These are the most successful inclusive cartoons

One of the main factors of the war of platforms of streaming it’s the battle for the children’s audience and offering strong and diverse content. Fortunately the number of featuring cartoons has increased.

Include stories that show the diversity of real life with characters, themes and storylines that include diverse sexual orientations, ethnicities and members of minority communities, This is what parents want most. for your little ones. With the lockdown due to the coronavirus, the demand for children’s content has increased significantly, and in particular for inclusive cartoons.

Cartoon consumption is positive for children

The Professor of Information Sciences at the Open University of Catalonia, Gemma San Cornelio is positioned in favor of the use of screens in childhood: “It is a resource like any other, which was also very useful during the detention. Audiovisual and media consumption It’s part of our culture. They are cultural products without which children would not be able to socialize”, he assures.

For her, it is necessary to follow a number of recommendations “but not to be a slave to them”: “It is important to accompany them in their audiovisual consumptionshare them with them to see if they have good or bad content and establish complicity. You also have to limit the hours to rational consumption, so that it doesn’t take up all your time”, he explains.

From Friendly screens They suggest looking for something more than leisure in drawings. This is how his director explains it, Jorge Flores: “We need to find content that not only provides entertainment but also conveys values, as inclusive cartoons do. “There is a very wide offer so that you can choose useful content that is not too stimulating or frenetic and that is in line with positive values ​​for society as a whole: respect for the environment, cultural diversity, inclusiveness and, of course, with perspective of gender,” he defends.

It’s the inclusive cartoons that stand out the most

including cartoons well thought out and executed, adapted to the stages of child development and which seek to promote values ​​among boys and girls are the ones currently occupying the screens. Feminism, diversity, emotional intelligence, new family models or environmentalism are some of the themes present in the following series:

If there’s a series that generates consensus among experts, educators, and families, it’s Bing. It can be seen on CLAN, on public television, and is focused on emotional intelligence. Little Bing is a three-year-old rabbit who lives with Flop, his cuddly toy.

Bing does not experience big adventures, but shows real life situations of little boys and girls and tries to find his own solutions to their problems.: brushing teeth, controlling a tantrum, losing a toy, or leaving the park.

Friendship, kindness, solidarity and diversity are the main values ​​promoted by Daniel Tigre, another of the Netflix series with including caricaturewhich also has its own YouTube channel. In the imaginary neighborhood where the main character the little tiger lives, there are women in power, like the doctor or the teacher. The series combats stereotypes and makes racial diversity visible through black people or people of Indian descent who live with animals.

Animated music series based on the legendary Motown label, which released major African-American music hits in the 1960s. The characters show great variety: there are tall boys and girls, short, with glasses, without glasses, fat, thin, blond, black… It also makes visible new family patterns, such as a divorced father or a grandparent couple caring for their grandchildren. The good thing about Motown Magic is that good music makes it a fun series for the whole family.

This series is one of the most realistic involving cartoons. It tells the stories of a group of friends, including people with various disabilities, focused on current issues such as new technology, sports or media. With an aesthetic that appeals to both children and adults and is aimed at a children’s audience, the series projects the potential of human and social diversity.

In addition, the project had the collaboration of influential people such as Vicente del Bosque, Isabel Gemio, Agatha Ruiz de la Prada or Enrique San Francisco.