Do you think the Public service announcements featuring Elmo will get kids to wash their hands and cover their sneezes?
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If the kid is under 5 years-old, the message is sold!
Seriously, my 2 year-old worships Elmo. If Elmo said to set the house on fire, I think my baby would go get the matches. And Gordon's friends with Elmo, which gives him cred, too.
If she sees Gordon and Elmo sneezing into their arms (thank GODS they stopped telling kids to sneeze into their HANDS - ick!) and washing their hands, then she's going to follow, and she's going to feel really proud of herself. It's the way to reach the little kids right now to help reinforce parental teachings (us parents need all the back-up we can get!).
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVWrgUaSpwY
Last year the Wiggles did a special song for global handwashing day (oct 15)
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Every day, approximately 5,000 children die as a result of waterborne diseases. Washing hands with soap before eating and after using the toilet can help reduce the incidence of diarrhoeal diseases by almost 50 per cent.
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Global Handwashing Day is an initiative of the Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing, which is spearheaded by UNICEF, USAID, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Bank Water and Sanitation Programme, Unilever and Procter & Gamble.
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Theres no doubt that the likes of the Wiggles and Elmo are positive roll models to the under 5s. My 2 year old loves fruit salad (because the wiggles do). If her 'heroes' lead by example then she'll want to emulate them.
Thats not to say that children should be raised by TV figures, as parents we have a responsibility too. And the fact that sometimes we are reminded by elmo to encourage hand washing is probably no bad idea.
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/australia_45881.html
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/14/2390496.htm
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It's still best if parents will teach these stuff to their kids.
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Kids don't think about the germs that are on their hands and will probably not think to wash them unless told by an adult. Just because Elmo told them it's a good idea to do so doesn't mean they are going to get any less lazy and do it.
Just as if Elmo were to tell kids to clean their rooms every day doesn't mean it's going to happen....
It is certainly worth the effort, however, by the producers to put out a helpful message using Elmo to try and teach kids the right thing to do. If even one kid can learn a positive hygienic lesson from a PSA then it's very well worth it.
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