I love cartoons

This morning I was watching the Backyardigans for a little light entertainment to get me through my morning work out. If you've never seen the Backyardigans then you're missing out. It is a cartoon about some neighborhood kids whose play time consists of glorious adventures created from their imagination.

Today they embarked on a mission to catch the gilded golden butterfly. Travelling through far away lands and overcoming every obstacle they finally trap the butterfly in a jar. Seconds later they release the beautiful creature and declare that butterflies weren't meant to be trapped inside jars.

The message is obvious, no creature is meant to be owned or mistreated. Similar lessons can be found in a lot of children's shows. I just wish the adults, the preachers and teachers, would start adhering to the same values they instill in our children.