I am going to be a father and am making a jellyfin setup for my child. I want to start early to make a good collection of movies and shows. So I am interested in knowing what other people experienced as positive influences in their lives.

Edit: English and Norwegian is fine, but I can always get dubbed versions of other languages. We will be speaking English and Norwegian with our child from birth. But want to introduce our child to many types of cultures, religions etc.

  • AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip
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    5 hours ago

    Franklin ( the one about the turtle ). For the most part, I feel like almost all the content is good enough to show a young child considering it’s one of those preschool age shows. May look a little old considering it’s 90s animation and also doesn’t have any traditional box sets ( it seems to be nothing but sets based around themes ), but I’m pretty sure every episode is on a Canadian company’s yt channel ( region locked AFAIK, so having a VPN is advised ). Treehouse Direct, IIRC.

    Also, for a friendly enough way of teaching religious lessons in a non-preachy way that is actually not eye bleach or racist ( looking at you, FInding Jesus ) or low quality slop maid solely to profit off of religious parents, VeggieTales. There’s a reason why it was popular with Christians and non-Christians alike, besides the silly songs.

    They can be fun to watch ( not including the 4th VHS episode where 3 characters get thrown into a furnace and magically survive thanks to a “glowing man” ( probably Jesus ) ) and can be good for opening a conversation on things like being nice to others despite differences or being thankful for what you have or a number of other topics they covered from the Bible. Honestly, one of the greatest Christian animated cartoons ever considering how it is probably the only Christian cartoon parents who are and aren’t Christian could probably both agree on letting their kids watch.

    Cannot speak for modern VeggieTales, though, so take my words with a shaker of salt just in case modern VeggieTales isn’t as lesson oriented or anywhere near as good as the originals from the 90s and early 2000s.