What are your thoughts about Cocomelon???

Hey! Controversial, but my daughter loves it and has learned so much from it. She reads her Cocomelon books every day, so much so that we have to tape them back together. She can name all the characters, sing all the songs, and narrate the stories - I definitely think it's helped her vocabulary! We don't really limit screen time here but she prefers to read her books over watching it on TV anyway. I'm sure there's some experts out there who know different, but we're going to keep singing anyway! 🥰

My baby with her Cocomelon book advent calendar. xx

I read something similar and also that it causes aggressive behavior because the scenes are too fast (I’m paraphrasing). It scared me at first, but my daughter likes them and as long as we do other activities and watch other stuff then I’m ok with it.

I think it’s more annoying (for me) than anything since the songs mostly have the same pattern so it’s really repetitive but as long as my daughter likes it I’ll put up with it.

I don’t allow my daughter to watch the show anymore because of the overstimulation and potential impacts but she does listen to the songs (they come on the pandora station) and she has a few related books/toys that she enjoys. She is aware of the characters and can sing the songs. My niece watched it nonstop and still has an excellent vocabulary. Do what works best for you and your household and make adjustments as needed!❤️

I hate Cocomelon with a fiery passion. It’s INCREDIBLY overstimulating. If we have the TV on we watch Miss Rachel. It’s much more natural for kids to watch a real person.
Cocomelon is popular because it hooks kids with its bright and fast changing colors.

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C48&q=cocomelon+addiction&btnG=#d=gs_qabs&t=1670185189605&u=%23p%3DLRd8aFwMm5wJ

It’s not the character designs or stories that are the problem… The videos have made very clever use of movement, repetition, and digital camera techniques that are hypothesized to lead to a form of addiction ( it’s comparable to the atmosphere and high stimulation environments that make casinos and slot machines so addicting).

I think it’s a bit overstimulating and trance-like. We don’t watch it or any knock off version of it. Plus some of the children display bad behaviors. There are better shows for littles to learn from. We also love Ms Rachel, Elmo’s world, Backyardigans for adventure and songs and every once in a while Blues Clues.

Hate it! It's annoying so it's not played in our house 🤣🤣

We used to watch it but because it’s overstimulating we don’t anymore. We love ms.Rachel.

i absolutely hate the show 😂 and it’s a no no in my house. i watched twins and they watched it all the time. they were very aggressive at first. i stopped letting them watch it all the time and they stopped for awhile until their parents had them watching it again and they started smacking and biting again

We don’t allow cocomelon in my house and noticed a huge behavioral difference with my kiddo (positively) after we stopped it. We switched to shows like ms rachel and oxbridge baby and her vocabulary has increased and she isn’t zombified when she watches.

Its not that cocomelon isn’t cute, innocent, or even educational, the addiction comes from it being overstimulating. HOWEVER whatever works for your household works for your household!!!

Unfortunately, it can lead to problems with attention and focus as they get older. It jumps so quickly from thing to thing that kids can't focus longer than a minute. Even before I had my daughter, I saw a difference in the kids I teach (preschool) of those who did and did not watch.
I hate to put down anything because parenting is hard enough, but something else may be a better option

Tried it, and my son would start acting up as soon as I turned it off. It’s scary to watch your child in a trance like state staring at the tv without blinking 😂. We stumbled across Ms.Rachel and in this pass week he’s added atleast 4 new words to his vocabulary.