All of us remember the throwbacks. "Rugrats," "Hey Arnold," "The Wild Thornberries," and many others. But what happened to them all? Kids' shows now are filled with random explosions, no lessons, and are hardly even funny anymore. What happened to the shows that we grew up on and how can we get them back?

When we were younger, our parents used to sit us down and turn on all kinds of educational shows and cartoons. Some of us grew up on shows like "Arthur," "Caillou" and "Clifford the Big Red Dog" on PBS, while others were watching "SpongeBob Squarepants," "Fairly OddParents" and anything else that came on Nickelodeon before 9 p.m., when Nick @ Nite came on. Some of us even stayed up past our bedtimes to see what all the hype was over late night TV.

But being a 90s baby, every cartoon I watched had one sole thing in common. Each episode had some kind of "moral of the story" moment. Whether it was something cheesy like "sharing is caring" and the importance of honesty, or something deep like "you never know what you had until it's gone" cartoons were always trying to teach us something. Anyone who ever watched "Fairly OddParents" knows how the last two minutes of every episode ended with Timmy reminiscing on what went wrong in the episode or the knowledge he gained. For most 90s babies this was the normal routine/plot of a show.

For the longest time, probably since freshman year of high school, I have wondered what happened to shows like that. In 2018, any lessons children learn are taught in school or learned from their own mistakes. There is no longer that hilarious, entertaining TV show method wherein 30 minutes, you learn about why friendship or teamwork is important.

I may be biased, but I really think watching television would be better than it's ever been if we brought back cartoons with morals. Not only would it bring back the innocence to cartoons, but it would help kids of the newer generation get a glimpse of what they missed out on. And to top it off, watching TV is easier than ever now, meaning kids could take those shows on the go, watching on all kinds of screen sizes in a clearer image. I don't know if the older shows we know and love just need a reboot with a sprinkle of HD or what, but cartoons should go back to being fun AND instructional.

I'm sure if Cartoon Network and Disney Channel could bring back shows, we all have a few shows in mind that we would like to see remastered. My personal list would be "Codename: Kids Next Door," "Kim Possible" and "American Dragon: Jake Long." Hopefully, sometime in the near future, these large-scale entertainment corporations will get the memo. In the meantime, happy Youtube-ing, Netflix-ing, and Hulu-ing all your old school favorites.

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