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many years ago a great Rebbe of mine wanted to get some video tapes of childrens shows to keep his young girl, who had downs syndrome, occupied for a while, to give his wife some time to function during the day. he said he wouldnt let her watch sesame street (i dont recall why), or barney. i said barney!? what could be wrong with barney. he said the children danced in a provocative and untznius manner. i wasnt sensitive enough at the time to appreciate that until he said it, and i watched again.
he finally decided she could watch mr rogers neighborhood and nothing else. no disney, sesame, or barney.
and this was a child with downs syndrome.
im sure some will argue with this, but this was a decision from a very wise man. i cant explain it any further