Summary

If you have small children, you've no doubt seen a few episodes of Sesame Street Mr Rogers' Neighborhood and Barney But have you seen the latest in kids television a show called Teletubbies It's a British kiddie show directed at the 0 - 2 year old crowd The shows characters speak in baby talk That has caused concern among parents and educators Child psychologists say kids who watch the Teletubbies could have delayed language development Nikki Boyer has the story (Take Pkg)

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 136022
Story Slug Teletubbies TV Program (04/07/1998)
Location St Louis, MO
Format Pkg
Date 04/07/1998
Archive Time 9:11
TRT 1:25
Supers Courtesy PBS St Louis, Missouri Loretta Laurent, Speech Pathologist Mary Pat Gallagher, KETC-TV Nikki Boyer, Reporting
Video Description Shot of the teletubbies at play, female sot, female sot, reporter standup, female sot, female sot, female sot, female sot, more shots of the teletubbies
Description If you have small children, you've no doubt seen a few episodes of Sesame Street Mr Rogers' Neighborhood and Barney But have you seen the latest in kids television a show called Teletubbies It's a British kiddie show directed at the 0 - 2 year old crowd The shows characters speak in baby talk That has caused concern among parents and educators Child psychologists say kids who watch the Teletubbies could have delayed language development Nikki Boyer has the story (Take Pkg)
Script Back off Barney There's a new trend in children's TV It's a show called Teletubbies It's produced in Britian and it's airing for the first time in the US It's the first show aimed at children from birth to age four The four characters speak in baby talk They may be cute but they are causing some controversy Sot Critics are asking does this baby talk hinder language development? And should toddlers be watching TV at all? Despite the controversy surrounding the show, most of the parents we talked to said the program had it's good points Sot Sot Sot Sot The Teletubbies are labeled as the next British Invasion Nikki Boyer reporting End
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