Today’s kid-friendly shows routinely address sex, gender fluidity, race, and other complex topics that some parents think their youngsters aren’t ready to absorb.
"When a PBS station last month featured “Lil Miss Hot Mess” reading from the performer’s new book, The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish, on a program aimed at children ages three to eight, the backlash was immediate, with a video of the reading going viral on conservative social media.
“If American tax dollars can be used to pay for 3-8 year olds to watch this PBS Drag Queen Story hour, then I demand equal tax dollars go to also read them Bible stories,” tweeted Tricia Flanagan, an unsuccessful 2020 Republican U.S. Senate hopeful from New Jersey.
"Such pushback from the Right is becoming more common lately as today’s kid-friendly shows routinely address sex, gender fluidity, race, and other complex topics that some parents think their youngsters aren’t ready to absorb. They are part of a broader cultural shift, often called the Great Awokening, that includes the advancement of social justice themes in many television shows and other media aimed at older teens and adults.
"And given the wider ferment, many viewers might not have noticed these recent examples of the normalization of wokeness in kiddie TV: . . ."
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