I have a confession to make: I may be more of a Bluey fan than my three-year old daughter is. We first got acquainted with Bluey when my husband sent me a list of appropriate sources of screen time for kids. I didn’t know what to expect upon watching the first beat of its very catchy opening music drop, but I was immediately hooked on the way it presented a modern family, even though it’s from the point of view of anthropomorphic Australian cattle dogs.

Although Bluey is clearly an animated show made for young kids (its candy-colored aesthetic is an immediate giveaway), the way it’s written reaches a wider, older audience. While most of the episodes show the playful escapades of siblings Bluey and Bingo and their parents, dad Bandit and mom Chilli, from the Heeler family, they have also managed to tug at my heartstrings multiple times. I would almost always feel myself on the verge of tears as a seven-minute episode comes to an end, right when it surfaces an underlying life lesson that’s meant more for the parents than the kids.

It’s amazing for an animated show to be a source of inspiration for parents — or dare I say, even for viewers without children, but these life lessons from a few episodes of Bluey can already make a huge impact on anybody. Be forewarned of spoilers, though!

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