Comedy
Dead Boy Detectives
Dead Boy Detectives targets teens in style and story. But it comes with very adult, problematic content.
Emotions can be difficult to understand. That’s where the Slumberkins, made up of Fox, Yak, Unicorn, Bigfoot and Sloth, come in.
You see, they’re still learning how to process their emotions, and they don’t always get them right. When things make them upset, they aren’t always sure what they’re feeling. So they’ll try to think through what happened to help them understand why they feel the way they do.
And once they know why they’re upset, they can talk about their feelings with their friends and family, where they’ll find reassurance that everything is OK.
Apple TV+’s Slumberkins aims to help young children understand the strange emotions they’re feeling. The TV show furthermore gives children ways to help express why they feel the way they do, and it teaches them to think through what may have led up to said emotions.
The show’s parent company of the same name explains that it is “dedicated to helping families raise caring, confident, and resilient children through affirmations, stories and creature characters.” And each of the show’s episodes offers a nice message for children, whether it be understanding that a parent’s love is unconditional or learning that we don’t need material things in order to have fun together.
There’s little content to be worried about on Slumberkins—save for an episode which deals with a character’s embarrassment about needing to poop and the subsequent (and admittedly catchy) song “Poop-A-Dee-Doop.” But unless you’re afraid of your child singing that one throughout the house, the content here is as mild as can come.
Yak finally learns how to juggle, but when she tries to show her parents, her baby sisters take up all the attention. When Fox hurts himself while playing, he feels like crying, but he doesn’t want his friends to think he’s weak.
Yak’s baby sisters smack her in the face with toys. Yak hides a baby rattle in anger and then throws it out a window before quickly apologizing for it. Fox hurts himself during a game.
Kennedy Unthank studied journalism at the University of Missouri. He knew he wanted to write for a living when he won a contest for “best fantasy story” while in the 4th grade. What he didn’t know at the time, however, was that he was the only person to submit a story. Regardless, the seed was planted. Kennedy collects and plays board games in his free time, and he loves to talk about biblical apologetics. He thinks the ending of Lost “wasn’t that bad.”
Dead Boy Detectives targets teens in style and story. But it comes with very adult, problematic content.
An elf mage contemplates on connection and regret as she watches her human friends grow old and pass away.
