Being I grew up in the late 1980s into the 90s, this article got my attention, and was not previously aware of that docuseries. Personally never liked or watched Barney as a kid, but there were certainly similar alternatives for kids in that time period that I did like, and as a kid I probably watched what would nowadays be considered a politically incorrect amount of time behind a television set. Yet, I didn't grow up maladjusted, because even though I watched a considerable amount of television both of my parents were equally involved in my life and spent alot of time engaging me, thus a fictional character never had to fill a void in life as with some others. In other words, you can't really blame the television set, blame the parents for not being more active in their children's lives. The parents get the final say, and when my father used to say time to turn off the TV and let's go outside for awhile and play catch, that was that, but at least my father acted like a true father. That begs the question more now than ever these days, where are the parents of these troubled kids? I blame poor parenting, not fictional TV characters...

New ‘Barney’ docuseries isn’t about love or hate, but why a purple dinosaur can’t replace parents-
[thefederalist.com]