"Since it's a co-viewing show - having parent and child engaging in joint viewing - and then having an opportunity for a conversation and a giggle … it's a clever way of being able to allow parents and children to collaboratively explore a topic and have a conversation about moments," says Dr Denise Chapman, a researcher and lecturer in children's literature and media literacy at Monash University. Our family also uses Bluey-inspired hand signals to communicate with each other without interrupting conversations. That gut-punch reminder that childhood is short calls me to parent more presently and say yes to games more often. And they're growing into that," she says.Īs a parent and fellow fan, I've also learnt plenty from Bluey. "And now I do let my kids take the lead a bit more. I can look back and say, 'Oh, I might have been dictating the games a bit too much.' "Seeing how they let their kids take the lead and how much initiative the kids will then take - because I am an enthusiastic player, I guess I could reflect on that.
They're not driving the game," Mary says of the Heeler parents. "They're very good at getting them to open up. While identifying strongly with Chilli and Bandit's sense of play, she's also taken note of how they speak and play with their children and adjusted her approach. "There's so many layers to Bluey," says Mary Bolling, a parent, journalist and co-host of Bluey fan podcast Gotta Be Done. In Bluey the kids lead play and parents, Bandit and Chilli, follow their lead. Bingo and Bluey have big imaginations fostered by their parents' sense of fun. Laidback Bandit and Chilli are pretty much always up for playing games.
#Sleepytime bluey bingo crying series
In case you missed it, Bluey is the award-winning, mega-hit animated series about the Heelers, a family of dog-shaped humans - parents Bandit and Chilli, four-year-old Bingo and six-year-old Bluey - who live in a gorgeous Queenslander with city views, perched on a lush hilltop in sunny Brisbane. Bluey! Who gave you permission to read me like this in the safe space of ABC Kids? And with that goes the little window of time when they think you're the best person to hang with in the whole wide world.īasically, Bluey reminded me of my mortality, and that love is pain. It's the same reason that some nights I look at baby photos and cry a little bit - because babyhood and childhood are achingly brief. I didn't expect Bluey to blindside me like this, twice.īoth episodes caught me with my guard down, forcing awake a realisation I've tried not to dwell on: that parenthood is equal parts joy and heartbreak (plus exhaustion). ( ABC Arts/Teresa Tan) Who gave you permission, Bluey? The credits roll, and so do my tears.īeverley Wang is a journalist, podcast host, pop-culture lover and parent, out to find what we can learn from pop-culture parents. As Chilli leans in she shrinks down to pup size. "No, it was yesterday," he says, putting an arm around her. "I remember when you used to take me swimming here," Chilli says. Chilli walks up and sits beside her father.
The chase is on.įinally - after tracking them through the scrub, even swimming after their canoe - Chilli catches up.įrom a distance, she watches Bluey and Bingo swim joyously as Grandad, winded, finally sits down to rest. Annoyed - because he is meant to be resting - Chilli shouts at him, and he escapes into the bush with the girls. As they pull up, Grandad is out front hacking away at a tree stump. The other episode that makes me cry is Grandad.Ĭhilli, Bluey and Bingo drive out to the country to visit Grandad, who's recovering from heartworm. Mum, Chilli, tries to sleep in Bluey's bed while 'big girl' Bingo whimpers in her sleep in the Sleepytime episode of Bluey. And every time I watch it, my eyes go wet.īecause this solar metaphor for unconditional parental love - warming, life-giving and constant - hits me right in the heart, as does the brave gumption of four-year-old Bingo determined to make good on her promise. I'm a big girl now."Ĭhilli's voice emanates from the sun: "Remember I'll always be here, even if you can't see me, because I love you." She shuts her eyes contentedly.Ĭut to the home front - Chilli and Bingo are spooning in bed.īack to the dream, Bingo musters her courage, stands and says, "I have to go. As it streaks past, Bingo catches onto a little moon, hoists herself up and sits facing the sun, basking in its warm glow. Suddenly, she's riding on a shooting star hurtling toward the massive, bright sun. Starting with a promise from little sis Bingo to do a 'big girl sleep' in her own bed, Sleepytime weaves the Heeler family's nocturnal perambulations with Bingo's dreamscape of hatching egg planets in space.Īfter a night of sleepwalking between her parent's bed and her own, Bingo, asleep, reaches out and whimpers.Ĭut to the dream - Bingo's on her own in the vast dark space, tiny, cold and sad. An episode called Sleepytime catches me right near the end.
0 kommentar(er)
