Ellen Doherty, CCO of Fred Rogers Productions, tells THR “it’s always about neighborhood. Kinder is simply being kinder - to each other and to ourselves - and recognizing what it means to be a good person and contribute to your society, classroom, community and family.”Īnother main value for both studios has been reflecting children’s communities. “Smarter is those academic skills - the literacy, the numeracy, the critical thinking. “Everything that we do, we do it with the intention of making sure that kids grow smarter, stronger and kinder,” Stallings says. They also rely on external consultants, like those used for Apple TV+’s Ghostwriter, which used an expert familiar with Syrian refugees to ensured everything from the dialogue and food to the way a home looked was culturally accurate. “When Sesame Street first launched, it was really created to help children, particularly Black and brown children who were lower income, be ready for school,” she explains. It’s a process Kay Wilson Stallings, chief production and creative development officer at Sesame Workshop, says the organization still takes through its in-house team of experts, who have child development backgrounds and can specialize in topics like math and science. With that goal in mind, adds Siefken, Rogers “had advisers check his work to say, ‘Is this age-appropriate? Is this the right way to phrase something for young children for the point I’m trying to make?'”
He just did it and knew that that was not only the right thing to do, but he wanted to reflect the world as it is.”
“Fred modeled inclusiveness,” says Paul Siefken, CEO and president of Fred Rogers Productions, which in the past decade has created new Rogers-inspired programming for PBS Kids and Amazon, including the animated Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, the puppet show Donkey Hodie and the live-action Odd Squad. In a historic 1969 episode directly addressing the nation’s tensions over segregated swimming pools, Rogers invited “Officer Clemmons,” a Black man, to soak his feet in a kiddie pool alongside the white host. The series, developed by Fred Rogers Productions, was among the first in kids programming to tackle difficult subjects like death, divorce and racial discrimination. Meanwhile, Henson’s friend Fred Rogers, the eponymous creator, host, head writer, lead musical composer and chief puppeteer of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, leaned on the expertise of child psychologists like his own mentor, Margaret McFarland, to help children navigate their feelings, relationships, self-image and curiosities. Chrissy Teigen and John Legend's Kids Are Already Mapping Out Their Looks With Their Stylist
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