Before that I guess there was Captain Kangaroo, and, if you were lucky, JP Patches.
And shows like Leave it to Beaver, the Brady Bunch, Lassie, Little House on the Prarie and a plethora of shows pushing some form of morality. Television was much more limited back then since there were only 3 channels so there wasn’t much targeting kids specifically but instead pushing ‘traditional values’ on the whole family.
I didn’t mention them deliberately because they weren’t usually about emotional skills. But you’re right that it was far more sparse in that era, these days we’re spoiled for choice.
And shows like Leave it to Beaver, the Brady Bunch, Lassie, Little House on the Prarie and a plethora of shows pushing some form of morality. Television was much more limited back then since there were only 3 channels so there wasn’t much targeting kids specifically but instead pushing ‘traditional values’ on the whole family.
I didn’t mention them deliberately because they weren’t usually about emotional skills. But you’re right that it was far more sparse in that era, these days we’re spoiled for choice.