After talking about Sesame Street in my Sociology class the other week, I looked into some episodes and came across numerous segments focusing on divorce. Sesame street takes many different angles but I particularly liked this angle. A lot of children put the blame on themselves. Abby mentions that "one time she didn't clean her room" and she fears that it was her fault for them fighting. Gordon says divorce happens between problems between parents, not a child. Abby asks what she can do to stop the divorce but Gordon reassures her that there is nothing that she can do.
This is important for children to watch so that they do not feel like little actions, such as not cleaning their rooms, are the reason why there parents do not get along. Putting the blame on yourself is the worst thing you can do.
In my next few blog posts, I will post a video focusing on the parents reaction to the Sesame Street episode and how it helped them explain divorce and coping mechanisms with their children.
#3 I enjoyed the Sesame Street clip you posted and I was unaware that Sesame Street mentions topics suck as this in the show. I agree that the worst thing you can do put the blame of divorce on yourself as a child. I have personally witnessed the stress put on children whose parents are going through a divorce. Most kids to put blame on them selves and it is unhealthy to carry that burden. It is not the child's fault. Divorce is something that needs to be worked out by the parents and no child should have to be paranoid about doing something little that will cause their parents to fight.
ReplyDelete#3. I really liked how this video handled the topic on the show. I agree that it is important for children in that situation to realize that it isn't their fault. Most kids want to think that they can do something in order to get their parents back together. They will think that if they do something their parents won't be mad and will want to get back together. However most likely the situation is the parents can't be together anymore because it isn't working out for them.
ReplyDelete#3 I loved the video you posted to go with this blog. I never knew that Sesame Street mentioned topics such as this. I wonder what parents think of what the show does to help the kids understand divorce.
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