Best Laid Plans of Purple Dinosaurs

So my daughter likes to watch Barney. Yes, Barney - the big, purple dinosaur with a syrupy voice. Makes sense that while he drives me insane, he would appeal to a toddler, and the show seems to be decent children's programming. But the show she watched yesterday has had what I can only describe as "unintended consequences".

In the show, the kids were having a tea party. Everyone was being very proper except Baby Bop, who had never been to a tea party before. As the kids were politely complimenting the hostess on the treats, Baby Bop says, "Give me a cookie!" Well, all the proper boys and girls were aghast at her rude request and one of the kids suggested that she try asking in another way. At that point, Baby Bop repeats "give me a cookie" over and over, stressing different words and syllables. That was when the kids explained that when you want something, the polite way to ask for it is to say "please".

But the result of the show on my daughter was while the kids were dancing and singing about being polite and saying "please", Rhi was running around the play room shouting "GIVE ME A COOKIE!"