So that was the cause of it, and I just thought I was getting older. - SpongeBob in hot water from study of 4-year-olds

Slower-paced PBS "Caillou" my ass, maybe the kids just didn't want to answer politically or socially manipulated questions to fit into a PBS model.

This was so obviously a shill study set up to promote PBS that it should not be given any credence!

My Way News - SpongeBob in hot water from study of 4-year-olds

Sep 12, 2011 By LINDSEY TANNER

CHICAGO (AP) - The cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants is in hot water from a study suggesting that watching just nine minutes of that program can cause short-term attention and learning problems in 4-year-olds.

The problems were seen in a study of 60 children randomly assigned to either watch "SpongeBob," or the slower-paced PBS cartoon "Caillou" or assigned to draw pictures. Immediately after these nine-minute assignments, the kids took mental function tests; those who had watched "SpongeBob" did measurably worse than the others.