Why does CBeebies hate stay-at-home mums?
Next on CBeebies, a party political broadcast by the Labour Party. OK, I’m not being literal, but I never thought good old Auntie would betray me like this; that it would become the Government’s ventriloquist’s dummy by piping out Labour’s send-mums-back-to-work mantra on its preschool channel. When I considered what to allow my 21-month-old toddler to watch on television, I turned to the trusted corporation that gave me Blue Peter and Take Hart as I grew up. It felt entirely natural to combine what I was teaching my son with the educational programmes on CBeebies. And as we watched them together, I saw an improvement in his vocabulary and grasp of colours and numbers. But as we continued to tune into Balamory, Timmy Time and Me Too! I began to look more closely, and realised they should really be sold as the Beeb’s party political broadcasts on behalf of Gordon Brown. All three shows feature ecstatically happy characters at nursery – there’s lovely nursery worker Miss Hoolie on the Sc
