Response to Professor M.'s post

Many children definitely spend a lot of time in front of the television. My son can watch television for hours. Television and its contents are a huge contributor to gender as well as gender role development. My son too is a big fan of Diego. He does know about Dora but he prefers Diego because he is a boy and so is Diego. He sometimes says to me Dora is for girls even though Dora and Diego are involved in the same scenarios. But I do like how they have Dora a girl as a the main character doing what boys can do as well.