Kids today are like aliens.

So sad and so true... :(

Depressing but true. They don't know what they missed. Saturday morning cartoons, late night TV... a time when band language and nudity first appeared on TV. So much more... it's a different world and they have their own positives and negatives.

But that's a terrific observation, and why stuff like SYS and YCDToTV needs to be marketed to those who saw it originally. Sort of like they did with the Sesame Street Old School volumes.

I'm sure it depends on the kids, I have found myself liking things before my time, but it helps if they discover it themselves.

I myself find that I can enjoy both the children's shows I grew up with as well as the ones that exist now, depending if they appeal to me, and at the end of the day, the innocence a childishness of being a child still exists with children today, they are not "adults at 8", it's just that we need to remember that we had more of an outlook on the world when we were young, but still had a lot to learn, despite not realizing it at the time.

The fact that there is still wonder and discovery in my life as an adult tells me that it still exists for kids - even with the existence of the internet (which existed back then as well) we still have to search for enough memories to find what it is we are looking for - there are still some things that I know for a fact existed, but I can't find anything about them online.

I think kids today have much shorter attention spans than previous generations. From what I have observed, most of the newer children's shows feature rapid zooms and pans, flashes of color, quick movement in the peripheral visual field, sudden loud noises, etc. These are the same techniques commercials employ.

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So true. In my old neighborhood I sadly never see kids playing in leaves, having super soaker wars, etc. Attendance in trick r' treating has been dwindling every year. Oddly the really young shows seem to treat kids like they have ADD as the guy above me stated, while kids past a certain age seem to be a lot older as well. Basically like the pre-teen years have been deleted. It seems that a lot of parents just keep too tight a leash now, which may also be what's leading kids growing up faster to "be cool" (whereas in the 90s, we were given freedom and talked to on an equal level - so there was never any rush or need to truly grow up fast (hell, a lot of 90s kids still are kids inside in a way lol)); whenever I have a kid that's what I want to do, just let them be free.