cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/30126921

By Marc Tracy
May 14, 2025

"In March, for instance, Accurso posted a video of two children watching a Ms. Rachel video amid rubble. The caption read: “My friends Celine and Silia in what used to be their home in Gaza. They deserve to live in a warm, safe home again.”

On Monday, Accurso posted to her Instagram account photos of a meeting she said she had last week with Rahaf, a 3-year-old girl from Gaza who lost her legs in an airstrike, and the child’s mother. The meeting was arranged through the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund."

https://archive.ph/fmFeS

  • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    15
    ·
    edit-2
    11 hours ago

    Maybe toddlers whose home is rubble need a little mental escape into a Ms. Rachel video. Mr Rogers would be better, but it’s not like they can go to a nice park.

      • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        2 hours ago

        There are people in Gaza who speak English and want their kids to learn it. Also, subtitles or closed captions is a good first step in teaching toddlers to read.

        • blakenong@lemmings.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          2 hours ago

          Yes to the English. But toddlers can’t read yet, so subtitles won’t be useful unless an adult is also reading or explaining them — just watching TV, even with subtitles, is not enough for language development in toddlers.