I was so upset to read about Mr. Rogers' passing. For those of us who grew up with children's educational programming that was NOT tied to toys or big screen movies or other such products that are designed to bring the $$, this is a sad day for us. I loved going to the nieghborhood everyday when I got home from school as a child. I loved that trolley and the Land of Make-Believe. My favorie resident was (and still is) Lady Elaine Fairchild. I learned a lot about things like going to school and sharing and adoption and adjusting to new brothers and sisters. Later in life I appreciated his way of tackling such tough subjects like divorce and death and war. I'll never forget one episode where he talked about not being scared of the bathtub or the toilet because you were not goin to go down the drain. I had my son watch that because those were things that he was afraid of then and it seemed to calm him down. Mr. Rogers used his life to make the world a better place for children, and as a social worker I appreciate that.
Goodbye, Mr. Rogers. Thank you.
