Has anyone else out there been brainwashed by Mister Rogers?

Question

I mean, I watched his show over and over again with my young impressionable mind and to this day I like being friends with my neighbors, and I have friendly chats with our mail carrier, and I still think it would be pretty neat to visit a crayon factory :)

Okay, I'm obviously talking about the soft brainwashing where young impressionable minds are told something over and over again and not the hard, scary, brainwashing that involves bondage and torture and having all nuetral information withheld.

So getting to the question: Is soft brainwashing always bad? What if what you are being taught is good?

I welcome any of your thoughts

Answer 1

Everything we know and believe is the product of "brainwashing". We don't learn without it.

And to this day I can't enter my house and not change my shoes and jacket.

Answer 2

Hi Daisy, just some random thoughts.

“Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well.” -- Aristotle

Sounds like you are living "well", connected and a great person.

“The mediocre teacher tells.
The good teacher explains.
The superior teacher demonstrates.
The great teacher inspires.”
-- William Arthur Ward

I like this quote, but it is not a Mr. Rogers quote, I suppose.

“A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit that can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.” -- Cicero

He did try to teach and model.

“Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not obtained easily. It must be worked for, studied for, thought for, and, more than that, must be prayed for.” - Arab Proverb

This describes the next step, beyond Mr. Rogers. .

Anyways, is teaching, brainwashing. In some cases it is, if it teaches without fact, then it is. Thus, maybe, indirectly, you are referring to religion and faith issues.

Ayn Rand, who was antithetic to religion, admitted, Religion was a strong source of moral training. Between the lines, she must have wondered or known, without belief in a creator, the door is open to nihlism.

Last random thought, sorry, I have to go to a meeting:

“I think a man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if he cannot, at least to take the best possible human doctrine and the hardest to disprove, and to ride on this like a raft over the waters of life.” -- Plato

It is a person's job to decide what raft they are on. It is a parents and teachers job to teach and train. Is it all factual? No. Can it be valuable? Yeah! So I guess, Mr. Rogers was on a kid's raft and he did pretty good for many kids.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Hi there, I have never heard of Mr.Rodgers either, but I will say this much to anyone who has been sickened by preachers who think they are another Jesus in their own minds, take the time to read about Jesus and how he treated those people no one else would touch with a barge pole,and then compare this to how they perform,you will see an enormous difference.
Jesus was not self-seeking,he had no hidden agendas,He came to serve not to be served,how many so called Preachers wash the feet of the poor in the flea infested hovels of the world? Jesus would.

Answer 5

I grew up watching Mr Rogers, and I loved him. Kids have to be taught what is right or wrong, and I would rather it be in a soft loving nature, then for it to be crammed down their throats. My kids grew up with Barney. And a big obnoxious purple puppet taught my children how cool it was to share, use your imaginations, and call 911 if the house is on fire.
I see nothing wrong with this as long as is it is a positive gesture that celebrates who you are, rather than telling you what you are..
I wish you well.

Answer 6

I thought Mr Rogers was a very sweet and good man. No, this soft brainwashing of neutrally decent values is not bad at all. I also think babies should be taught not to litter and to brush their teeth regularly. Also to eat their vegetables. All this is harmless.

Answer 7

Never brainwashed by the dead man b/c he's boring. I still find him boring to this day as for my mail man I've met him once he used to be my Dad's neighbor. I liked the other mailman better he was wacky.
There was one thing I never understood about him. If he was walking around in his home why the heck did he change shoes? I mean I don't change shoes in my house I wear socks.

Answer 8

I think he was a great man with a terrific message. I wouldn't call it brainwashing, but I see your point. I'd like to see more character-building and values education, not less. One can teach character and values without referring to religious mythologies.

I must admit, though, that King Friday kinda creeped me out. There was something about his attitude that went beyond regal superiority. I could easily imagine him bathing in the blood of his subjects every night.

[From Wikipedia]
Pittsburgh Magazine dedicated their April 2003 issue to commemorate Rogers' life and mourn his passing. Included in the mazagine is a table of information that measures the impact Rogers had. Among the items cited:

10 ½: Fred Rogers' shoe size
24: The number of cardigans Rogers had over the course of his career
4: Number of Emmys that Rogers won
8: The percentage of households tuned in to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood at its ratings peak, in 1985.
1: Number of times Rogers appeared on television as someone other than himself (he played a preacher on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman)
33: Number of seasons that Mister Rogers' Neighborhood produced new episodes
25: Number of pages the magazine would have had to use to print every award and recognition that Rogers had received
40: Number of honorary degrees awarded to Rogers
1,000: Number of episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
5: The age that Rogers began playing piano
200: Number of songs Rogers wrote during his career
60: Number of seconds of silence that Rogers would ask for at speaking engagements; he would instruct the audience to use the minute of silence to remember those who helped them become who they were.

Answer 9

sorry Ihave never watched mr. Rogers, I just could not stand seeing him in that darn cardigan sweater, ewww. Now Mr. Dress-up is another story, I loved casey and finnigan

Answer 10

When I was a kid, I always enjoyed the puppets on "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" more than anything.