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Not sure if the 8 year old is NT or what exactly but she's 8 (she'll be 9 in November) and she still watches preschool Nick Jr. shows. Does this sound like your child or a child you know (nephew etc.?) Ya she likes older stuff Spongebob and Icarly but in the mornings it's Dora and preschool shows. She's going on 9!! ! But looking back I was into Barney until 3rd grade. I had Barney stuff and told people which I in turn ended up being picked on because of it. Her liking preschool shows isn't something she talks about so GOOD FOR HER! Surely she'd get picked on as I did.

Just a few days ago, my 7yo AS girl was watching a show for much younger children and said to me, "I don't know why I like these baby shows, I just do." I accepted that. I think it might be soothing, or maybe it lets her brain idle for a bit, I dunno. I will probably encourage her not to advertise her TV-watching habits to her friends, but other than that, it doesn't bother me if it's something she likes.

I do suspect there are a lot of kids, regardless of NT or AS state, who secretly watch "baby shows." In fact, I remember watching an Arthur episode with my kids in which one of the characters discovered he really liked watching a baby show and then had a hard time hiding it from his friends. We're all pushed to grow up and become more mature, which might be why we crave that sort of outlet from time to time.

I am 45 yrs old and still enjoy watching Arthur with my son! I was thinking the other day that my 5 yr old might be too old for Sesame Street, but I think I watched it until I was a little older than that. I can't remember the exact age though.

I do remember that I liked playing with Barbies up until I was about 12 yrs old (and I am NT) I don't know, I guess it is ok, as long as she doesn't broadcast it to everyone..........

my 13 yr old will still watch nick jr with his little brothers. he also likes to have it on the tv in his room during the night if he wakes up. many a morning i go in to wake him up and dora is playing on his tv. its a comfort thing for him.

it could also be a form of nostalgia. sometimes i watch old shows i liked a long time ago or when i was a child. its not that they are good shows, but they are familiar and comforting.

Hey, I'm 65 an I still enjoy watching cartoons. But I mean the old ones, like Bugs Bunny, Yogi Bear, Foghorn Leghorn, etc. Many of the shows today are not simply entertainment. Some of the newer kids shows are OK, but most are just plain awful. Barney drives me totally insane with the desire to just kill, Kill, KILL, Kill, KILL! Anyone, or anything. I'd like to slice, dice and puree that purple creep! ( I wonder if I am picking up on a subliminal satanic message from the show?)

And too, so many the newer kids shows seem to be all about "messages" and "teaching", or rather brainwashing as I see it. If I had children I wouldn't allow a TV in the house. Actually, I have several friends who have done just that. No TV until the children are out of high school. Yes, there is a lot of good stuff there, but a lot of garbage too. Since the new shows are not just for entertainment any longer, adults need to watch the new kids shows and decide for themselves if the value sets presented are ones that are consistent with their own.

My daughter likes preschool tv but she's also just now getting into shows like iCarly and Hannah Montana.
She's 7 and she still watches Imagination Movers and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. She didn't watch these shows as a preschooler (she didn't have the desire or attention span for tv) but she did watch some Blue's Clues (she likes puzzles).

I think she's just behind the kids her age socially and a lot of these shows are social in nature (the non-preschool shows). I think she is just now getting some social awareness and trying to understand social give and take so that is why the situation tv shows are starting to become interesting to her. For the kids without the social understanding, watching a show like iCarly or Hannah Montana is just "blah blah blah" while the preschool shows like Blue's Clues and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse are brain enrichment shows that have constant puzzles to be solved.

I think it's sentimental. Sometimes it is just pleasant to go back in time to something from a younger age. Kids go through phases of doing it more often, then less often, then more often. I wouldn't worry about it.

It sounds quirky to me, but it could also be a fad. Ask her if the other girls she hangs out with are doing the same thing. My neice and her buddies have been into some pretty weird stuff over the years, nothing horrible, just odd.

I think the preschool shows are less chaotic than made-for-older-children shows.

The pictures tend to have simpler shapes (are uncluttered with loads of details), the pacing is slower with direct dialogue.

I've noticed that what my 6 year old is drawn to matches the above description in computer games, shows, movies....

He still loves watching Harold and the Purple Crayon. He adores the Kai-lan videos on Nick Jr. They have clear simple shapes and matching dialogue and the pacing is calm.

I find a lot of the cartoons made for your daughter's age set are overly frenetic with many adult-level quips and jokes. Totally inappropriate.

If you worry about kids making fun of her, is it possible to instruct her not to talk about those shows at school?

Maybe she feels safer watching them. It's something she's gotten used to - it's not anything new pushing her into the next, scary phase. I was actually late for work because I HAD to watch "Gumby" before I left. I was 28 at the time.

I was still watching Sesame Street, at the age of 9. That show is targeted at kids between 2 and 5.

When I was young I would watch kiddie shows and 2 seconds later watch something completely inappropriate like a rated R horror movie or porn. I still do this now.

Liking kid shows is not really a refusal to grow up, in my opinion. It's an escape from the real adult world where you don't have to think so hard. As long as she is also into things that are age-appropriate I wouldn't be too concerned.

My daughter is 16 and still loves her disney films and the other day I caught her 'sorting out' her old Barbie stuff.

Saying that, I have a NT friend in her 40s who only recently bought herself her first Barbie.

I didn't think it was weird to watch those shows at 9 years old

I still watched CBBC when I was apparently too old for it.