<p>Check out these moms sharing their undying hatred for Caillou:</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube">
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</p><p>The agony is real. The first time I watched an episode of Caillou, I was gobsmacked by how whiny, bratty, and tantrummy he was. He's four, which is a challenging age for sure. But in my opinion, all Caillou did for parents of young kids was make those years even more challenging.<br></p><p>First of all, the whining was absolutely <em>incessant</em>. And his voice made it worse. Like, I don't know how any parent could sit through an entire episode of Caillou "<em>Waaaaahhh</em>"ing without wanting to poke their ears out with a crochet hook. </p><p>Secondly, his behavior was atrocious half the time. The episode where he pinched his baby sister in her crib until she cried? That's not an idea I'd wanted to plant in my preschooler's head. The way he talked to other kids? Ugh. Just no. </p><p>And therein lies the major problem with Caillou. Preschool-aged kids imitate what they see. That's<a href="https://www.todaysparent.com/kids/copycat-kids-why-they-do-it/" target="_blank"> the developmental stage</a> they are in. As a parent, I watched every kids' show through the lens of "Is this how I want my child to behave?" and when it came to Caillou, the answer to that question was "LORDY NO" nine times out of ten. </p><p>But honestly, the adults in the show were almost as bad. It would be one thing if the storylines showed parents helping kids how to work through their feelings or problem solve, but Caillou's mom was bafflingly hands-off. It seemed like there was never any real resolution to the issues, and preschool-aged kids don't have the capability of processing a character's emotional story arc to take a moral from the end anyway. Older kids, yes. But the age of kids who actually enjoy Caillou? Nope. </p><p>Check out these few clips and see if this is what you'd want your young child imitating:</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube">
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</p><p><br></p><p>I literally didn't allow my kids to watch Caillou because he was such whiny little douche nozzle, his parents were mostly useless, and I didn't feel like making parenting any harder than it needed to be.</p><p>(For the record, my 20-year-old has thanked me for banning Caillou from our house. She agrees that he would have served as a terrible example to follow and can't stand to hear his voice either.) </p><p>Goodbye and good riddance, Caillou. </p>From Your Site Articles
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