For more than 30 years Mister Rogers' Neighborhood has helped young children, at the most crucial educational period of their lives, develop tools they'll need for their learning. What it offers every day can help children:

• Have a healthy curiosity about their world
• Look and listen carefully
• Develop self-control
• Deal with their feelings
• Get along with others
• Be imaginative and creative
• Feel good about who they are and who they can become

Research Confirms that Watching Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Can Help Children:

• Stick to a task, even when it's difficult
• Go along with rules
• Be able to wait
• Manage their aggression
• Consider other's feelings
• Play more imaginatively
• Overcome their fears and anxieties

You Can Be the Key

There's clear evidence that the children who benefit most from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood have a caring adult who:

• Watches with them
• Talks with them about the ideas and activities on the program
• And encourages them to express how they feel through play

By being there in your own caring ways, you can make television truly useful -- helping children feel good about themselves, about others, and about the world around them.

What Teachers Learn Watching Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Here's what caregivers have said after using Mister Rogers' Neighborhood regularly with the children in their care:

"I have much more patience with the kids and do things at a slower pace."

"Now I talk more 'with' children than 'at' them."

"The program gave me lots of new ideas and activities to do with my class."

"I learned different ways to interact with children, to solve problems and to encourage positive behavior."

" I take more time to answer questions, and I explain more to the children."

"Mister Rogers has helped me realize the value of my work with kids."

"I feel better about myself and what I do."

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