Monday, May 11, 2009

I'M NOT A MINER! NO, YOU'RE AN IDIOT: Lucy really enjoyed watching this season of the Amazing Race -- her first season of reality tv now-completed on her sixth birthday. She enjoyed learning about new countries, she liked watching the tasks, she (we hope) learned valuable lessons about how to be polite and how to be supportive of your friends, as well as the importance of keeping one's cool and not being frustrated.

Now that we've got her hooked, she wants more. I've got seasons 2-7 of the Race on DVD in fairly good condition, with season one being readily obtainable as well. We're trying to avoid anything with ugly behavior between partners she might imitate, which would argue against seasons 2 (TaraWil) and 6 (Jonathan and Victoria), but that would meant she'd also miss seeing Team ChaChaCha, Gary & Will, Lena & Kristy and Gus & Hera. Obviously, Colin & Christie pose a problem for season five, as does explaining the science of the caviar challenge. (Related: Extaordinarily Spicy Hungarian Soup.)

This is as much a parenting question as it is a "good entertainment" question. Would a six-year-old appreciate season one of Survivor, which is out on DVD? Should we let her watch SYTYCD when it begins in a few weeks? What's our next step?

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