Explaining to Modern Kids about Mister Rogers [VIDEO]

When you slow down enough in this busy world, you sometimes ponder the simpler times. You know, before all the technological distractions that at times seem to separate us from each other, the same technology that now has more to do with shaping our intellect and core values than our parents and grandparents. But do you remember the time that one easy-talking man captured the minds of kids everywhere? Sure you do...895 episodes, 4 decades, 1 man.

Fred Rogers, the man that many of us knew as the host of Mister Roger's Neighborhood on public television, was the pseudo parent that often taught us things and helped us to understand things within our own family, and in the world around us. But how do you explain someone like Mr. Roger's to kids today?

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