy there’s always Veggie Tales.
I’ve been trying not to have the tv on in the background, but if I absolutely have to, I put on one specific Ms. Rachel video for babies. Gets attention for maybe 10 minutes tops, and it’s only because it’s live-action with cartoon graphics. It’s generic enough, and if my kid picks up sign language (doubtful) it’s a bonus. She has toddler stuff, like pretend preschool class, that I haven’t looked super hard into.

 

[Optantrix]

Barney is a classic, and older Sesame Street (the movies especially) are great.
If you want to get preachy there’s always Veggie Tales.
I’ve been trying not to have the tv on in the background, but if I absolutely have to, I put on one specific Ms. Rachel video for babies. Gets attention for maybe 10 minutes tops, and it’s only because it’s live-action with cartoon graphics. It’s generic enough, and if my kid picks up sign language (doubtful) it’s a bonus. She has toddler stuff, like pretend preschool class, that I haven’t looked super hard into.

I've heard really good things about Ms. Rachel!

After work today I'm gonna try and go through and update the OP with a recommended and then age range along with not recommended w/reason of shame. Try being the optimal word but I think it will be nice to have a condensed list to refer back to.