#child friendly

[hpdfallenangel]

List for every fellow age regressor looking for child friendly media hehe ₍ᐢ•ﻌ•ᐢ₎

DISCLAIMER! some of these are for bigger kids (8 to 12)

List under cut !!

COWBOY/GIRL THEMED LITTLE-FRIENDLY SHOWS/MOVIES/EPISODES ♡♡

sheriff callie's wild west - Disney+

my little pony - Appleoosa's Most Wanted - stan/apple tv/youtube + more

Toy story - Disney+/Apple tv + more

FAIRY THEMED LITTLE-FRIENDLY SHOWS/MOVIES/EPISODES ♡♡

Fairly oddParents - Paramount+/Apple tv/10 play + more

Pearlie - Apple tv

Ben & Holly's Little kingdom - ABC iview

Winx Club - Apple TV/youtube + more

GOTHIC THEMED LITTLE-FRIENDLY SHOWS/MOVIES/EPISODES ♡♡

Corpse Bride - Netflix

Invader zim - Paramount+

Ruby Gloom - YouTube/ABC iview

Hotel Transylvania - Stan/Apple TV/Netflix + more

Monster high - Stan/Paramount+/Netflix + more

PRINCESS THEMED LITTLE-FRIENDLY SHOWS/MOVIES/EPISODES ♡♡

Little princess - Netflix/YouTube + more

Whisker Haven - Youtube

DEMON THEMED LITTLE-FRIENDLY SHOWS/MOVIES/EPISODES ♡♡

KPop Demon Hunters - Netflix

The Cuphead Show! - Netflix

Wendell & Wild - Netflix

MAGICAL GIRL THEMED LITTLE-FRIENDLY SHOWS/MOVIES/EPISODES ♡♡

Futari wa pretty cure - youtube

Sailor Moon - Hulu

Catch! Teenieping - Netflix

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir - Netflix/youtube + more

[silvermoon424]

I’m childfree myself and highly respect other childfree people for the most part, but Jesus Christ there’s a certain type of CF person who gets so offended when you criticize the gross parts of the movements. Like no, I’m not criticizing the concept of CF, I’m criticizing how some of you call kids “crotch-goblins” and women “breeders.” Stop acting like the victim.

[verdigri-fernein]

Under the Bell Tree

A child-friendly version of my longest fanfic! It is a Hodari love story, but breaks the usual mold of Palia fanfiction.

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

An alien walks into a Moonfawn potion shop...

[xombilog]

TW- slightly suggestive..?

Why did my feed go from TADC, Ii, HFJone, and fanfics to… things I’d rather not say. Why!? I didn’t even search anything up?? I’ve ONLY been interacting with delatrune (haven’t played it yet but contractors got me interested in it) TADC, ii, and HFJone, + some Bfdi cuz I enjoy spoilers. It’s so weird, gimme my child friendly feed back, I don’t wan nakie drawings of women. Gimme clothed drawings of women 😭🙏

[standupcomedyhistorian]

Oh man...I just came across one of the cutest Bo Burnham-related videos EVER 👀

This theater group from Santa Clarita, CA did the most fun rendition of Bo's songs that I've seen in a LONG time. It includes everything kid-appropriate from Content to All Eyes On Me (switching out "shit" with "rip" actually works beautifully and I wish I'd thought of it for my lullaby version to my son haha)!

The group also does some of Social Brand Consultant (Who ARE you, Bagel Bites?) and even ATL—really a great mix. And their acting is fantastic!

If you're interested in more child-friendly Bo content or just want to enjoy his stuff without his trademark cussing, I have two articles that might be up your alley: my kid-appropriate playlist and Egghead poems that can be placed next to those by Jack Prelutsky or Shel Silverstein and not cause a fuss.

Child-Friendly Bo Burnham Playlist

Would you like to share the genius of Bo with your kids or with people who can't stand his cussing? Want to play his music around the house

Kid-Friendly Egghead

Before Inside had even premiered, I was obsessing over Bo's fantastic poetry book (and audiobook!)—Egghead or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Al

I hope you enjoy the video, and keep it here for more comedy fun! ✌🏼🐔

[thiscitylife]

How to design public spaces for girls

When I watch my young daughter use the playground, I witness her confidence and sense of independence grow every time she climbs a ladder or goes down a slide by herself. These skills and emotions are crucial to her development. 

While public spaces for children are theoretically designed to be genderless, Gerben Helleman, a Dutch urban geographer, discovered that in many play areas, different children - especially girls - are restricted in their opportunities for play.

Helleman’s research found that two-thirds of children playing outside are boys and only one-third are girls. And as girls get older, this ratio changes dramatically. Girls aged nine years or older are playing less in public space than their male peers, and girls are more 'supervised' than boys.

His article, Girls and outdoor play: looking for more equality and equity, looks at  the reasons for this imbalance and how it can be prevented. Based on an extensive literature study, he comes up with some likely causes and possible solutions.

Figure 1. Who plays outside according to gender and age (Source: Playing outside: who, where and what?)

When it comes to why girls play outdoors less, Helleman found that public spaces are often designed to favour boy’s preferred activities. For example, his research found that boys and girls could be found equally playing in playgrounds and natural areas with bushes and shrubs, while the sports fields and lawns were dominated by boys. 

The most important activity for girls was climbing, hanging or balancing. The second most important was 'doing nothing': relaxing, hanging out, sitting, watching or talking to other children. Boys were mainly engaged in ball sports.

“If you ask municipality officers what kind of places they provide for the older kids and youngsters, you’ll probably hear that they have several football pitches and skate parks. Due to a lack of user research, they won’t know these facilities are dominated by boys,” said Helleman.

“Research shows that girls only play at places where they feel welcome and in spaces not claimed by other groups, such as boys or older teenagers. Especially girls older than nine years, who don't feel comfortable at what they call ‘boys places’.” 

I remember this acutely as a young girl. It’s the reason why I switched from co-ed to girls physical education class in Grade 9. In co-ed class, we had to play team sports where the boys dominated and wouldn’t pass the ball to girls. It was boring and demoralizing. When I joined girls PE, I got to learn self-defense and choreograph dance routines. I never forgot how to properly punch a guy in the face if he tried to attack me, which is much more confidence-building than being ignored during a soccer match.

So, where does this leave public spaces and how do we design them better for girls? According to Helleman there are several ways, including prioritizing safe walking and cycling access to parks, and public safety considerations like better lighting, good sightlines,  paths with no dead-ends and locating facilities for teenage girls in well-frequented areas.

Helleman also makes some specific design recommendations on how to create public spaces for girls:

Allocate equal space for play equipment and sports fields - Make play areas big enough to facilitate play by both boys and girls. Terrain for play equipment (such as slides, bars, swings, climbing structures, sand boxes, water places) should take up as much territory as the area for ball games.

Think less in large, mono-functional play areas. Smaller places at one play space prevent girls from being marginalized, which can happen in big open spaces. Create more defined places in a play space with different play types and play activities for all generations and for people with different skills.

Create chill out areas. Besides playing, girls like to chill out. Create places and attributes where you can sit together face to face, hang out, socialize and chat are loved by many girls. That’s why a basket swing or hammock is chosen most often by girls as a place to play, sit, meet and chill.

Offer a bigger variety of play opportunities. Girls stay longer in play areas when there is a bigger variety of play opportunities. Therefore, provide a varied play area that is diverse in color, height, surface, materials, features, activities, and attributes. This offers possibilities for play as well as viewing, seating, and chatting options.

Include materials and places for creative play. Loose parts, including natural materials (sticks, branches, leaves, stones), moldable materials (sand, clay, chalk, water), and man-made objects without obvious play purpose (tyres, crates, ropes) provide opportunities to explore and engage in imaginative and constructive play, which girls like. Another way to stimulate imagination and creativity, is by making places for dancing, moving and (making) music.

Add natural elements (such as trees, bushes and water) that are accessible and playable. Nature often makes gender differences smaller. And perhaps even more than boys, girls are looking for adventure and places to experience, explore, investigate and use spaces for their own purposes (adaptability).

Connect to more gender-neutral forms of play, such as climbing and building. But also in terms of sports: so design a skate park with skate ramps and hills of different heights suitable for roller skates, stunt scooters, bicycles and skateboards, rather than a few very high half pipes that mainly attract male skateboarders.

And finally, make girls part of the planning and design process. “To incorporate the wishes and needs of children - and girls in particular - it is necessary that they have a serious role in the planning and design process,” said Helleman.

You can read Helleman’s full article here and check out his excellent blog, Urban Springtime, for more content on designing child-friendly cities. You can also watch the event that inspired it, ‘How do we make a city for an by girls,’ organized by Stadsform and Kind & Samenleving.

[unblinded-by-nostalgia-blog]

The Story

The story is about the three main characters heading to a boat before their home gets flooded.

This film has (like many other sequels) have the curse of not being as mature as its predecessor, but this film goes one step ahead! The humans, the most mysterious, dangerous creatures in the previous film are nowhere to be seen in this film! Which is a shame because it gave the first film a more threatening atmosphere and the baby was a likeable character as well.

There are a few deaths in this film, but they've been toned down in this film, which makes the deaths feel a bit too grim for this more child-friendly sequel.

The film also has a surprising amount of filler scenes in it. If you cut out the fillers, it will only be slightly shorter than the first film. Why keep the extra 10 minutes?

The story overall is really predictable and you know where it's going to go. Other than a chuckle or two, this film does not deliver on the laughs at all.

The Characters

The main characters are less interesting in this film. The two main characters (Sid and Diego) don't have much to do in this film. They only get side plots, one of which is to do with the fear of water, which is understandable. But the other one involves a cult we know nothing about and don't show up till the last third of the film.

The new characters are really bad. The two possums are obnoxiously annoying to the point of being unlikeable. The only new character I did like was Ellie, but the time where she thinks she is a possum does get annoying and you know exactly where it's going to go.

The side characters do nothing in this film other than giving us unfunny humour.

The Animation/Special Effects

The animation has definitely improved from the first film. The fur textures have improved and Sid looks a lot less ugly. The only complaint that I do have with the animation though is that the water effects look terrible at times.

Final Thoughts

Overall, this isn't the worst sequels out there, but it still isn't that great. It isn't offensive in any way, but to be honest, there are better films out there. Honestly, if you REALLY want to see this film, give it a rental or pick it up from the bargain bin.

The Story 2/5 The Characters 2/5 The Animation/Special Effects 4/5

Overall 2.5/5