Ms. Rachel Is WAY Worse Than You Think

What this episode is about

The content criticizes children's entertainer Ms. Rachel for her perceived alignment with progressive agendas, particularly regarding LGBTQ+ themes and government initiatives like universal child care. The speaker argues that such influences are detrimental to young children, suggesting that parents should not allow their kids to watch her content due to these political associations.

Key takeaways

• Universal child care may mean universal distancing: kids with gov workers, not parents - charming, right?
• Miss Rachel: YouTube's creepy sensation or simply slop merchant for toddlers? You decide!
• The adult-child vibe: when YouTube creators act like kids, who’s really getting shortchanged?
• Vibe checks matter: if it feels off, maybe skip the live-action peekaboo!
• Mr. Rogers vs. Miss Rachel: one taught life lessons, the other trades in toddler theatrics.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Matt Walsh (Host) · 17 min speaking
• Miss Rachel (Guest)

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 3:00: Political Propaganda, Universal Child Care
2. 3:00 – 6:00: Political Propaganda
3. 6:00 – 9:00: Aaron Rogers
4. 12:00 – 15:00: Teletubbies, Cowboy Colostrum
5. 18:00 – 18:25: The Matt Walsh Show, Apple Podcast, Spotify

Notable quotes from "Ms. Rachel Is WAY Worse Than You Think"

• Because that's just that is the state's way, the government's way, in this case, the city's way of getting more kids into child care and away from their parents. So, that's…

  about Universal Child Care · at 1:17

• And should you be exposing your kid to this given that she's a political propagandist? And the answer is no. You should not be exposing your kids to this political…

  about Political Propaganda · at 2:24

• Rogers, right? Mr. Rogers made content for children, but he didn't present himself like a child.

  about Aaron Rogers · at 6:48

• Teletubbies came out back in the back in the 90s. And I remember that my parents wouldn't let my younger siblings, the Teletubbies were after my time. I think I was, whatever, 10 or 12 when it came out, but I had younger siblings.

  about Teletubbies · at 13:27

• To be healthier in 2026, you need to throw some colostrum into your daily routine. Our sponsor, Cowboy Colostrum, is as legit as you can get. We're talking 100% American…

  about Cowboy Colostrum · at 14:28

• Message. Thanks for checking out this video. If you'd like to listen to my full podcast on the go, you can check out the Matt Wall Show on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

  about The Matt Walsh Show · at 18:14

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Aaron Rogers — Person · Referenced exemplar / positive comparison · 1 mention · first at 6:46
  Used as the counter-model for children's programming: respectful, calm, 'grandfatherly,' and not performed in an infantilizing way.

Concepts & topics

• Content Creation for Children — Concept · Core topic; industry critique · 10 mentions
  The host argues modern children's content creators optimize for profit and overstimulation, producing patronizing 'slop' that harms children's attention and development.
  Adults... making content for like three and four year olds...
• Political Propaganda — Concept · Core framing concept / accusation · 3 mentions · first at 0:23
  The host frames Miss Rachel's public actions and themes (LGBT/pronouns, universal child care) as propaganda, arguing parents should avoid exposing children to it.
• Universal Child Care — Concept · Policy topic; target of criticism · 2 mentions · first at 0:55
  Presented as a government effort to increase time children spend in state-run care and away from parents; used to support the propaganda framing.

Media & podcasts

• The Matt Walsh Show — Media · Primary show / episode container · 1 mention · first at 18:15
  The transcript is from this show; it is promoted at the end with listening platforms.
• Teletubbies — Media · Historical reference point / negative example · 1 mention · first at 13:27
  Cited as an earlier instance (1990s) of overstimulating, babyish children's programming that the host's parents rejected on 'vibes' rather than politics.
• Apple Podcast — Media · Distribution platform · 1 mention · first at 18:16
  Named as a place to listen to the full show.
  Message. Thanks for checking out this video. If you'd like to listen to my full podcast on the go, you can check out the Matt Wall Show on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
• Spotify — Media · Distribution platform · 1 mention · first at 18:20
  Named as a place to listen to the full show.
  Message. Thanks for checking out this video. If you'd like to listen to my full podcast on the go, you can check out the Matt Wall Show on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Sponsors

• Cowboy Colostrum — Company · Sponsor / advertised product brand · 1 mention · first at 14:32
  Mid-episode ad read promoting bovine colostrum supplements with a discount code and URL tied to the show/host name.

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 An oink, a moo, a cockaoodle doo. Who's in the barn playing peekaboo? I would rather be stabbed to death than watch 5 minutes of that. Miss Rachel is the YouTuber who makes uh videos for preschoolers. And we've talked about I think we've talked about her a little bit in the past and now she's out with mom Donnie um doing a propaganda tour with him. So, she's um uh in the p and she's done she's done this before. She's done the LGBT thing. She's done the gay pride thing. She's done the pronoun thing. And I think that's when we've talked about her in the past. Um and that's reason enough to not not put her content on for your children. You know, you should not allow your children to watch it for that reason alone. And here she is with mom Donnie. You see the tweet there. Mom Donnie says, "This morning, Miss Rachel and I visited District 2 PreK Center where we sang and read with the wonderful students and educators. We

0:56 also discussed universal child care and how we're making it happen for NYC." Yeah, I'm sure the four-year-olds are very interested in that conversation. You sat down with four-year-olds to talk about universal child care, which which by the way is really bad for four-year-olds. It's really bad for kids because that's just that is the state's way, the government's way, in this case, the city's way of um getting more kids into child care and away from their parents. So, that's really what he's saying. Good news, kids. We're going to make sure you spend even less time around your parents.

1:38 You're going to spend even more time with government workers. Government workers are the best. Ask your parents to bring it to the DMV sometime and you'll see a whole bunch of government workers. They're they're the nicest people. Don't Don't you want to spend every day all day with them? Well, with universal child care, you can. So, I guess that was the message, but we don't even need need to get into that. Um, enough people have covered that base about Miss Rachel and and so this is the the debate like is she a political propagandist because she's very popular with with um kids and she's got like billions of views. I mean, so and should you be exposing your kid to this given that she's a political propagandist? And the answer is no. You should not be exposing your kids to this political propagandist. But put that to the side. I want to make a more basic point about this Miss Rachel person and anyone like her. And I've

2:43 said that I I find almost all of these children's YouTubers to be very creepy. Like these are creepy weird people. And as a parent, you have to have uh a radar for that kind of thing. It's very important to have a radar for that. And if your radar is not going off when you turn on and you see these children's YouTubers, if you're not a media like who are who is this person, uh then then then I don't know. I mean, you're oblivious. So even even before you get into the content or the political propaganda, even before any of that, like I see it and and I I just I don't like the vibes. Okay.

3:30 And sometimes Yeah. that as a parent especially sometimes that matters. Vibe based arguments are often not valid especially in political discussions but as a parent very often you know you the vibe should matter to you. You look at something you see someone you're like I don't like the vibes here. This is weird. This person's not going to be around my kids. That's it. It's just weird. And uh I'm definitely not going to sit my kids down to watch this YouTuber because I just don't like the vibes, you know, and and these are people who have figured out that children's content making content for three year olds, right? So these are adults that are making content for like three and four year olds and they figured out that it's extremely profitable to do it. So they just start churning it out. Okay, these are slop merchants for for toddlers.

4:28 We've got slot merchants who are just turnurning out slop all over the place for all different age brackets. And these are people who churn out the slop for foury olds. And it boggles my mind that there are parents who are like, "Yep, here's what my four-year-old needs is some slop. Bring on the slop. Here you go. Sit down, Junior. It's slop time. Go ahead. Just just spend three hours watching this like mindnumbing weird drek. And that's what parents do. And I don't get it. And the other thing I can't stand are these um especially and and this is what this is this is where it gets this is where the weirdness kicks in because you have these like children's content creators or whatever we call them who act and dress like children themselves.

5:27 This has become the thing now and it's not it's not that new over the last like couple of decades really. um where you in in many case you have people that make entertainment, make content for kids and the and they speak and act like kids themselves even though they're adults in their 40s and 50s. Um you see Miss Rachel and you know she's got the overalls and the sneakers and the headband. It's like what adult? You're in your 40s. Why are you dressed like that? and uh and and and and she speaks and acts like a kindergartener. And that's what almost all of these children's YouTuber types do.

6:10 And it's so common. I think it's one of the reasons maybe a parent's uh radar doesn't go off. Maybe you don't see the red flag because you see that and you're like, "Yeah, this is what kids content is. This is what they do." No, it it's it's not normal. It's weird. Like, would you talk to your kid that way all the time? Do you dress like that with like if you want to relate to your kid, do you dress like a toddler to do it? And here's the thing, it's not actually good for kids. It talks down to them. It's patronizing and it doesn't help them learn and grow.

6:46 You know, you compare it to like Mr. Rogers, right? Mr. Rogers made content for children, but he didn't present himself like a child. He was a grandfatherly type of figure and that was his vibe. And so, you know, he passes the vibe check as you're if you're a parent. The vibe is, oh, he's like a grand like a grandfather, you know, a friendly grandfatherly type person. And that's wholesome and that's constructive and that's edifying. Children can learn from that. It helps them grow. But when you put on the overalls and start speaking to them in this like absurdly over-the-top, childish, patronizing way, they're not learning anything.

7:35 So, just for example, I went to Miss Rachel's page and pulled up just one like randomly one of the videos at the top because any one of them makes the point. And if you have not seen this person, again, there's like billions of views for this stuff. This video has hundreds of millions of views, I think. billions of views overall. Nothing political here. There's nothing overtly objectionable or inappropriate about this. I'll just pay 20 play 20 seconds. It's all I can tolerate and it's all you're going to be able to tolerate. But watch.

8:07 Hi friends. Today we're going to learn all about animals together. It's going to be so much fun. Can you do this rhyme with me? An oink, a moo, a cockaoodle doo. Who's in the barn playing peekaboo? My god. Stab me in the face and kill me. Please just stab me and kill me. I would rather be stabbed to death than watch five minutes of that. I would rather jump out of the 100th story window than watch that. When the next regime comes in and they start arresting people like me, if they give me an option, they say, "We're going to we're going to put you in solitary confinement and make you watch Miss Rachel or we could just throw you off a building." I would say, "Please the building." I would thank them for it.

9:04 Actually, I'd be so grateful to not have to. Thank God. Thank you. Yes. Absolutely. So, this is pure slop. Okay. Just because it's for kids and there's bright colors, this is what parents think. Oh, it's for kids and there's bright colors, so automatically it's wholesome. It's slop. Pure slop for little children. This is this is the four-year-old equivalent of like Mr. Beast. And this is not Why are you talking like that? Okay. And if you say, "Well, she's talking to kids." Really? Is that how you talk to your kids? If you're a parent, you talk to your kids like that all the time.

9:45 Hey friends. Let's have some fun. Let's make animal noises, friends. And you got your overalls and you're dressed like a kid. Really? Is that how you parent? No. This is not how anyone has ever raised kids. This this is a very new thing that we've come up with that if you want to make if you're an adult making you know entertainment for children it's like you got to put on that whole act. Now it's true that men and women are different and women are going to be and and should be softer and more maternalistic in their approach and they will speak to children more on the child's level than a father will. This is why you need both. It's why it's important to have a mother and father. Like one of one of the many reasons why it's important to have both approaches.

10:37 Um but that's not this this is not soft and maternalistic. This is obnoxious and grading and and incredibly ridiculously patronizing. And if you think it's not possible to patronize like a you know a 5-year-old, then again, you're just clueless. It's patronizing. Here's a good general rule. If your child is watching content that you as the parent find so obnoxiously annoying that you could not possibly be in the same room while it's on, which is how any parent must feel about that. There's no way that you as an adult could tolerate that. There's no way that you could sit and watch that for any amount of time. Um, but if that's the case, that's a good indication that your kid shouldn't be watching it.

11:30 Not because it's political, not because there's anything about it that is on paper inappropriate, but just because it's vapid and irritating and stupid and bad for their minds and their souls because of that. you know, as an adult, there isn't going to be any uh I mean, there's probably there's not going to be any like children even a there are some good children's shows uh books for children like there's plenty there are that exists and there's not going to be a children's show or book that you will find deeply absorbing or entertaining like it's not for you. So, the point isn't that you should find it really entertaining, but if it's something actually wholesome and edifying and well-made, made with respect for the audience, okay? And again, that should not sound silly. Like, yes, if you're making stuff for a 5-year-old, you should you should have respect for your audience of 5-year-olds.

12:38 It's all the more important to have respect for the audience. you don't have any respect for the audience when you're churning out this garbage. Um, and you know, if it if it's something like that, wholesome, edifying, well-made, then then you know, as a parent, you might not like it's not the kind of thing that you would put on and watch yourself, but it's you can stomach it. It's tolerable. And there are some children's shows that are like that even today. And this the the problem is not exclusive to Miss Rachel. It's not new.

13:10 You know, there was a shift in children's programming going back to when I was a kid. And that's when you started to see this kind of like hyper weird patronizing overstimulating bright colors, noises, random stuff happening uh type of content for kids. That's when you first started to see it. Teletubbies came out back in the back in the 90s. And I remember that my parents wouldn't let my younger siblings, the Teletubbies were after my time. I think I was, you know, whatever, 10 or 12 when it came out, but I had younger siblings that were in the age group for it, and my parents wouldn't let them watch it.

13:43 And it's not because they, you know, thought that there was necessarily anything uh objectionable or political in the show. It's just that it was it was, you know, my dad was the same way. He look at like, this is just weird. What the hell is this? Right? He would walk in and see something like like what is this? What the hell is this? Why are why are you why are we letting them watch this? And it's just babyish and patronizing. It was, you know, this was what Telephobia was. It was like it was like a what they were going for was um a show for babies that seems like it was made by a baby. That's that's that was the the vibe. And that is not the tone you want for wholesome, constructive, edifying children's content. If you're tired of feeling like crap and you want to be healthier in 2026, you need to throw some colostrum into your daily routine. Our sponsor, Cowboy Colostrum, is as legit as you can get. We're

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16:09 And you don't stop to think like, "Who is this person? This person's like a multi-millionaire now making content for kids. Who are they? What's their game here? What like what what are they what are their views? I mean, why why are they doing this? um kind of question you'd think you'd ask. And all of this stuff, all it does is turn your kids into overstimulated, you know dopamine addicts. Miss Rachel, as I discovered when I went to her page, just to find that one example, the first video at the top of her page is for babies.

16:47 So, her first video, so she makes she makes content for toddlers and like preschoolers. She also makes videos for actual babies, like for one-year-olds. Who the hell is is putting YouTube on for a baby? And then when I've asked this question, I always get the answer, "Oh, well, she teaches the ABCs. She teaches colors. Well, can't you do that? You're the parent. Well, how without Miss Rachel, how am I going to teach my kids the ABCs? I don't know. Teach them like the way that parents taught kids for thousands of years before YouTube existed, before Miss Rachel was a thing.

17:40 That's what you should be doing. turn the damn YouTube off and read your kid a book. How about that? So, that's the uh that's the real problem. And I said it'd be abbreviated headlines, but I ended up ranting about Miss Rachel for u for 25 minutes. And that's fine because it's it's important. It's uh millions of kids are spending hours a day with this stuff and it really does matter. Uh, so turn it off, read your kids a book. That's my point. That's my message. Thanks for checking out this video. If you'd like to listen to my full podcast on the go, you can check out the Matt Wall Show on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "Ms. Rachel Is WAY Worse Than You Think"?

Matt Walsh (Host), Miss Rachel (Guest).

What is "Ms. Rachel Is WAY Worse Than You Think" about?

The content criticizes children's entertainer Ms. Rachel for her perceived alignment with progressive agendas, particularly regarding LGBTQ+ themes and government initiatives like universal child care. The speaker argues that such influences are detrimental to young children, suggesting that parents should not allow their kids to watch her content due to these political associations.

What is mentioned in this Matt Walsh episode?

9 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Content Creation for Children, Political Propaganda, The Matt Walsh Show, Universal Child Care, Aaron Rogers, Teletubbies. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Ms. Rachel Is WAY Worse Than You Think"?

The episode runs 18 min; the transcript is about 2,983 words in 23 timestamped sections.

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