I don't get why people think Muffin and Stripe are so horrible. Muffin acts like a normal three year old and Stripe genuinely tries to be a good dad. Review Circus. It's a brilliant episode about leadership.
There is also the parallel between hogging and parenting. Muffin's mom doesn't want to share parenting with Stripe. But things work out when they share this experience.
Omg, I didn't even realize that! Stripe even says "I feel like you hog all the parenting" and I still didn't make the connection of "Because we know what happens when you hog" was also in reference to Trixie hogging the parenting of Muffin and it making the whole event of the episode happen in the first place 😀
This show does a great job pointing out that the lessons we learn as kids are still lessons we're learning as adults. Plenty of adults struggle with things like sharing, treat others how you want to be treated, controlling your impulses, learning it's okay to cry, etc. It also does a great job reminding us that adults are just kids grown up.
Facey Talk is our family's favorite episode. We've been told our child is a Muffin by many people, so Stripe and Trixie's plights are close to mine and my husband's hearts 😂
In this episode I instead focused on that parent who is trying so hard to do the right thing but he just doesn't have that authority that mom has. He's clearly stressed about it and trying to use the tools in his tool box he just doesn't have the authority that comes with some of them. Bless him for trying though.
I feel this so much because I’m the main income provider in my family and my wife is the SAHM who is the default parent for obvious reasons. I feel for Stripe in this one.
My favorite thing about this episode is the last thing Stripe says to Trixie when they are muted. Even though we cant hear them, Stripe clearly mouths "together" rifht before they hug and it just makes me melt.
I think you nailed the analysis once again here with "Faceytalk"! Especially at the end when you talked about how setting boundaries when it comes to private conversations. The best part for me was that you don't even need to know what Trix and Stripe are saying, but as a parent, you recognize EXACTLY what conversation is taking place. There are so many episodes I would love to see your take on. But the one I'd recommend the most (if you haven't planned it already) is the episode "Dirt." Though not explicitly about the Heelers (think it's actually more about Judo if anything) there is a message about "setting unrealistic expectations for your kid that are actually hurting them more than helping."
They do a lot to explain and set boundaries for the girls! "Big Girl Bark" as a concept is about Bingo being able to tell her Dad to stop playing so rough with her, and Bluey also has to have a talk with him about playing rough. They have multiple episodes where the girls get to set their boundaries and the adults stand by them and encourage it. I find it really really refreshing.
Bluey being mega uncomfortable about helping Muffin misbehave is such good energy bc although she also has her moments of not wanting to follow instructions, she has a good head on her shoulders and knows that her cousin needs to learn to respect the rules. Her awkward little "I don't think I can help you" is so accurate for a six year old who just doesn't want the situation to get worse.
I have a 3,5 year old niece, with a VERY strict screen time limit, and Bluey is my choice for when we do have screen time together. It's great because I can take a moment to pick up some tips on being a better uncle as well as potentially a better dad sometime in the future, if I get to have my own kids.
That's so awesome that you do this and respect her parents rules! I'm also glad they are restricting her screen time. To many kids now a days are so dependent on screens and don't know how to play anymore. Also, a reminder, it's okay to watch bluey on your own just because you're an adult. Being an adult doesn't mean we have to stop doing things a kid would enjoy. As long as you're not a creep (eyeballing the my pony crowd here) and genuinely watch it because you love the show and appreciate it for what it is, it's fine. I watch bluey because I'm unable to have children and this fills that whole in my life. It also gets me excited to watch episodes with my niece when she's older as well as her brother when he is born and have epic play times like in the show. Another point I would like to add, is when you can't watch bluey with her because of screen time, you can definitely recreate the play scenes with her and still experience it that way while bolstering her imagination
@@chiarra644 Oh I'm so sorry you can't have your own kids. I'm glad you've found something that can lessen the pain. For me, I am not in a good enough place to have kids yet, in many ways. Hopefully I'll get my stuff together before I'm too old. I'm working on it. Honestly I mostly watch animated so it doesn't bother me. I spent too much time streaming to be ashamed of anything that doesn't matter. But I think it's fine to save it for my niece. It will be a fun and surprising time for both of us. My favorite thing we do is make up stories together. Mr. Nobody's Pancake Hotel, 1000 Racoons And 1 Birthday, The Big Dragon And The Little Dragon and Three Pigs Go Sightseeing are some of the ones I like best. So we don't really need to recreate a tv show. Our stories are all original(-ish). :P
@@chiarra644 oh I have no problems letting my inner child out. Probably one of the reasons me and my niece have so much fun. My favorite game is when we make stories together. Sometimes it's mostly me, but at times she comes up with the most amazing sagas. 🙂
Check out "Favourite Thing" from season 2 - Bluey reminds Bingo of something embarrassing that happened and Bingo gets sad, so Bluey tells an imaginary version of the event to make her look better but it doesn't cheer Bingo up. Bluey protests "But I fixed her!" and Mum has to explain to her that some things can't be "fixed".
It's really funny because I'm Australian bluey came out when my son was about 3 months old. My mum was straight onto it and told me I had to watch it and I've been obsessed ever since. So like 3 generations of people are happily watching bluey and learning lessons. For example my 70 something year old mum learned it's ok to use your 'big girl bark' from yoga ball (S1 e16) and my favourite Is am episode 'hospital'. (S1 e2)...but I think that's cause Im a nurse and I love bingo.
the boundary setting in this episode was great both with what bandit set with the girls and the boundary setting stripe was trying to make w/trixie during their conversation around parenting. Setting boundaries and upholding them or having them respected can be difficult regardless of who you are trying to make a boundary with and regardless of age of the person who is trying to set the boundary (always respect children's boundaries too!) I suggest looking at season 3 episodes space, onesies and the decider. onesies - infertility struggles and estranged family?, space -childhood anxiety/ abandonment? The decider- when children feel put in the middle and want to please both parents?- the episode reads a lot like how children can feel during a divorce and like they have to pick a side or favorite parent.
I'd love to see you talk about the episode "Cricket". It's a great story of self-determination, of family and friends love and care for each other, and overcoming your fear. And also how being a physically absent parent (Dad is in the army) doesn't mean you have to be an emotionally or educationally absent one.
I hope you'll at some point make a video about "Army" and ADHD because that episode made me feel SO SEEN and was the episode that REALLY got me into the show. Would love to hear your thoughts on it!
Man I love hearing you talk about Bluey. It was great this round because the parents' boundaries scene completely flew over my head. So it was very cool to rewatch it with you, and hear you point something out I didn't see at first. I also think that Bluey is the show kid's need. Reason being you have shows these days like "Teen Titans Go" where the characters misbehave. And get rewarded for it. While it's great to have shows that entertain with gags. It's very important for TV or UA-cam to also be used as a platform to teach kids. And I think Bluey does a phenomenal job teaching both kids and parents both. ❤
Honestly, I think if they let muffin finish her drawing it wouldn't be so much trouble... Something like "Muffin finish your cowboy hat and hand it to your sister, ok?"
The issue with that is that she kept adding things to the hat, the ukulele was a good example, she had it under the bed but was " still playing with it" so who knows how intricate the cowboy hat would've been.
This is one I really felt. I don't have kids, but my husband (ADD) and I (Autism Spectrum) have definitely had our comms fail moments and the public v. private barrier was one we really needed to work through. It wasn't until we went to counseling specifically to get help around our 8 or 9 years married mark that I was able to get him to understand that when he would say things in public because I was less likely to get into a fight, he was making me feel trapped because I wasn't comfortable fighting in public and he was assuming a win/correctness.
Damn, the way I was literally watching your old Bluey episodes this morning when the Cinema Therapy drop happened on Patreon and now here you are fulfilling my wish for more 😂😂😂 the universe just needed more of this. Please please watch Cricket and The Sign, Cricket especially is my #1 Bluey episode and it’s not even about her but I think it offers a different environment and character that reacts to things differently. I like the idea of exploring perseverance for Cricket, but the Sign! So many things!!! I just need more commentary on them and I trust yours the most 😜
It's the best episode! So many different kinds of parenting and co parenting. But I love that Bandit wants Stipe and Trixie's conversation to be private. Not every parent has it figured out! But hearing the other parent out and having conversations is essential!❤
this is like this with a lot of adults, unfortunately, especially with people online. i remember watching a lot of stuff like this, on instagram, unfortunately it was family related. i'd like to see a video covering magic xylophone, because it covers much of the same subject as Facey time, as it's about how bluey isn't sharing the toy with her own sister, all that often.
I don't have kids but I find it freaky when I watched it one day to see what tge hype of this show was about and all my dogs tuned in so if I want quiet time I put this show on
Hey Jonathan, love these videos of Bluey that you do. Could you do the episode Charades next, please? I'm curious about the different relationship kids have with their grandparents but also what about Muffins behaviour and how Nanna handles Muffins demands, for better or for worse, I honestly don't know what is a healthy adult response in this situation. It can almost seem like Bluey is being slightly parentified? Thank you Jonathan.
Hehe I love this episode of Bluey, I'm not a parent, but I feel their pain. I watch you all the time on Cinema Therapy and I'm an avid Bluey fan so was excited to see you analyse an episode. I love how Bluey tackles all these sorts of issues and makes it funny and light-hearted but can also be really serious at times too, the new episode 'The Sign' had me crying, as you just feel for the family so much. The messages in Bluey are always on point, it always teaches you so much! There are so many lol, I feel like everyone should watch Bluey to know how to be a good person lol, as Chilli and Bandit teach their kids such good morals in so many episodes. I think though I'd like to see your take on 'The Sign' there's a lot of controversy as it had a different ending to what some wanted and some wanted to use the episode to show what moving house can be like (spoilers lol) but the writer has stood by why he did it that way and I agree with it, but I think the story still provides a lesson for Bluey and Bingo and for the audience even with the ending they chose! 😊
Bluey is honestly such a good show! I watched it in summer after a couple of surgeries, and the wholesomeness and lessons were so refreshing to me. The last time I saw a "kid's" show that so beautifully touched on these harder issues was Steven Universe, which is one of my favorite shows of all time! Loved listening to you, and so glad you decided to cover this. ❤ I hope we get some more Bluey episodes in the future!
7:00 I think I see grown adults failing at this the most in footage online where some physical/verbal disturbance takes place in a public place. Listening in case there's possible danger, and wanting to get involved if morally necessary is fine, but you can find so many videos where even as the cops show up and the situation is calming down and people are still gathering close to listen in and recording whoever is going off. This isn't horrible behavior, but in one context imo it was. I seen a similar scenario in a bodycam video where a girl bodyslammed her kid "for not listening." People got involved for the kids sake, and this kid was even more distraught than the mother trying to get away with it, crying and screaming both for help, and for his abusive mom at the same time.. So many people had the biggest grins on their faces as they recorded the mother. I get it, it's shocking and the woman was crazy, hence it caused people to dial in in curiosity, however a freaking kid is crying and screaming after being slammed into the ground, so to be more focused on filming the woman repeatedly screaming "give me my child" rather than everyone focusing on the kid himself, made me sick to my stomach.. His pain should not be your daily entertainment.
@rosenrot234 ignoring isn't the right word, and obvious the couple who originally stepped in are great. It's not "everyone" doing it either, so my bad for that wording as well, 23:40 the couple in the back (that she literally notices laughing, and reacts to them making the situation worse) are definitely recording tho, and it's mostly the womans expressions that really hit the checklist for what I'm saying, and you can't convince me that wasn't giving her some kinda spark based on her reactions, no reason to smile in that specific situation is all I'm saying.. My example probably isn't the best, but throw in a kid or not, unless it's absolutely necessary to record the disturbers actions in the moment to help later, why even stop and watch and record in any situation like that, it's still an addition of what Jonathan said. People need to mind their own business, not for the sake of people like the woman in that video, in this case, but because engaging in that serves no one and normalizes that. EDIT: I'm not perfect either, i like a good Karen freakout as much as the next person, but imagining myself actively adding to the public chaos in most of those situations makes my stomach crawl more than it gets me entertained.
Definitely watch Hammerbarn! Classic Aussie tradition of getting a sausage at Bunnings hardware store, and the episode is about being satisfied with what you have rather than being jealous of what others have. 😊
I am loving the Bluey therapy episodes and whole heartedly agree that Bluey is an amazing show! It’s soothing in a way! I’d like to see you therapize the episode “Space” in season 3!
More great Bluey episodes include but are not limited to, Early Baby, Army, Stick Bird, and the one where they go to visit with their grandpa after he had surgery it something and he won't take it easy. Onesie makes me cry everytime cause I relate a lot to Brandy. And the episode where Bluey learns to cope with the bird dying by reenacting it with her sister. My nephew started doing games like that and it freaked my sister out. I tried to explain that it was a way for the kids to make sense of something big and abstract in a way that they could control.
Your comment about celebrities and influencers sharing their lives but not all of their lives reminded me of a picture I saw of Sebastian Stan clearly at dinner at a restaurant and not looking happy that someone took his picture. Someone made a comment that he "clearly didn't appreciate his fans" but the commenter actually got a lot of backlash that he "clearly didn't appreciate having his meal interrupted."
I also think this is a great episode of parenting and accepting that not both parent will parent the same. Stripe/Dad is trying to be a present dad and an authoritarian dad but Trixie is struggling to step back and let dad learn how to parent the children. I mean even at point Trixie tell Stripe we don’t do Time Out anymore and he is like since when and she likes I read a book but she didn’t tell him and then blames that he is not home but he is probably working. My husband works long hours and we also struggled with this same issue of me making all the parenting decisions and my husband walking into a house with new rules almost weekly. We had to learn to decide to together on rules and consequences and rewards. Yes he might not be home to always dole out the punishment but he knows what the punishments are when he comes home and learns someone misbehaved. He also now feels more involved in the kids lives because he gets to parent the way he and I both agreed to parent. Stripe even says at one point that he wants to be their parent indicated that Trixie makes he feel like an outsider when it comes to the kids and then at the silent end they hold hands and work together indicated that figured out their differences and came to an agreement. Not a set in stone agreement but it’s a stepping stone into being a united unit.
You need to react to Flat Pack or Camping. There both amazing episodes. And of course you have to do the special 30 minute episode the Sign. I think it's great the Dad said "chatting" when he turns the sound off instead of arguing. If he'd said argue the kids might have panicked.
I’d like to hear your thoughts on “The Sign.” I’ve heard some big Bluey fans have trouble with this one because it sends a message of “if you love your family you won’t make them move for your job” which isn’t realistic for many people. Do you agree? Disagree? I feel like “Inside Out” is a counter example to “The Sign.” The family moves, it’s a bumpy road, but the family becomes even closer THROUGH the move. Thoughts?
Could you do a video about what normal friendships look like please? I am severely codependent and have bpd. I don’t know what a real normal friendship looks like.
Can you react to the Seesaw episode of Bluey? It’s one of my favourite episodes. Bluey and Bingo’s friend Pom Pom feels insecure about how small she is (because she’s a Pomeranian) and Bandit notices and is really cool and funny in making her feel better.
Please do the episode where Bluey and Dad find a parakeet and it dies. It was the first Bluey I ever saw and it hit me kind of hard and I'm not real sure why. Other than having lost many pets over the years, and done some wildlife rehab and you can't save them all. But then to watch this "kid show" with such a dark theme...
I haven't seen much hate on the internet for stripe and muffin, but i know people talk ab seeing it. The heeler family is the shining example on what they do and how they parent and theres many other families around them that show where other parents "fail" and then learn to be better OR how to parent *their* kids better. No one in this show should be labeled "bad", it's just parents and how they teach. I know their neighbor gets heat for how she raised a bossy kid, but it shows a difference in personalities and styles and how kids can learn from other kids how to be more themselves like the dirt episode. Anytways, this show is very good at showing "doing your best" might not seem perfect but it is enough and it is difficult depending on the kid.
I know in other Episodes Muffin treatment towards Socks does improve. But I do wonder her not wanting to share with her sister due to not being properly prepared or involved when Trixie was pregnant with socks? Like how some parents will including the first child to help welcome the new baby. And I can see Stripe and Trixie didn’t make time to feel included. So in the end new baby in the house, Muffin wasn’t ready for the change and doesn’t want to share anything or hog everything
A weird thing. So I've never really watched Bluey. My partner likes it and has shown me the odd episode here and there, but we don't have kids and its not really my thing - but - I work as an art model in the city its created in (Brisbane, Australia) and I have gone into the bluey offices and modelled nude for their animators a couple of times. They're all really nice and its a dog friendly office so you see dogs around the place. The first time I modelled there it was in an older building and they didn't have a dedicated area for it so we were just in a break room adjacent to a kitchen and like sometimes someone would come in because they wanted milk for their coffee or whatever and I'm just there.... Next to the kitchen modelling nude in an otherwise normal office space. Probably the strangest environment that I've ever done that work - but they're all animators and I went to animation school myself a long time ago so I know everyone knew what was going on and that it was all above board. They moved to a newer office since then and we were set up in a private conference room which was better ahahahaha. I hope I get to model for them again. :)
I love how the hogging theme plays out with Stripe and Trixie. She’s right that her saying one thing while Stripe says something else will confuse the kids, but her solution of doing all the work of parenting herself was misguided. Stripe is right that he should be involved in parenting their kids, but his much more lenient approach to setting boundaries isn’t ideal for handling a kid like Muffin. They’re far more effective as a team because it takes both parents (and the rest of the village) to raise a child.
Damn, I'm shocked how good that ep was. Not my particular fav animation style, the story was well written and has a good lesson. Well done Jonathan as always for the therapy break down aswell the comments who added extra info.
Working part time at a school, lunch time. Misbehaving Kid: "What are you going to do? You can't send me to the back of the line again..." He's already at the back of the line. Teacher's Assistant: "No, but I can give your hot-lunch to your teacher to give to you once you start to behave.
You need to do the sign I know longer than normal but a lot of great stuff in that one and more stuff with Stripe and Trixie I didn't notice and Socks thanks to @Aussiegirlmargie
I would definitely have told my kids they had to get off and we weren't going to keep encouraging the bad behavior of the other child. It's unfortunate but sometimes group punishments are a necessity.
I can't simultaneously watch while listening to you at the same time, i also can't hear what you where saying, so it might be best if you pause before say anything, anyways, pls watch s3 ep31 Onesies if you could:3
I don't have children myself, so I don't know how I would handle these situations or what the personalities of these characters are supposed to be. But it kind of raised my hackles when the mother started criticizing the father's parenting style right in front of the children. I don't recall my parents ever undermining each other's authority in front of us like that. Not that they don't fight about things, but when it came to us kids, they were a united front. We never for a moment thought we'd get away with using their disagreements to have our way, because whatever either of them said would go for both of them. If the mother disagreed with how the father was handling the situation, I feel like she should have brought it up to him later, when the children--puppies, whatever--were out of earshot.
Thank you. I finally formulated my question. I have a friend, we are not very close, we chat a few times a month, but I value our relationship. At the moment she has a very stressful time writing and defending her diploma work. We haven't met in a few month's time, because, she says, she is too busy. But still she doesn't meet the deadline. This drives her almost into depression. I would like to help her somehow, cheer her up, but she avoids contact, even phone calls. And I don't want to seem like I cross border. What should I do?
The thing people don't realize about raising some kids: Not all kids quickly grasp gentle parenting. Even when given gentle parenting and the patience to educate them on rules, boundaries, expectations etc, kids do not always adhere or will seem to take advantage because no consequences. Yes, you can gentle parent and give consequence punishment but a lot of parents feel they can't gentle parent as "religiously" and have to be more strict / punishing because their kids "respond" better to knowing to behave in other ways Bluey almost "romanticizes"(?) the luxury of having kids that can compromise with you as a parent. Some parents believe "it's not a debate/discussion, just do as I say" (with a mix of explaining why it isn't for debate depending on situation). We all strive as future or current parents to be good ones. To communicate, teach, instruct, raise efficiently and "properly". bluey household has this capability because its a cartoon where the writers can have it anyway they want. but real life is not always what we want (something adults and kids both need to learn... and not a lot are taught this sooner rather than later, if at all)
I don't get why people think Muffin and Stripe are so horrible. Muffin acts like a normal three year old and Stripe genuinely tries to be a good dad.
Review Circus. It's a brilliant episode about leadership.
People don’t like to be reminded how annoying they were when they were a toddler. A lot of people believe that children should act like mini adults.
Wait I heard Muffin was getting hate but Stripe?!!
@@HackiePuffs basically people are saying that doesn’t discipline Muffin and is responsible for her ‘bratty’ behavior.
@@kaykay8855 ??? He’s clearly trying here lol what?! 🤣
@@HackiePuffs 🤷🏾♀️ I don’t know, people will blame characters for anything
There is also the parallel between hogging and parenting. Muffin's mom doesn't want to share parenting with Stripe. But things work out when they share this experience.
Omg that's so smart!! ❤️
Omg didnt thinkbof that, its brilliant
Muffin's "I'm fweeeee" never fails to make me laugh.
The theme being 'hogging' is both in reference to the kids with the tablet as well as parenting. Brilliant writing 👍
Omg, I didn't even realize that! Stripe even says "I feel like you hog all the parenting" and I still didn't make the connection of "Because we know what happens when you hog" was also in reference to Trixie hogging the parenting of Muffin and it making the whole event of the episode happen in the first place 😀
This show does a great job pointing out that the lessons we learn as kids are still lessons we're learning as adults. Plenty of adults struggle with things like sharing, treat others how you want to be treated, controlling your impulses, learning it's okay to cry, etc. It also does a great job reminding us that adults are just kids grown up.
Facey Talk is our family's favorite episode. We've been told our child is a Muffin by many people, so Stripe and Trixie's plights are close to mine and my husband's hearts 😂
So cute 🥰
I also have a Muffin lol 😂 Solidarity for all parents of Muffins
In this episode I instead focused on that parent who is trying so hard to do the right thing but he just doesn't have that authority that mom has. He's clearly stressed about it and trying to use the tools in his tool box he just doesn't have the authority that comes with some of them. Bless him for trying though.
Stripe making up punishments, getting told no, then backing off puts it in Muffin's head that he won't follow through with them.
I feel this so much because I’m the main income provider in my family and my wife is the SAHM who is the default parent for obvious reasons. I feel for Stripe in this one.
"Octopus" is a great episode about parenting styles and trying to be a "fun" parent and hurt feelings based on miscommunication
My favorite thing about this episode is the last thing Stripe says to Trixie when they are muted. Even though we cant hear them, Stripe clearly mouths "together" rifht before they hug and it just makes me melt.
I think you nailed the analysis once again here with "Faceytalk"! Especially at the end when you talked about how setting boundaries when it comes to private conversations. The best part for me was that you don't even need to know what Trix and Stripe are saying, but as a parent, you recognize EXACTLY what conversation is taking place.
There are so many episodes I would love to see your take on. But the one I'd recommend the most (if you haven't planned it already) is the episode "Dirt." Though not explicitly about the Heelers (think it's actually more about Judo if anything) there is a message about "setting unrealistic expectations for your kid that are actually hurting them more than helping."
They do a lot to explain and set boundaries for the girls! "Big Girl Bark" as a concept is about Bingo being able to tell her Dad to stop playing so rough with her, and Bluey also has to have a talk with him about playing rough. They have multiple episodes where the girls get to set their boundaries and the adults stand by them and encourage it. I find it really really refreshing.
Bluey being mega uncomfortable about helping Muffin misbehave is such good energy bc although she also has her moments of not wanting to follow instructions, she has a good head on her shoulders and knows that her cousin needs to learn to respect the rules. Her awkward little "I don't think I can help you" is so accurate for a six year old who just doesn't want the situation to get worse.
I have a 3,5 year old niece, with a VERY strict screen time limit, and Bluey is my choice for when we do have screen time together. It's great because I can take a moment to pick up some tips on being a better uncle as well as potentially a better dad sometime in the future, if I get to have my own kids.
That's so awesome that you do this and respect her parents rules! I'm also glad they are restricting her screen time. To many kids now a days are so dependent on screens and don't know how to play anymore. Also, a reminder, it's okay to watch bluey on your own just because you're an adult. Being an adult doesn't mean we have to stop doing things a kid would enjoy. As long as you're not a creep (eyeballing the my pony crowd here) and genuinely watch it because you love the show and appreciate it for what it is, it's fine. I watch bluey because I'm unable to have children and this fills that whole in my life. It also gets me excited to watch episodes with my niece when she's older as well as her brother when he is born and have epic play times like in the show.
Another point I would like to add, is when you can't watch bluey with her because of screen time, you can definitely recreate the play scenes with her and still experience it that way while bolstering her imagination
@@chiarra644 Oh I'm so sorry you can't have your own kids. I'm glad you've found something that can lessen the pain. For me, I am not in a good enough place to have kids yet, in many ways. Hopefully I'll get my stuff together before I'm too old. I'm working on it.
Honestly I mostly watch animated so it doesn't bother me. I spent too much time streaming to be ashamed of anything that doesn't matter. But I think it's fine to save it for my niece. It will be a fun and surprising time for both of us.
My favorite thing we do is make up stories together. Mr. Nobody's Pancake Hotel, 1000 Racoons And 1 Birthday, The Big Dragon And The Little Dragon and Three Pigs Go Sightseeing are some of the ones I like best. So we don't really need to recreate a tv show. Our stories are all original(-ish). :P
@@chiarra644 oh I have no problems letting my inner child out. Probably one of the reasons me and my niece have so much fun. My favorite game is when we make stories together. Sometimes it's mostly me, but at times she comes up with the most amazing sagas. 🙂
Check out "Favourite Thing" from season 2 - Bluey reminds Bingo of something embarrassing that happened and Bingo gets sad, so Bluey tells an imaginary version of the event to make her look better but it doesn't cheer Bingo up. Bluey protests "But I fixed her!" and Mum has to explain to her that some things can't be "fixed".
It's really funny because I'm Australian bluey came out when my son was about 3 months old. My mum was straight onto it and told me I had to watch it and I've been obsessed ever since. So like 3 generations of people are happily watching bluey and learning lessons. For example my 70 something year old mum learned it's ok to use your 'big girl bark' from yoga ball (S1 e16) and my favourite Is am episode 'hospital'. (S1 e2)...but I think that's cause Im a nurse and I love bingo.
Muffin conceding that she went too far and going to Time Out is always my favorite part.
A little louder for the people in the back! Privacy and respect for other people's lives is so important. Thank you for talking about it.
8:54 Pleeeaaaaase therapise ‘Onesies’ for your next Bluey video review! 🥹🙏
the boundary setting in this episode was great both with what bandit set with the girls and the boundary setting stripe was trying to make w/trixie during their conversation around parenting.
Setting boundaries and upholding them or having them respected can be difficult regardless of who you are trying to make a boundary with and regardless of age of the person who is trying to set the boundary (always respect children's boundaries too!) I suggest looking at season 3 episodes space, onesies and the decider. onesies - infertility struggles and estranged family?, space -childhood anxiety/ abandonment? The decider- when children feel put in the middle and want to please both parents?- the episode reads a lot like how children can feel during a divorce and like they have to pick a side or favorite parent.
I like that they show different personalities, and different ages and how they behave in general. Bluey is a masterpiece.
I'd love to see you talk about the episode "Cricket". It's a great story of self-determination, of family and friends love and care for each other, and overcoming your fear. And also how being a physically absent parent (Dad is in the army) doesn't mean you have to be an emotionally or educationally absent one.
I hope you'll at some point make a video about "Army" and ADHD because that episode made me feel SO SEEN and was the episode that REALLY got me into the show. Would love to hear your thoughts on it!
Man I love hearing you talk about Bluey. It was great this round because the parents' boundaries scene completely flew over my head. So it was very cool to rewatch it with you, and hear you point something out I didn't see at first.
I also think that Bluey is the show kid's need. Reason being you have shows these days like "Teen Titans Go" where the characters misbehave. And get rewarded for it.
While it's great to have shows that entertain with gags. It's very important for TV or UA-cam to also be used as a platform to teach kids. And I think Bluey does a phenomenal job teaching both kids and parents both. ❤
Honestly, I think if they let muffin finish her drawing it wouldn't be so much trouble... Something like "Muffin finish your cowboy hat and hand it to your sister, ok?"
The issue with that is that she kept adding things to the hat, the ukulele was a good example, she had it under the bed but was " still playing with it" so who knows how intricate the cowboy hat would've been.
@@Karia_Winchester Yeah, I know...
This was actually the first episode of Bluey I watched. I work with kids, and this show has impressed me.
Omg this is my favourite bluey episode ever!!!
Just rewatched it tonight! What do you love about this episode? 💜
@@MendedLight i love how chaotic it is, and how stripe and trixie work together at the end ❤️
This is one I really felt. I don't have kids, but my husband (ADD) and I (Autism Spectrum) have definitely had our comms fail moments and the public v. private barrier was one we really needed to work through. It wasn't until we went to counseling specifically to get help around our 8 or 9 years married mark that I was able to get him to understand that when he would say things in public because I was less likely to get into a fight, he was making me feel trapped because I wasn't comfortable fighting in public and he was assuming a win/correctness.
you gotta do "the sign". An absolute fan favorite!
Damn, the way I was literally watching your old Bluey episodes this morning when the Cinema Therapy drop happened on Patreon and now here you are fulfilling my wish for more 😂😂😂 the universe just needed more of this.
Please please watch Cricket and The Sign, Cricket especially is my #1 Bluey episode and it’s not even about her but I think it offers a different environment and character that reacts to things differently. I like the idea of exploring perseverance for Cricket, but the Sign! So many things!!! I just need more commentary on them and I trust yours the most 😜
It's the best episode! So many different kinds of parenting and co parenting. But I love that Bandit wants Stipe and Trixie's conversation to be private. Not every parent has it figured out! But hearing the other parent out and having conversations is essential!❤
this is like this with a lot of adults, unfortunately, especially with people online. i remember watching a lot of stuff like this, on instagram, unfortunately it was family related. i'd like to see a video covering magic xylophone, because it covers much of the same subject as Facey time, as it's about how bluey isn't sharing the toy with her own sister, all that often.
Muffin is a chaos gremlin and I love her.
Please do the sign it’s such an amazing episode and it covers a range of topics and emotions for not just kids but adults in my opinion
I would *LOVE* to see you do an episode on _Space._ It's such a good episode, and its focus on trauma makes it perfect for somebody like you to cover.
I don't have kids but I find it freaky when I watched it one day to see what tge hype of this show was about and all my dogs tuned in so if I want quiet time I put this show on
Hey Jonathan, love these videos of Bluey that you do. Could you do the episode Charades next, please? I'm curious about the different relationship kids have with their grandparents but also what about Muffins behaviour and how Nanna handles Muffins demands, for better or for worse, I honestly don't know what is a healthy adult response in this situation. It can almost seem like Bluey is being slightly parentified? Thank you Jonathan.
I think the sign is a great episode to cover! There is a lot you could talk about!
Hehe I love this episode of Bluey, I'm not a parent, but I feel their pain. I watch you all the time on Cinema Therapy and I'm an avid Bluey fan so was excited to see you analyse an episode. I love how Bluey tackles all these sorts of issues and makes it funny and light-hearted but can also be really serious at times too, the new episode 'The Sign' had me crying, as you just feel for the family so much.
The messages in Bluey are always on point, it always teaches you so much! There are so many lol, I feel like everyone should watch Bluey to know how to be a good person lol, as Chilli and Bandit teach their kids such good morals in so many episodes. I think though I'd like to see your take on 'The Sign' there's a lot of controversy as it had a different ending to what some wanted and some wanted to use the episode to show what moving house can be like (spoilers lol) but the writer has stood by why he did it that way and I agree with it, but I think the story still provides a lesson for Bluey and Bingo and for the audience even with the ending they chose! 😊
Bluey is honestly such a good show! I watched it in summer after a couple of surgeries, and the wholesomeness and lessons were so refreshing to me. The last time I saw a "kid's" show that so beautifully touched on these harder issues was Steven Universe, which is one of my favorite shows of all time! Loved listening to you, and so glad you decided to cover this. ❤ I hope we get some more Bluey episodes in the future!
7:00 I think I see grown adults failing at this the most in footage online where some physical/verbal disturbance takes place in a public place.
Listening in case there's possible danger, and wanting to get involved if morally necessary is fine, but you can find so many videos where even as the cops show up and the situation is calming down and people are still gathering close to listen in and recording whoever is going off. This isn't horrible behavior, but in one context imo it was. I seen a similar scenario in a bodycam video where a girl bodyslammed her kid "for not listening." People got involved for the kids sake, and this kid was even more distraught than the mother trying to get away with it, crying and screaming both for help, and for his abusive mom at the same time.. So many people had the biggest grins on their faces as they recorded the mother.
I get it, it's shocking and the woman was crazy, hence it caused people to dial in in curiosity, however a freaking kid is crying and screaming after being slammed into the ground, so to be more focused on filming the woman repeatedly screaming "give me my child" rather than everyone focusing on the kid himself, made me sick to my stomach.. His pain should not be your daily entertainment.
Video in question of the mom and kid (discretion advised tho): ua-cam.com/video/15YVDMsENtQ/v-deo.htmlsi=ZMX-zQ80tiwQXDxW
@@gipadonimus People were with the kid and making sure they were okay. No one was just filming the mom and ignoring a distressed kid.
@rosenrot234 ignoring isn't the right word, and obvious the couple who originally stepped in are great. It's not "everyone" doing it either, so my bad for that wording as well, 23:40 the couple in the back (that she literally notices laughing, and reacts to them making the situation worse) are definitely recording tho, and it's mostly the womans expressions that really hit the checklist for what I'm saying, and you can't convince me that wasn't giving her some kinda spark based on her reactions, no reason to smile in that specific situation is all I'm saying..
My example probably isn't the best, but throw in a kid or not, unless it's absolutely necessary to record the disturbers actions in the moment to help later, why even stop and watch and record in any situation like that, it's still an addition of what Jonathan said. People need to mind their own business, not for the sake of people like the woman in that video, in this case, but because engaging in that serves no one and normalizes that. EDIT: I'm not perfect either, i like a good Karen freakout as much as the next person, but imagining myself actively adding to the public chaos in most of those situations makes my stomach crawl more than it gets me entertained.
Definitely watch Hammerbarn! Classic Aussie tradition of getting a sausage at Bunnings hardware store, and the episode is about being satisfied with what you have rather than being jealous of what others have. 😊
I am loving the Bluey therapy episodes and whole heartedly agree that Bluey is an amazing show! It’s soothing in a way!
I’d like to see you therapize the episode “Space” in season 3!
4:25 Lol glad you watched the Aussie version instead of the Disney censored version where Trixie sitting on the toilet is cut out completely 😆
It’s not anymore
Another life lesson from Bluey and Johno! Love these episodes.
More great Bluey episodes include but are not limited to, Early Baby, Army, Stick Bird, and the one where they go to visit with their grandpa after he had surgery it something and he won't take it easy. Onesie makes me cry everytime cause I relate a lot to Brandy. And the episode where Bluey learns to cope with the bird dying by reenacting it with her sister. My nephew started doing games like that and it freaked my sister out. I tried to explain that it was a way for the kids to make sense of something big and abstract in a way that they could control.
Army is definitely I great on for a reaction
@@maggiemorrison4842 right?! I grew up with ADD, undiagnosed. So feeling like you're not good at anything, especially school related, really hit home.
Okay I'm sold. This show is actually so cute.
Yaaas! More Bluey Gets Therapized
Your comment about celebrities and influencers sharing their lives but not all of their lives reminded me of a picture I saw of Sebastian Stan clearly at dinner at a restaurant and not looking happy that someone took his picture. Someone made a comment that he "clearly didn't appreciate his fans" but the commenter actually got a lot of backlash that he "clearly didn't appreciate having his meal interrupted."
I think I mentioned this in anticipation comment but the top three i would love for you to check out are Yoga Ball, Dance Mode, and Muffin Cone.
Sorry I meant another comment. Got to love autocorrect.
Yoga Ball and Dance Mode are great consent episodes.
"Onesies" would be fantastic!
If you haven't done it already, then therapise the 'Onesies' episode of Bluey. Absolutely beautiful episode with an emotional punch.
I also think this is a great episode of parenting and accepting that not both parent will parent the same. Stripe/Dad is trying to be a present dad and an authoritarian dad but Trixie is struggling to step back and let dad learn how to parent the children. I mean even at point Trixie tell Stripe we don’t do Time Out anymore and he is like since when and she likes I read a book but she didn’t tell him and then blames that he is not home but he is probably working. My husband works long hours and we also struggled with this same issue of me making all the parenting decisions and my husband walking into a house with new rules almost weekly. We had to learn to decide to together on rules and consequences and rewards. Yes he might not be home to always dole out the punishment but he knows what the punishments are when he comes home and learns someone misbehaved. He also now feels more involved in the kids lives because he gets to parent the way he and I both agreed to parent. Stripe even says at one point that he wants to be their parent indicated that Trixie makes he feel like an outsider when it comes to the kids and then at the silent end they hold hands and work together indicated that figured out their differences and came to an agreement. Not a set in stone agreement but it’s a stepping stone into being a united unit.
This has to be my favorite episode! So relatable!
You need to react to Flat Pack or Camping. There both amazing episodes. And of course you have to do the special 30 minute episode the Sign.
I think it's great the Dad said "chatting" when he turns the sound off instead of arguing. If he'd said argue the kids might have panicked.
I’d like to hear your thoughts on “The Sign.” I’ve heard some big Bluey fans have trouble with this one because it sends a message of “if you love your family you won’t make them move for your job” which isn’t realistic for many people. Do you agree? Disagree?
I feel like “Inside Out” is a counter example to “The Sign.” The family moves, it’s a bumpy road, but the family becomes even closer THROUGH the move. Thoughts?
Inside Out's resolution is unrealistic IMO. Moving doesn't resolve.
DAD BBY!! that ep is fantastic! Fun funny and informative about child birth!❤
Could you do a video about what normal friendships look like please? I am severely codependent and have bpd. I don’t know what a real normal friendship looks like.
Yes!! I've been waiting for another Bluey episode 😀 I'd like to see videos reacting to the episodes called Space and The Sign
I love this episode... however, it did teach my kiddo to say "buh" to me whenever she didn't like what I was telling her to do.
Wow. I didn’t realize how good Buey is.
It's SO good!
Can you react to the Seesaw episode of Bluey? It’s one of my favourite episodes. Bluey and Bingo’s friend Pom Pom feels insecure about how small she is (because she’s a Pomeranian) and Bandit notices and is really cool and funny in making her feel better.
muffin is INSANEEEE i love her so much
Oh heck yeah!! Another Bluey gets thearpized video!!
3:02 “so how do you know opera music so well?”
Low-key I am so glad that my own kids are older and we’ve passed the “muffin “ stage of life - cause whew- stressful times ❤
Please do the episode where Bluey and Dad find a parakeet and it dies.
It was the first Bluey I ever saw and it hit me kind of hard and I'm not real sure why. Other than having lost many pets over the years, and done some wildlife rehab and you can't save them all. But then to watch this "kid show" with such a dark theme...
I'd love to see you therapize the episode "Yoga Ball".
It's not super important, but I love the constant use of classical music in the background
Yay more Bluey!
I haven't seen much hate on the internet for stripe and muffin, but i know people talk ab seeing it.
The heeler family is the shining example on what they do and how they parent and theres many other families around them that show where other parents "fail" and then learn to be better OR how to parent *their* kids better. No one in this show should be labeled "bad", it's just parents and how they teach. I know their neighbor gets heat for how she raised a bossy kid, but it shows a difference in personalities and styles and how kids can learn from other kids how to be more themselves like the dirt episode.
Anytways, this show is very good at showing "doing your best" might not seem perfect but it is enough and it is difficult depending on the kid.
Cricket and Grannymobile need videos!
Muffin lived a good life, she will be remembered.
Please do the Space episode that focuses on Mackenzie! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I know in other Episodes Muffin treatment towards Socks does improve.
But I do wonder her not wanting to share with her sister due to not being properly prepared or involved when Trixie was pregnant with socks?
Like how some parents will including the first child to help welcome the new baby. And I can see Stripe and Trixie didn’t make time to feel included.
So in the end new baby in the house, Muffin wasn’t ready for the change and doesn’t want to share anything or hog everything
Not a bluey episode, but I would love a video on the hand that rocks the Mabel from season one of gravity falls
I do like these videos, though I wish there was some sound damping, CT has such good sound so I know he can do it
It's a very underrated episode but I would love to see you therapize the episode Smoochy Kiss.
YEEES MORE BLUEY
3:40 Genuine question: Do any “Faceytalk” apps allow you to affect other screens like that?
Bluey is awesome. That was hilarious and oh so true
A weird thing. So I've never really watched Bluey. My partner likes it and has shown me the odd episode here and there, but we don't have kids and its not really my thing - but - I work as an art model in the city its created in (Brisbane, Australia) and I have gone into the bluey offices and modelled nude for their animators a couple of times. They're all really nice and its a dog friendly office so you see dogs around the place. The first time I modelled there it was in an older building and they didn't have a dedicated area for it so we were just in a break room adjacent to a kitchen and like sometimes someone would come in because they wanted milk for their coffee or whatever and I'm just there.... Next to the kitchen modelling nude in an otherwise normal office space. Probably the strangest environment that I've ever done that work - but they're all animators and I went to animation school myself a long time ago so I know everyone knew what was going on and that it was all above board.
They moved to a newer office since then and we were set up in a private conference room which was better ahahahaha. I hope I get to model for them again. :)
I love how the hogging theme plays out with Stripe and Trixie. She’s right that her saying one thing while Stripe says something else will confuse the kids, but her solution of doing all the work of parenting herself was misguided. Stripe is right that he should be involved in parenting their kids, but his much more lenient approach to setting boundaries isn’t ideal for handling a kid like Muffin. They’re far more effective as a team because it takes both parents (and the rest of the village) to raise a child.
I love this video
n i love that ur watching the Aussie original cut of the episode, as in the US they cut the loo (aka Toilet scene)
i would really love to see your viewing on episode "space."
Same here! Seems like the fandom can’t decide what Mackenzie is going through in that episode so a professional’s analysis might solve the mystery.
Would love to see the long episode when they may move house
How big is that house ?
Damn, I'm shocked how good that ep was. Not my particular fav animation style, the story was well written and has a good lesson. Well done Jonathan as always for the therapy break down aswell the comments who added extra info.
I would love to see you therapize circus and wolf girls, they’re not my favourite episodes but they are more “child acts out” ones
Working part time at a school, lunch time.
Misbehaving Kid: "What are you going to do? You can't send me to the back of the line again..." He's already at the back of the line.
Teacher's Assistant: "No, but I can give your hot-lunch to your teacher to give to you once you start to behave.
I love this! 💖
I recommend the episode "Onesie"
Id like you to therapize Yoga Ball and Dance Mode. They are good episodes that teach about consent.
You need to do the sign I know longer than normal but a lot of great stuff in that one and more stuff with Stripe and Trixie I didn't notice and Socks thanks to @Aussiegirlmargie
I would definitely have told my kids they had to get off and we weren't going to keep encouraging the bad behavior of the other child. It's unfortunate but sometimes group punishments are a necessity.
Hay can I ask you something... Why do I roleplay in my head and why does it affect my emotions can you pls answer I don't know why
I can't simultaneously watch while listening to you at the same time, i also can't hear what you where saying, so it might be best if you pause before say anything, anyways, pls watch s3 ep31 Onesies if you could:3
Do handstand. Its simple but it's my favourite episode (youngest sibling syndrome strikes again)
Hahahaha the one where the dad is reenacting childbirth
DAD BABY. Love that one. Pat is a fantastic friend and neighbor.
I don't have children myself, so I don't know how I would handle these situations or what the personalities of these characters are supposed to be. But it kind of raised my hackles when the mother started criticizing the father's parenting style right in front of the children. I don't recall my parents ever undermining each other's authority in front of us like that. Not that they don't fight about things, but when it came to us kids, they were a united front. We never for a moment thought we'd get away with using their disagreements to have our way, because whatever either of them said would go for both of them. If the mother disagreed with how the father was handling the situation, I feel like she should have brought it up to him later, when the children--puppies, whatever--were out of earshot.
Where can I leave my question for Ask a Therapist section?
You can leave it right here :)
Thank you. I finally formulated my question. I have a friend, we are not very close, we chat a few times a month, but I value our relationship. At the moment she has a very stressful time writing and defending her diploma work. We haven't met in a few month's time, because, she says, she is too busy. But still she doesn't meet the deadline. This drives her almost into depression. I would like to help her somehow, cheer her up, but she avoids contact, even phone calls. And I don't want to seem like I cross border. What should I do?
Oh and just this week I asked her directly, how can I help you to get through this? And she said, nothing, don't bother...
The thing people don't realize about raising some kids:
Not all kids quickly grasp gentle parenting. Even when given gentle parenting and the patience to educate them on rules, boundaries, expectations etc, kids do not always adhere or will seem to take advantage because no consequences.
Yes, you can gentle parent and give consequence punishment but a lot of parents feel they can't gentle parent as "religiously" and have to be more strict / punishing because their kids "respond" better to knowing to behave in other ways
Bluey almost "romanticizes"(?) the luxury of having kids that can compromise with you as a parent. Some parents believe "it's not a debate/discussion, just do as I say" (with a mix of explaining why it isn't for debate depending on situation).
We all strive as future or current parents to be good ones. To communicate, teach, instruct, raise efficiently and "properly".
bluey household has this capability because its a cartoon where the writers can have it anyway they want. but real life is not always what we want (something adults and kids both need to learn... and not a lot are taught this sooner rather than later, if at all)