&gt; It literally couldn&#x27;t get any better for a kid than PBS in the 70s or 80s.<p>Well, except for, you know, books.<p>I don&#x27;t really buy any of this &quot;need&quot; stuff when it comes to TV (or that one form is significantly better than another).<p>If you drop your kid in front of <i>anything</i> and they turn into a slackjaw zombie (as my son tends to do), that&#x27;s bad.<p>If you drop your kid in front of <i>anything</i> that you watch, engage, and use as a jumping off point for interaction, that&#x27;s fine.