With so many children’s shows available these days, I do not know how many of today’s youngsters watch Sesame Street. However, the son that I raised is 32 and he used to be a huge fan when he was small. It was entertaining enough too that I could stand to watch it occasionally with my son.

I do not recall my granddaughter watching it much in my presence. Instead, she loves to torture me with reruns of her favorite show. It features these weird shaped, and extremely odd, brightly colored creatures that dance around and sing a repetitious really maddening ditty. Actually, she thinks it is hysterical and gets really giggly when I protest watching this idiotic show. She loves hearing me ridicule these odd colorful characters.

Enough of the history of kid’s shows watched in my family. I just read here that Sesame Street is tackling the subject of adoption. Say a prayer that they handle adoption better than the average television show. It wouldn't take much, right. Adoption does not seem to be represented well generally on television. I cringe at most representations of adoption on the “tube”.

Either they are saccharine sweet and portray adoption as a sheer perfection, or they portray all triad members as really messed up people. Neither is reality. I have faith in Sesame Street though, and I hope that they do me proud!

I am guessing that they will handle the topic delicately. At least I certainly hope that they do. Since open adoption is so much the norm now, I wonder if they will venture into that arena. If nothing else, I hope that they acknowledge that adoption involves loss and is not a “perfect” solution. I am fine with acknowledging the joy of adoption as long as the loss is recognized as well.

If you tune in with your kids, I would love to hear how they handle it. When I told my husband about this subject, he got really silly and asked if the adoptee would be a muppet!