Cbeebies topsy & tim

[babyjan]

Anyone else's LO like this?

My son loves it and I find the theme song quite catchy lol.

Just saw on the news that the show is being accused of sexism :/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture...sm-over-new-childrens-show-Topsy-and-Tim.html

 

[history_girls]

Dd1 adores topsey and tim! She finds it easy to understand and it covers things she might do / experience in real life.

I was just disappointed they weren't real twins

 

[babyjan]

Ahh yes, there not real twins! Lol

I find it quite interesting myself x

 

[gingajewel]

Megan is watching it now, she really enjoys it! Ooh I didn't know they weren't real twins though!

 

[Natasha2605]

Summer enjoys it.

I find it very sexist. The episode last week about how the girls could make cakes and the boys should play on the quad springs to mind!

 

[emsie_123]

Girlsngenerally likes making cakes tho

My lo loves it, im not too keen.

 

[Bevziibubble]

We have seen it advertised but lot watched it yet. I can remember that the books used to be quite sexist but that was in the 1990s. I would have thought things would have been not quite so sexist these days

 

[babyjan]

It was sad to see Tim ask to decorate some cakes then told he can't and its for Vinda and topsy, that was evil

 

[AngelofTroy]

I saw a bit of one episode the other day quite enjoyed it lol as I read the books when I was little, but I was surprised to see their mum tell buy them new jeans, with dinosaurs for Tim and butterflies for Topsy… okay that doesn't sound too bad but from what I gathered Tim wanted them to look the same but their 'grown up' jeans had to be different for boys and girls. :-\

 

[Natasha2605]

Girlsngenerally likes making cakes tho

My lo loves it, im not too keen.

So do boys

 

[Gingerspice]

Also the parental roles are stereotypical. like it was dad who fixed the roof leak and mum who went shopping etc. I find it pretty annoying tbh. Thankfully LO doesn't seem that fussed about it

 

[Cassie123]

I hate it! Why are the girls doing girly things and the boys doing boyish things? It just isn't realistic.

I hate the fact that most of the Cbeebies programmes show nuclear families anyway they need to do something different.

 

[CoffeePuffin]

Neither LO or me are keen.

 

[babyjan]

I haven't found any of the other episodes a problem but who would refuse their son to help decorate a cake? That is just upsetting

 

[KayBea]

my daughter loves it. she seems to know what time its on every day.. even if we arnt at home. She also cries when it goes off.. x

 

[AngelofTroy]

According to that telegraph article though, they're going to switch things around later in the series. There seems to be a proper story arc which is probably lost on the viewers!

 

[Lellow]

So what if its sexist...so what if there a nuclear family...alot of kids can relate to that set up, so why shouldnt they be catered to as well.

Someone mentioned the fixing the roof episode - Well in my house, my husband would fix the roof and i do do the shopping. My son would rather opt to go and play with cars etc than make cakes, trust me ive tried to get him interested in baking but he isnt.

I like the program, so does my toddler - I like the dynamics of the family, its one i can relate too.

 

[babyjan]

So what if its sexist...so what if there a nuclear family...alot of kids can relate to that set up, so why shouldnt they be catered to as well.

Someone mentioned the fixing the roof episode - Well in my house, my husband would fix the roof and i do do the shopping. My son would rather opt to go and play with cars etc than make cakes, trust me ive tried to get him interested in baking but he isnt.

I like the program, so does my toddler - I like the dynamics of the family, its one i can relate too.

I agree with this, it really isn't a big deal although I did find it sad to say no to a lil boy who wants to join in on decorating a cake and he only wanted to because his friend wouldnt share the quad. But boys playing on quads or a man fixing a roof that's just how life is, lil boys would much prefer to play on a quad bike over sitting indoors painting, my son was actually getting really excited when he saw the quad bike lol

I just think its nothing to complain over, we both really like the show lol

 

[ktod]

I was really excited about topsy and tim starting as the advert looked really good. I've only watched two episodes so far and I was a bit disappointed, it just seems a bit lifeless so far. I've seen the cake one and the car washing one. I'm guessing they move house sometime in the series since that was a running theme in the 2 eps I've seen (if they haven't already moved since I last watched it)

 

[Princess86]

My lil ones luv watching it, & I luv the theme song too.