1. Hey Arnold

“Hey Arnold,” my personal favorite as a child, had a lot of deep messages throughout the series. From the creepy Helga that could be classified as a sociopathic stalker to Stoop Kid that was to afraid to leave his stoop, “Hey Arnold” shows us the ideal life a kid could have living in a utopian Chicago style city. The greatest life lesson to be learned from this show comes in the very last episode.

Arnold wants his parents back but realizes he has had “parents” all along. His grandparents were the ones that raised him and were the ones always there for him. The point is the people that do matter are the ones that are there for you and support you whether it’s your parents, grandparents, or friends it doesn’t matter how the world defines them as long as they are important to you that’s all that matter.

2. The Rugrats

"The Rugrats" show us a group of friends at their earliest stages of life. Tommy, Chucky, Phil, and Lil are already on the right track to being lifelong friends. The problem they run into every episode is Angelica. She is Tommy’s mean cousin that is to mean to have friends of her own.

3. Avatar: The Last Airbender

The only way Aang was able to bring down the Fire Nation was because he had friends that supported him and because he explored a variety of cultures other than his own to improve himself. We each need to surround ourselves with friends that we can trust and will stick by us and not be afraid to get out of our comfort zones and explore different cultures so we can get rid of all the ignorance that still exist.