Why Bluey Needs to Keepy Uppy

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This show teaches kids how to be better kids and at the same time, tackle hard hitting topics us parents grapple with every day. How to be better in our relationships, how to talk to our kids about things they don’t understand, and so, so much more.

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Which is why I’m saying this: Bluey must never stop. At least until she reaches adulthood. Why? Because this parent found one of the best guides to this insanely hard but incredibly rewarding job we signed up for. Our own parents have their faults, we deal with our relationships in the real world and have to struggle our way through navigating it. Yet when we turn to the cartoon family from Oz, they’re dealing with the same life things, but it’s in a softer, safer package. It’s a balance of the real-world but with a loving embrace to help you feel like you’re not going at it alone, while simultaneously teaching you little tricks of the parenthood trade. Truly, the writing on this show is incredible, and I almost feel like it would be harder to go through the next handful of years without Bandit internalizing his dad struggles while still dropping the weight of the world off his shoulders (see: Stickbird) to still play crazy games with his girls.  Without the ability to hear those parental conversations with Bingo and Bluey, teaching them about grown-up things as they’re still kids. Or Chili giving me insight to my own wife and what she needs (see: “I just need 20 minutes” from the Sheepdog Episode ).

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How better would it be if I could carry on with the Aussie family as they navigate pre-teen age? My oldest hasn’t even hit a decade yet, but I want to see what a guidebook from them would look like as Bluey and Bingo get into a relationship, how to navigate that inevitable young love first breakup, or how to handle pressures of high school from other dogs (kids)?

At this point, the show can end right at Bluey’s wedding day. Or when she goes off to college. But one thing is for certain, and if this ever reaches its way to the writers down under, is that this world is for the better and parents are forever indebted to the empathy, the warmth and heart that this show has brought to a tough, cold world. Parenting is always difficult, but they’ve made the journey a lot easier when we’re so privileged to revisit 8 minute segments of advice on how to carve our paths and never lose sight of the importance of a loving family that just tries to do their best, and even at their worst, they’re always there to pick each other back up and take on the next day together.