Fred Rogers met with a child psychologist every week for 22 years to build his show. She shaped everything: every script, prop, and song. The whole point was to give a child's nervous system time to slow down. In 1984, a single regulatory decision ended all of it.
The psychologist was Dr. Margaret McFarland, who co-founded the Arsenal Family and Children's Center alongside Benjamin Spock and Erik Erikson. She and Rogers understood that the prefrontal cortex in children, the part of the brain that controls impulse, emotion, and attention, takes decades to fully develop. At the start of every episode, Rogers tied his sneakers and changed his sweater while children settled in. Those pauses were intentional, designed to help a child's nervous system shift into a calmer, more focused state.
What ended it had nothing to do with child development science. In 1984, Reagan's FCC chairman Mark Fowler abolished the advertising limits that had protected children's programming from commercial pressure. Toy companies moved within months. Between 1984 and 1985, cartoons tied to toy lines increased by 300%, from a handful of shows to more than 40 animated series. In almost every case, the toy was designed first. The cartoon was built to sell it.
Researchers later put numbers to what parents were already noticing. A 2011 study in Pediatrics from the University of Virginia tested 60 four-year-olds across three groups: one watching SpongeBob, which cuts scene every 11 seconds; one watching a slow PBS show, which cuts scene every 34 seconds; and one drawing. Nine minutes later, all three took tests on attention, impulse control, short-term memory, and problem-solving. The SpongeBob group scored significantly worse across every measure.
In the 1970s, children began watching television around age 4. Research from pediatrician Dimitri Christakis found that by 2009, the average age of first screen exposure had dropped to 4 months, as the content got faster and the audience got younger. Researchers separately found that each additional hour of daily screen time at ages 1 or 3 raised the risk of attention problems at age 7 by 9%.
3 λεπτά ξεφτίλας.
3 λεπτά ίδιων κριτηρίων.
Αν είσαι γαύρος προτείνω να μην το ανοίξεις.
Το εντυπωσιακό είναι ότι υπάρχουν κι άλλες φάσεις, τις οποίες δεν μπόρεσα να βρω.
#paobc
Απίστευτα συναισθήματα για τον coach του Ολυμπιακού.
Πριν λίγα χρόνια έτρωγε ξύλο από τους ίδιους οπαδούς στον ίδιο ακριβώς χώρο... 🙏🙏🙏
#paobc#olympiacosbc
Είναι απλά τα πράγματα. Παρακαλανε να φύγει ο Ναν και θα κάνουν τα πάντα για να το καταφέρουν.
Τα ιδια κάνανε σε Σισέ.
Ο Σλούκας ήταν μια χαρά (Σλούκα γυρνά κλπ) μόλις ήρθε σε εμάς έγινε κωλοπαιδο. Τα ίδια με Κωνσταντίνου στη μπάλα που λέγανε παλτο
Ετσι είναι σαν οργανισμός.-
Ο #OlympiacosBC απο την στιγμη της αποβολής του Ναν και μετα (δηλαδη για 12 λεπτα) εβαλε 5 καλαθια εντος πεδιας.
Την ίδια ωρα εβαλε 17 ποντους με βολες #paobc
Πήγα στο αστυνομικό τμήμα να βγάλω ταυτότητα και δύο πράγματα μου βασανίζουν το μυαλό, γιατί κολανε ακόμα χαρτόσημο και γιατί οι αστυνομικοί μιλάνε σαν να τους χρωστάς λεφτά.
Ο λουζερ Μπαρτζωκας εχει ξεφτιλιστει αγρια σε ολους τους τελικους φετος απο Αταμαν και Σκαριολο. Στον τελικο Κυπελλου και Ευρωλιγκας, στο G1 & G2.
Προπονητης παραγκας. Τιποτα παραπανω, τιποτα λιγοτερο.
Από του χρόνου θα θυσιάζονται 2-3 μαθητές και μαθήτριες κάθε σχολείου για να πριμοδοτούνται οι υπόλοιποι στις Πανελλαδικές.
Τέτοιος κωλολαός παρτάκηδων δεν έχει ξαναπεράσει από την ιστορία της ανθρωπότητας.-
The Guns N’ Roses song “November Rain” has one of the longest and most epic backstories in rock.
Axl Rose began writing it in 1983, before he had even formed Guns N’ Roses. At that time, he was already playing it on the piano in hotel rooms and during rehearsals. The song slowly evolved over the years, incorporating grand orchestral arrangements and becoming a nearly nine-minute power ballad.
The main inspiration for the lyrics and the music video’s concept comes from the short story “Without You,” written by Del James, a close friend of the band. It tells the story of a musician who loses the love of his life. A tale of pain, loss, and grief that resonated deeply with Axl.
When they finally recorded it for the album Use Your Illusion I (1991), it became a monumental production. It featured a full orchestra, piano, acoustic and electric guitars, and one of Slash’s most memorable solos.
Released as a single in 1992, it reached number 3 on the Billboard charts despite its unusual length and became a phenomenon thanks to the music video, one of the most expensive in rock history. It depicts a beautiful wedding with Stephanie Seymour (Axl’s girlfriend at the time) that ends in tragedy amid a torrential storm.
Undoubtedly one of the most beautiful ballads of all time
"Μόνο οι προδότες απαρνιώνται την πατρίδα τους": Σαν σήμερα, 3 Μαίου 1944, δύο μέρες μετά την σφαγή των 200 στο θυσιαστήριο της Καισαριανής, οι ναζί εκτελούν-για πρώτη φορά στην Αθήνα-στο ίδιο σημείο, πέντε γυναίκες αγωνίστριες της Εθνικής Αντίστασης: Την Φρόσω Χατζηδάκη, 73