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I mean, it doesn't really matter if you don't think toddlers need realistic depictions, if it's running that means that toddlers are watching it or the parents of toddlers want realistic depictions.
What should they be watching? Superheroes? Other toddlers that behave like perfect angels? I'm sure there are enough other options out there, if they were watching those all the time then the realistic depictions wouldn't be on air still. I remember watching Caillou and that was like 25 years ago, so obviously it's probably doing something right.
Caillou was doing something right... except in the multiple episodes where they decided not to rebroadcast because they got too many complaints.
I really don't think showing a toddler a kid on TV throwing sand in another kid's face is a good idea even if that kid on TV learns that it's bad. Not when there's enough parents not watching the show with their kids.
Yes you can certainly blame the parents for that, but that's not much comfort to the parents of the other kid who got sand in their eyes that wouldn't have if the first kid didn't think of the idea after watching Caillou do it.
I don't think anyone would suggest that Sesame Street or Mr. Rogers were doing wrong things overall just because there were also episodes of those shows that they decided to never rebroadcast.
https://collider.com/mister-rogers-neighborhood-lost-episodes-controversy/