WARNING: New Children’s Show Champions Witchcraft
By Movieguide® Contributor
Warner Bros. Discovery’s upcoming kid’s show, WITCH DETECTIVES, is a textbook example of why parents cannot blindly trust that all children’s content is good.
During the Annecy Animation Film Festival, Mediawan Kids & Family revealed that they were partnering with Warner Bros. Discovery on multiple youth-centric projects including WITCH DETECTIVES.
WITCH DETECTIVES is described as a “comedic, whodunnit series. It revolves around three young girls who juggle work and teenage problems while solving wacky mysteries thanks to their magical skills.”
This is yet another sad example of why parents must be engaged in vetting what their children watch and teaching them media wisdom to understand the content they consume.
Movieguide®’s founder Dr. Ted Baehr, suggests that parents keep a diary of the shows that their kids watch, so they can keep track of the media that they consume. He also teaches that parents should have conversations with their kids about the shows that they are watching so they can discuss the lessons that their kids are learning from the shows and reinforce positive messaging.
Movieguide® previously reported on monitoring children’s media:
Once each family member becomes aware of how he uses the media, he can start making conscious media choices. Many families have negative media habits. Some parents turn on the television to keep the children occupied while supper is prepared. The diary will help families pay close attention to the programs chosen during this time and help them to reevaluate these habits.
Please pay close attention to television news. Many news reports are not fit for younger children. If the diary helps you to find out that this is the case, you can maker another media choice for your family during the TV news hours.
After a week of preparing each family member’s diary, the family should get together to discuss and perhaps to revise their media choices. By pre-selecting television programs and other media use, the family can save their children nightmares. Before watching television, the family should talk about what program to watch.
As I observed in my book, Television & Reality in 1980, the mass media of entertainment is designed to capture the viewer’s attention and deliver that attentive viewer to advertisers. Everything about a movie, video or television program, from the choice of actors to the commercial breaks, is designed to attract viewers. If a streaming service, television network or station can document that it has a significant percentage of the viewing audience watching a particular movie or program, it can charge more for their service or for the commercials during that show.
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