Louisiana State University professor Don Chance has a fascinating idea: Mr. Rogers ruined this generation with messages like “You’re Special,” because they make kids value personal “specialness” over achievement or merit. That’s right, Fred Rogers rendered us all narcissists, people who enjoy closeups of fishbowls only because we can see ourselves in them. Right. Movieline’s Louis Virtel and Julie Miller grew up watching PBS’ s Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and speculated about Don Chance’s own world of make-believe.
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Did Mr. Rogers Ruin Our Values?: A TVLine IM Debate
