Hi people. Hope you are all good. Hope you are all well. Today, I would like to take you on a trip down memory lane. I was arguing with my Aunt just last week. She was telling me not to let my daughter watch too much cartoons. My daughter is just 4 years old, what am I suppose to let her watch? The Fate of the Furious? Cartoons paved my childhood, I loved them and still do. Yes, I am a grown woman who still loves watching cartoons occasionally. I went on and pointed out things that children learn from cartoons. I mentioned a whole bunch to her, such as the ones below….
# 1 JOHNNY BRAVO
What could you probably learn from Johnny you ask? Well he was the most confident cartoon I have ever known. He taught me to always believe in myself regardless of what the odds are. He always got up and continued moving no matter how many times he was slapped or punched. Confidence is such an important characteristic in this day and age and I would want my daughter to have that. As I remember, he also taught me to raise that single eyebrow. He was awesome!
#2 MIKE, LU AND OG
This was such a cute cartoon for me. I used to find the obsession with the Juju balls hilarious. I learnt the value and acceptance of culture. Mike was taken to a whole new world, with a different people. Away from everything that she was used to. But she made friends in her new community. She learnt of their ways and their customs and she felt right at home. The world is full of people with different cultures, traditions and beliefs. Each group of people is just as beautiful as the next. Lu and Og were also very accommodating to Mike and accepting her as a friend. Well, maybe Og more than Lu.
#3 COURAGE THE COWARDLY DOG
Now this little pup was a life saver. He would always save either Muriel or Eustace or both. Yes, you could always see that this dog was scared, and trembled to the core but he would amazingly always sum up the courage to save people. He faced aliens, robots, weird strangers and French Speaking ducks. With courage, we can face and conquer all our fears and all that is holding us back from moving forward. With courage comes the strength that will fuel your journey. Just like how Courage always made it, you can make it too. He proved that its okay to be scared, but as people watch you quiver with fear, let them also watch you take the first step with courage!!
#4 COW AND CHICKEN
Mummy had a chicken, daddy had a cow! Hahahaha, what are the odds of two perfectly normal human beings having a cow and a chicken for kids? I don’t know, but all I know, all I remember is how happy this family was. Regardless of how cow and chicken were all kinds of different they still cared and loved each other. So we need to know that, siblings and parents may not always compliment each other and we all know that all families have their imperfections. We must just always learn to love our parents and siblings regardless of how different they are from us. Family is life…..cousin Boneless and all.
#5 DEXTER’S LABORATORY
Yep, this little short nerdy kid taught me to embrace your talent regardless of how other people will look at you. He loved science and had the neck for inventing things. He didn’t care about what DeeDee or anybody else said. So if you are a brother who can cook incredible meals, or a lady that can lift the weight of the world, so be it. Have the confidence to see where your talent can take you. Do not let anyone tell you that it is lame; it is useless or it is nerdy. These are just people and that is what people do. You might never know, deep down they may be jealous of you.
#6 SCOOBY DOO
The monsters are always just people. Yes, I paid attention and saw it like it is. Every single time the monster was just a person. A person that has set out to sabotage you. It is a person trying to slow you down or scare you away. Envious people will do anything to see you fail. Trust me people can go to extreme measures. And no, in reality they do not wear costumes or masks. They just smile in your face while they go behind your back and plot against you. That is how people can be heartless sometimes. These monsters are not strangers. They are always people you know and people who know you. Family members, friends, neighbors you name it. They pretend to to care but yet throw daggers at you the moment your back is turned. Learn to read people and try to chose who you associate with wisely.
Well, those are my lessons from a few. I think my baby will be watching cartoons as much as she wishes because I know she is learning.
May 16, 2017 at 9:50 am
Oh my gosh, some of these are my childhood favourites! I used to love Johnny Bravo!
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May 16, 2017 at 2:12 pm
He was really smooth with the ladies huh…well at least he tried to be
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May 16, 2017 at 10:58 am
Nostalgiac!!
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May 16, 2017 at 2:13 pm
Hahah, I know right
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May 16, 2017 at 12:14 pm
These bring back the fondest memories….i watched all these cartoons too…couldn’t get enough of Cow and Chicken and Hey Arnold and Freakazoid….soooo manyyyy….lovely read
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May 16, 2017 at 2:17 pm
OMG Hey Arnold!! Yess, I enjoyed writing this post so much. Thanks for the read and reminding me of the boy with the football head LOL
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May 16, 2017 at 2:22 pm
Lol…you’re welcome….
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May 16, 2017 at 1:20 pm
Well..I grew up watching cartoon too..but I limit it now for my gal as she is still quite young and I prefer to use her time to play and develop her sensory skill and all other skill. I do notice she pick up quite a bit from the cartoon though. Nowadays she only watch from the movie theater with all of us so we can discuss about it after that.
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May 16, 2017 at 2:20 pm
That is an awesome idea, watching the cartoons together! I will definitely do that and help her pick up the important lessons. And yes, it was an effort to get her to love sports or riding her bike just as much as cartoons. Other activities are very important too.
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May 16, 2017 at 2:27 pm
this is so true !!! you concluded these cartoons very well !! reminds me my childhood time
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May 16, 2017 at 7:21 pm
Thanks so much for the read. Cartoons entertain children and also do much more. I know whoever watched these cartoons has good memories from their childhood
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May 16, 2017 at 2:53 pm
Oh, my childhood.. I’m in love with this post, and with your blog, would love to follow you.. and would appreciate it a lot if you follow me back 🙂
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May 16, 2017 at 7:27 pm
Hi, thank you so much and thank you for the follow too. I just read some of you posts, you definitely have my follow.
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May 16, 2017 at 7:28 pm
You have great recipes!
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May 16, 2017 at 4:21 pm
and my father say cartoon’s are worthless
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May 16, 2017 at 7:51 pm
No way!! 😄 They are the absolute best…you should watch some with him… but not too many of course. Show him how they shaped some of our characters and qualities as children
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May 16, 2017 at 8:29 pm
I don’t know any of these except Scooby Doo, I must be a bit older than you!
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May 17, 2017 at 3:06 pm
As long as you enjoyed Scooby Doo, we are friends already!
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May 16, 2017 at 8:43 pm
I am so happy to see this post. I feel sad that nowadays children don’t get to see such great cartoons 😦
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May 17, 2017 at 3:07 pm
Me too! But I guess they will also have their favs. I love my classic cartoons!
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May 17, 2017 at 7:58 am
Loved this! Makes me think about my favorite cartoons when I was a kid!
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May 17, 2017 at 3:08 pm
Thank you!
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May 22, 2017 at 12:24 pm
I love your take on these cartoons. My kids love Dexter’s Laboratory and that is an awesome takeaway from that cartoon.
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May 22, 2017 at 8:17 pm
Thank you 😁. We all love that little geek.
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May 22, 2017 at 1:22 pm
These bring back so many memories! Dexter’s Laboratory used to be one of my favorites.
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May 22, 2017 at 8:20 pm
Anyone who enjoyed dexter had an awesome childhood 😁
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May 22, 2017 at 3:24 pm
Both you and my husband! He’s a cartoon fan for life and will choose them over a non-cartoon every time.
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May 22, 2017 at 8:14 pm
Lol cartoons are life 😁
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May 22, 2017 at 3:41 pm
I’m a little older for you and genuinely feel like cartoons have gotten…less for the following generations unless they’re preschool age. What do you think? I had everything from underdog to currents the cowardly dog and my kids don’t even have Saturday morning cartoons.
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May 22, 2017 at 8:22 pm
Yes, I feel the same way. Children these days do not enjoy cartoons the way we used to.
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May 22, 2017 at 3:53 pm
Obviously I voted for Scooby Doo! That was one of my favorites growing up! I to caught on to the fact that the monsters were usually friends or family!
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May 22, 2017 at 8:24 pm
Lol, that silly pup. I’m glad you caught that too.
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May 22, 2017 at 6:45 pm
I learnt a lot from Dexters Lab as well, I learnt that you should be ok in your own identity no matter what other people think. Johnny bravo is a good character for helping us to be more confident as well x
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May 22, 2017 at 8:26 pm
I use these characters on the daily as references for my daughter. I’m glad it’s working.
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May 22, 2017 at 7:37 pm
Haha, I love this! I watched a lot of these when I was younger–sometimes I even watch them with my own kids.
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May 22, 2017 at 8:28 pm
I always give my daughter some extra time for cartoons so I can watch some too 😁
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May 22, 2017 at 7:50 pm
Although I have heard of these cartoons, I have not watched any of them. I used to watched Jackie Chan, Totally Spies and Pokémon. Which I absolutely loved! xx corinne
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May 22, 2017 at 8:30 pm
I used to watch those too. They were always fun to watch. I loved Jackie and his uncle and Jade (sp)
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May 23, 2017 at 2:37 am
I watched all of these cartoons when I was younger. My favorite was Scooby Doo.
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May 23, 2017 at 4:49 pm
Me too. It’s like I was always there in the mystery wagon too
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May 23, 2017 at 4:50 am
Ni matter in what mood you are in, these guys will always cheer you up. I watch few of these with my kid some times..:)
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May 23, 2017 at 4:52 pm
Exactly. You can’t help but cheer up.
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May 23, 2017 at 5:43 am
OMG! I love all these shows. I just watched the season finality of Samurai Jack. What great shows.
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May 23, 2017 at 4:53 pm
Samurai Jack! Haha that was another good one
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May 23, 2017 at 8:18 am
I love this post for many reasons! I grew up with cartoons and they indeed teach many lessons!
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May 23, 2017 at 4:54 pm
Thank you so much. Some of us are still enjoying and learning from them 😄
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May 23, 2017 at 5:34 pm
Hahahah omg cow and chicken, I remember that! My son is 15 months and he loves cartoons. Plus it gives me 5 minutes to do things around the house. I say you know what is best for your little girl
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May 23, 2017 at 9:48 pm
I know right. For me with those five mins I will be right there watching beside my daughter 😁. But they do honestly give you some time to tend to other things
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May 23, 2017 at 5:44 pm
Cartoons aren’t just fun to watch, they’re packed with valuable lessons for the kids as well. I think these are all awesome. We definitely learn a lot from watching cartoons.
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May 23, 2017 at 9:49 pm
So so true
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May 23, 2017 at 11:55 pm
I loved Johnny Bravo as a kid. I found it hilarious.
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May 24, 2017 at 3:54 am
I loved Scooby Doo! It’s true, all the monsters are really just bad people!
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May 24, 2017 at 7:57 am
He was such a silly pup 🙂
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May 24, 2017 at 5:13 pm
It takes me back to when I was a kid. I loved cartoons but it seems as if the quality of newer shows is a lot worse than when I was growing up.
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May 25, 2017 at 9:09 am
I too learned some great lessons from cartoons. I was a avid Sailor Moon fan when I was a kid, and it definitely taught me about friendship and being confident.
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May 25, 2017 at 11:36 am
I absolutely loved Scooby Doo growing up! It is one that I can’t wait to share with my kids as well – hopefully soon! I miss all those classic cartoons.
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May 25, 2017 at 11:56 am
Scooby Doo made me wake up early on the weekends! 🙂 Our classics were the best. My daughter loves them, im sure your children will love them too.
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May 25, 2017 at 4:22 pm
Scooby Doo is what I voted for !! It is always the only one I have watched. Great article.
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June 14, 2017 at 11:55 am
This is nice, I like cartoons still and a few of them in your post were in my top list too. Nice lessons and learnings there
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July 6, 2021 at 8:29 am
Ha, I do love watching cartoons with the kids. You can learn from them which is good. We liked Octonaughts as it was educational and taught the kids about sea creatures etc.
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July 6, 2021 at 8:47 am
I love Powerpuff Girls and Scooby Doo when I was young! I’ve learned the importance of family and friendship because of these shows and I love that it’s funny at the same time. I missed cartoons like these!
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July 6, 2021 at 9:18 am
I get sad when my kids can’t relate lol!
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July 6, 2021 at 10:01 am
Amazing post. I used to watch scooby doo but my favourite was dungeons and dragons!!
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July 6, 2021 at 9:17 am
I remember dungeons and dragons! Our childhood was awesome!
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July 6, 2021 at 3:27 pm
I used to watch Johnny Bravo and Dexter’s Lab. Now my nieces love watching Courage the Cowardly Dog, with me lol. I love cartoons! Ageless!
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July 6, 2021 at 6:50 pm
Scooby-Doo is the only one that I watched as a kid from this list. I am dating myself haha! Fun post!
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July 7, 2021 at 2:24 am
I used to love Donald Duck and Tom and Jerry cartoons the most.
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July 7, 2021 at 6:45 am
Why not watching old cartoons and go back to relive the old moments haha. I still watch some when I have time but not too much.
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July 7, 2021 at 11:16 am
I remember I always watching Scooby-Doo and Powerpuff Girls when I was a kid, this brings back memories!
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July 7, 2021 at 2:38 pm
Family still loves cartoons! Tom & Jerry is #1 and we maybe old by age yet still a little kid at heart!
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July 7, 2021 at 11:39 am
Definitely still kids at heart
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July 7, 2021 at 4:47 pm
I can totally relate with you as cartoons paved my childhood too and yes, it has taught me valuable lessons. That’s why I let my kids enjoy them too.
By the way, Dexter’s Lab is my favorite. 🙂
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July 7, 2021 at 7:25 pm
I love good cartoons and funnies – especially those from Belgium since they are so intelligent and unique. It’s a big part of their culture.
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July 8, 2021 at 10:25 am
I love Powerpuff Girls! My mom loved it too because of the Beatle episode. Do you know there is a live-action version coming out?
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July 8, 2021 at 10:30 am
I love this post so much. You don’t realize it growing up watching the cartoons. As you get old and reflect you can see the valuable lessons they taught you.
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July 8, 2021 at 12:41 pm
I agree you can learn from everything cartoons including. I like your thinking
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July 8, 2021 at 4:30 pm
This post made me feel nostalgic. These are all my favorites to watch when I was little
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July 8, 2021 at 1:37 pm
I know right. I won’t lie, these are still my favourite ti watch even though I am all growed up
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