tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post6243727154526119366..comments2023-08-16T12:07:22.995+00:00Comments on The Daily (Maybe): Don't scare the childrenJim Jeppshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-71138014847642440142009-04-01T22:49:00.000+00:002009-04-01T22:49:00.000+00:00I first saw this presenter a couple of weeks ago w...I first saw this presenter a couple of weeks ago when watching tv with my 5 year old daughter-and I was delighted to see that she hadn't been kept out of presenting simply because of her disability. She is clearly very good at her job and it gave me the opportunity to explain to my daughter another facet of how people can be different on the outside-and that it doesn't matter. It saddens me that so many parents have found her presence so distressing with their claims of frightening their kids. Kids are pretty openminded. It's the parents who instill such bigotry and fear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-47182146422026097182009-02-25T13:45:00.000+00:002009-02-25T13:45:00.000+00:00Depends on the circumstances I'd have thought. But...Depends on the circumstances I'd have thought. But more to the point exposure to different ideas and peoples is a worthwhile educational experience in itself, for kids and adults.<BR/><BR/>I personally wouldn't think it's acceptable to criticise someone for any of these things if it's incidental to their job - so a mormon who was a presenter of Blue Peter should be an unremarkable thing, unless they used it as a platform to evangelise...Jim Jeppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-68882818060470793012009-02-25T11:21:00.000+00:002009-02-25T11:21:00.000+00:00Although funny religious beliefs are surely worthy...Although funny religious beliefs are surely worthy of more comment and criticism than race ethnicity or disability.Green Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00213685949038895130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-76991110460056484532009-02-24T22:55:00.000+00:002009-02-24T22:55:00.000+00:00That's right - I'm firmly of the belief that bigot...That's right - I'm firmly of the belief that bigotry is taught.Jim Jeppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-34502162542138851292009-02-24T22:53:00.000+00:002009-02-24T22:53:00.000+00:00The whole point here Jim is that Kids have NO prec...The whole point here Jim is that Kids have NO preconceptions.<BR/><BR/>Until adults force theirs upon them.weggishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04651722712995395981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30598467.post-42198418886539641092009-02-24T21:51:00.000+00:002009-02-24T21:51:00.000+00:00Ive also wriiten about this http://greenreading.bl...Ive also wriiten about this http://greenreading.blogspot.com/2009/02/bbc-childrens-presenter-cerrie-burnell.htmlAdrian Windischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16306364832746111534noreply@blogger.com