Poll of the Day > Mr. Rogers cared about families.

(+) Yeah! (+)

he had a show to encourage kids to learn.

he also had talks with parents

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBtEzr_Ifv0

he was such a nice man.
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He was just a dude that would sit there and talk to kids, with short breaks to the weird puppets. Every once in a while hed check the mail or go to a factory, but that was about it.

I dont think kids nowadays would watch a show like that and its too bad
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that is too bad. but he wasn't just a dude that would sit there and talk to kids. he was more than that. mr. rogers really cared about everyone but he tried to reach out to children as a christian person.
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What I mean is that he had a really simplistic approach for the show, and just seemed genuine

He didnt have some agenda and didnt try to rope in kids with some gimmick or silly jokes. It was just a pleasant show all around
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I remember when I use to watch it all the time...
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He was a saint.
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I loved Mr Rogers' Neighborhood back in the day.
He was sweet and genuine.
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He's no Mr. Dressup though
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My aunt lives on Nantucket and years back got a ride home from Mr Rogers. She had taken her bicycle to the beach and had a flat. Me Rogers saw her carrying her bike home and pulled over and gave her a lift. She says he was exactly as kind and gentle in person as he is on the show.
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The tedium of changing his shoes all the time kind of got to me.
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Mead posted...

He was just a dude that would sit there and talk to kids, with short breaks to the weird puppets. Every once in a while hed check the mail or go to a factory, but that was about it.

I dont think kids nowadays would watch a show like that and its too bad

He was very staunchly opposed to the then-growing trend of children's shows that were flashy and had little substance, meant to catch attention more so than really engage. He singled out Sesame Street in particular for being a show that was similarly meant to educate kids, for its approach of jumping between short, relatively exciting scenes. His approach was more one of taking the time to actually connect and engage children, which was great.

Unfortunately, the approach of holding kids' attention with flashy content works a whole lot better and more reliably for advertising purposes, so his approach really didn't stand a chance outside of public television (which is part of why he fought so hard to keep PBS alive, and can probably claim near-singular responsibility for the fact that it didn't get canned back in the late 60's). TV was never going to end up where Mr. Rogers would have liked it to, but at least he managed to secure a spot for something different for as long as he was around.

Mr Rogers has been accused of molesting several children from his show

No he hasn't.
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