Dora Dora Dora the Explorer
DORA
Boots is super cool
Explore with Dora (We need your help)
Grab your backpack
Lets Go!
Jump In!

My daughter is three and totally obsessed with Dora the Explorer, but I have childish issues with the program. Touted as an “explorer”, she is surrounded by non-scientific information and research methods. Her mother fills her head with myths and fluff. In one episode, she explains to Dora that the rooster has to crow loudly enough to wake the sun, or else it will be dark all day. Really?

Would you rely on this explorer? I am really sad that kids shows have to misinform. There is no difference in entertainment value, if explanations are valid.

Strangely, her cousin, Diego, has a much more rigourous scientific method. If you discount his magic, transforming backpack, that is.

(Yes, I think I need more sleep, too.)