Cartoon's illustration of the unknown for children


WHAM ZAP BOOM!

These are the sounds you hear when you watch cartoons. These are the sounds that strike that nostalgia that’s hidden in the back of our brains once you grow up. Cartoons have around since the colonial period where they were first introduced as political comics (Historical Context) used as propaganda. As the years go by, cartoons have evolved from simple drawing animations to 3D figures that we see in most children’s movies and shows. When we’re born, one of the first things we are introduced to are cartoons specifically ones designed for babies and toddlers to help them learn grammar, observation skills, phonetics and to connect the dots to understand certain words that they are not able to see concretely at the time, either by using visuals and or audio.

There are times where parents, even teachers, struggle to explain certain concepts to children. This can vary from themes such as death, understanding mental health, even inequality amongst certain branches in society. Explaining these themes can be difficult because I’m sure many of us have been confronted by a curious child and thought to ourselves “how do I explain this in a way that’s not too complicated?” And this is where cartoons take the reins and help us with exactly that.




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