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> The show unashamedly depicts an intact household with two loving, heterosexual parents. It's "stunning and brave" in the current culture.

Eh? I'm trying to think of peer shows of Bluey... Peppa Pig and Daniel Tiger come to mind (Trash Truck anyone? Charming little show), heterosexual parents are by far and away the norm. The idea that it's "brave" to show them feels like a conservative talking point that's out of step with reality.

> unconcerned with their sexual identity, despite the current narrative being that they are the age at which they should be

Speaking of conservative talking points... again, I'm really struggling to think of peer shows that have six year olds discussing their sexual identity.

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Never seen Daniel Tiger, but Peppa Pig makes the Dad the butt of the joke and portrays him as the overconfident idiot in pretty much every story, while all moms are always infallible.

It's not something that kids might consciously notice, but it's grating and not what I'd exactly call a positive message.

My wife and I don't like Peppa for that very reason. One of its main catchphrases is "silly daddy".

> It's not something that kids might consciously notice, but it's grating and not what I'd exactly call a positive message.

While I agree it’s not a real positive note, it does seem to reflect reality to some extend (in the sense that my wife thinks she’s always right).

I’m fairly certain Peppa’s dad is just modelled on an overconfident 50’s dad.

It’s funny though, so I can live with it.

Well that de-escalated quickly!

One moment it's considered brave to even feature a single, intact heterosexual couple of married pigs in a cartoon, but when challenged on this being an insane take, utterly divorced from reality, we've fallen back to "sometimes the cartoon pig dad has humourous foibles as part of his character"?

Have you realized that you are talking about comments made by two different people?

Yes.

I don't really know why you thought it was an appropriate direction to take the "there are no heterosexual couples depicted in modern children's TV! / Yes there are, are you mad?" thread though. Maybe you can enlighten us?

My argument is less about the identity politics and the modern idea of "diversity" and more about how Bluey does not fall into the "stupid overconfident father / smart sassy mother" trope that is pretty much the rule in Western TV shows since maybe the Simpsons?

This reminds me I never cracked how society works in Bing, as well as how kids are born.

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