I love that this show has a lot of educational factors, such as Blippi going to museums or science centers. But the entire show is nothing but free advertisement fed to children. Every episode is basically Blippi persuading children that they should go to these places. Also, it is infuriating that he has to spell his name every five minutes. My daughter is only 2 years old and walks around the house spelling his name all day when she can't even spell her own name. And when she calls out letters, I get happy because I think she's trying to say the word, but it always ends with her saying "Blippi". So now she has associated chaining any letters together as saying his name. It's kind of creepy because him spelling/writing his name seems like a way of brainwashing children to only remember HIM and nothing he teaches. Why not teach children to spell/write other words? I try to help my daughter spell other things now because of this.
I do not doubt that general education is taught in this show, but it seems to be catered more toward little boys. Also, there was an episode where Blippi goes to a demolition derby and destroys a car. He spray paints the car and beats on it. There is even an episode where he is supposed to be washing a truck but instead, he splashes the vehicle with ketchup and mustard. Like, what is my daughter supposed to learn from that? Vandalism?
