He's actually an awesome dad

[molly_o]

Blue's Clues, and Dora, and all those other shows for young kids regularly offer pauses in which the kids watching the show are invited to speak up -- "Say, 'backpack'!" or "You saw a clue? Where?"

A little while ago, RM was keeping the BG company (= reading a book in the same room) while she watched one of those shows. She dutifully called out the correct response at the appropriate time, and RM said, "Sweetheart, don't talk back to the television."