I co-created ‘Blues Clues’ — here’s what worries me about today’s content landscape.

As a kids’ show creator, I do formative research on every series I make, to ensure that I am meeting my goals — both from an educational and entertainment standpoint. I know how smart kids are, and I want to be sure that I’m putting a show out in the world that elevates kids, empowers them, makes them laugh and gives them something to think about.

But it takes time to make a series this way.

“Blue’s Clues” was founded in kindergarten readiness skills — a curriculum we designed to give kids the tools to succeed when they started school. “Super Why” was created with a literacy curriculum, to teach kids to learn to read and love to read. “Daniel Tiger” was created to showcase socio-emotional skills and to teach kids life lessons. “Princess Penelope” was created to teach critical thinking skills and how to solve problems with kindness.

Each of these series has research to prove that we are teaching these skills — and that kids love the shows so much they want them at their birthday parties.

Today, children have access to more content than we could have ever imagined when “Blue’s Clues” premiered in 1996. Some of what is being created for........

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