Another Example of Problems with Ruby and Max
Jun 24th, 2006 by Brian A. Thomas
I talked before about some of the problems with the show Ruby and Max.
Here is what just happened in this episode. Ruby is trying to earn some Bunny Scout (think Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts, but for bunnies, sorry Anya) badges. She is working with her friend on learning the first aid merit badge. When it comes time to using bandages, her dolls are too small, so she makes Max her example and wraps him all up. Max meanwhile wants a popsicle. When she is done, she take off to answer the door or something (I can’t recall why she left the room). While she is gone, since he’s in the kitchen, Max opens the freezer and gets a popsicle, but it falls on his fire truck and he has to chase the firetruck all over the kitchen. While he chases the firetruck the bandages start unwinding. When the Bunny Scout leader comes in, all the bandages are up in knots. The Bunny Scout leader thinks this is what badge Ruby was going for, and while Ruby does at least start to object, her friend overrides her and points out she even doesn’t have a knot badge yet.
Is this the kind of thing we really should be teaching kids? To get things without actually earning it?
