The New Disney Channel

Growing up I loved to watch the Disney channel. It was full of good quality shows that were appropriate for kids and preteens to watch. There was Even Stevens, Lizzy Maguire, Hannah Montana, and Boy Meets World, but now Disney Channel has kind of gone downhill.

These shows were all shows that were relatable to the intended audience. Even Stevens was a show about a family with three kids with different personalities like Ren the studious sister, Donny the athlete, and Louis the trouble maker younger brother. This show was one my friends and I could relate to as well as, other kids because everyone either has a trouble maker in their family or knows of a family with one. The Lizzy Maguire show was mainly about three friends growing up together in junior high and dealing with all the obstacles they had to face from social problems to acne to academic issues. This was a show that helped preteens cope with issues going on in their lives because of how the show portrayed real life situations. Hannah Montana on the other hand was a show where a girl was living a secret double life and only a few people knew about it but it showed how ordinary kids can follow their dreams and grow up to be whatever they want to be. Lastly there was Boy Meets World. This was also a show that was about friends growing up and dealing with all sorts of problems from middle school all the way to college. This was my absolute favorite show because it was a good story that everyone could relate to and had a great cast.

All of those shows eventually had to come to an end and make room for new shows, but the only problem with these new shows is their quality and what they are teaching the younger generations. These newer shows are not so much down to earth and relatable in the ways the old shows were. These new shows teach kids to misbehave, be rude, and not care about school. For example, I was babysitting for two kids recently and they wanted to watch a show called “Dog with a Blog” on Disney Channel. After watching it I was kind of disappointed with how Disney channel has changed. Throughout the entire episode there things that shouldn't be in children's shows such as trash talk about school, not going to do homework (making it sound like that was okay to do), their talking dog was looking up pictures of girl dogs and making comments about their looks, as well as using inappropriate language.  Now I am not sure how the show quality went from genuine, funny and relatable to teaching kids it is okay to misbehave, use inappropriate language, and not care about school but if I had a kid I would not let them watch this crap, would you?