![]() ![]() Of course, I watched the show when I was a little kid and liked it, but I couldn’t possibly know then how carefully constructed it was. And, you know what? The show blew me away. So I recorded the show daily and watched after work with my kids for about a month. The show was still playing regularly on PBS and my children were still toddlers. And as is true with all great spiritual figures, we can learn a lot of from Mister Rogers.Ī number of years ago I tried to write an academic paper about Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. If Fred Rogers had been Catholic rather than Presbyterian, there would be people today clamoring for his beatification. Any list of the most important Christian figures of the 20th century would include, at the very least, Pope John Paul II, Mother Teresa, Albert Schweitzer, and Mister Rogers – not necessarily in that order. Actually, he was more than special, he was great. He was always the butt of jokes when I was growing up, but the people who watched the show knew he was special. But I did make a point to see the new documentary about Mister Rogers, Won’t You Be My Neighbor? It gets a big thumbs up, not so much because it was well done (although it was), but because of the calibre of its subject matter, the man Fred Rogers. In fact I still haven’t seen the latest Star Wars movie, The Force Keeps Waking Up, or whatever it’s called. ![]() Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and the Work of Childhood Home › For Students › Educational › Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and the Work of Childhood
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