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i shouldn't be surprised that so many comments are taking the high-horse of the "pussification" of america. after-all its an easy one to take. censorship must be bad. those pansies at Sesame Street are just scared of lawsuits, right? Wrong. Placing a label on a DVD that some would take (rightly so) at first glance as a kids show is responsible action if that kids show has actors (including puppets) modeling behavior that you might not want your kids to engage in. This stuff was shot almost 40 years ago. Just because "My mom smoked and drank while she was pregnant and we never sat in a car seat and we shot each other in the head with BB guns...etc" doesn't mean that times have changed and that we haven't learned anything. The pithy pot-shots at PBS are misplaced. The story here is that we have learned a lot in 40 years about how children, especially young children learn and model behavior. And yes, parents are key. So quit dogging on someone for doing something right. And in case you are wondering, I don't let my kids watch ANY TV. I do, however let them watch an occasional movie and i appreciate knowing what it contains first. I also watch what they eat, read them books at night and am teaching my oldest (he's 2 and a half) to build computers. So please, cut the folks at PBS a break. Sesame Street today is a great show and is really a good influence for kids. And before you start spouting off about how kids should toughen up, try having some yourself, and then let me know how much you want them to smoke and drink and drive fast cars. there are plenty of better ways to learn that stuff than from the TV - my kids uncle comes to mind....