Cartoons teaching children?

As we are all aware that cartoons are seen by children all over the world but are our  parents aware of what is being shown in those cartoons ?

My point of writing an article on this topic is to create awareness among  parents that  simply allow their children to watch any cartoon channel and seem to be content of what is being shown on it. It was a coincidence that I was at a birthday party of my youngest  cousin he is 5 years old, there were a lot of children at his party they played games like they usually did but after the party ended  all the adults were on the table talking on different topics and the children were told to go in the TV lounge and watch cartoons.

Since being a lover of cartoons I went to watch it to pass time, as soon as I sat down I saw  all the children sitting in a group and watching  it like it was some kind of a teaching session going on in that cartoon. To tell u the truth about the channel and the cartoon it was totally something I did not expect at all.

POGO is India's cartoon channel which comes  in our country  also, but has anyone seen what is being showed on it? sometimes when we are switching channels we come across this channel showing Just For Laugh Gags or Mr. Bean it gives us the feel that this channel is totally safe for children to watch, what's going on when the children are watching it alone with no parental guidance.  Being it from  India they have developed a strategy to promote and educate the Hindu children on their religion from their cartoons  some cartoons like "Chota Beem"  are a pure example of this strategy.

How could a child say that I want to become Chota Beem when I grow older or how can he say that I want to be like that four hand guy  in the cartoon ? It's all about the awareness that is being transmitted to the child with the help of cartoons so that in India by the time he/she goes to school they should be fully aware or should have the knowledge about their religion  so that they could be thought at a higher level at school.

The point to write this article is not to blame it to the channel for showing such cartoons like this or the cable operators to  ban this channel but to create awareness among young children and parents that  they should at least  see what is being shown on TV. I hope that parents and young children read this article so that they should know the difference between right and wrong, the code of ethics plays a vital role in the personality of the child thus the parents should tell the reason so that the child stays away from it.

Anonymous .