Is Sesame Street Safe for your kid to watch? Is Sesame Street bad for your kid? Is Sesame Street the reason your kid can't read, write, or count? Should Sesame Street be rated PG-13? Probably not. But how can you tell?

For some kids, Sesame Street may be a problem. Because even though many kids can learn to read, write, and count watching Sesame Street, many kids can't. And when they can't, they feel like failures, losers, who will require major intervention they probably won't get.

Why can't some kids learn to read, write, and count watching Sesame Street? First of all, some may be too young. Their eyes, ears, hand-eye coordination, and brain haven't developed enough yet.

Next, does "c" look like "e", like "o" to a kid who can't read yet, or doesn't see well, or doesn't hear well? Or has a tiny screen to watch. A kid who isn't quite as fast learning as other kids? The kid who is color blind, or has some other medical problem.

The "c" has a tiny gap on the right. The "e" has a tiny little line in the middle that could just be a speck. The "o" has no gap on the right side. "b" has an up line on the left and "d" has an up line on the right. Does "p" look like "q"?

Does circle or printed "a" look like "o", backward or upside down "e", "c" with extra tiny pixels? "n" like "r", just shorter at the end? "f" like "t"? printed "g" like "q"? "h" like "b" without the gap? "1" like "7" not drawn straight down? "8" like "3" without the gaps? "2" like "7"? "4" like "9"? "5" like "9"? "b" like "6"? "c" flashing on the screen seen by blurry eyes can look like an "e" or "o". And so on.

And "d" sounds like "c", "b", "e", "g", "p", "t", "v", and "z". "a" sounds like "j" and "k". "i" like "y". Can you tell the difference between razaboom and razabom the first time you hear it? Or maybe even the tenth time you hear it? When you are still learning to hear and talk?

And what's even worse is that the kids who can't learn to read, write, or count watching and hearing these letters and numbers being displayed on the screen, soon begin to feel like failures, losers in their own eyes. And once they can't tell the difference, they may never be able to tell the difference without some kind of intervention.

So, do your kids who can't read, write, and count a favor. Don't let them watch Sesame Street until they learn to read, write, and count. It is still entertaining. And watching Sesame Street will reinforce what they've learned. And add some fun to education.

What can you do about the kids who can't? Download the free reading and printing letters, numbers, and words "Reading" app at www.JoeyDots.com. "Reading" has ten sequences for variability and to make it harder for contestants to cheat for cash prizes.

All the JoeyDots apps are in black and white on purpose. Kids and adults can trace over the letters, numbers, and words as they are being drawn on devices with Android. The apps wait for students to go from one interactive dot in one corner of the letter or number, to the next corner dot, connecting the dots, called Joey Dots, until the letter or number has been drawn, printed or cursively written.

The exercises are timed, the increasingly faster times recorded as the fastest time. The number of times is also recorded. Hand, ear, and eye coordination is continuously worked on. Eventually, students, young and old, can compete in in-person and online local and national competitions. Maybe even on local and national TV game shows. In small and large groups. As a group, a team sport. All because JoeyDots wants to make academic sports as much fun and exciting as athletic sports.