Also, an apparently nostalgia-rich rose coloured recollection of the artistic expression present in earlier hand-animated cartoons that I suspect would not stand up to serious scrutiny.
And the normal paw patrol behavior is mostly trying to figure out problems with the help of technology. So I think that is allright, even though the social interactions could be way better.
What has changed?
"further than regular dumb kid play violence." And that is quite relative and hard to judge without seeing it.
toddler noun
: a person who toddles
especially : a young child usually between one *and three years old *
Also, where is Hanna-Barbera T&J which was made between 1940 to 1960 and was made to be shown in cinemas for the adults. And after that... there is no T&J after that.
[0] If for some reason you do think it was not, then start at ~01:30: https://archive.org/details/tom-and-jerry-1940-1950-1960/Tom...