PITTSBURGH — Heather Bambrick's first indication that "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood" was catching on occurred at a Toys R Us. The longtime voice of Mom Tiger was picking up a gift for a pregnant friend and was pleasantly surprised to find a whole shelf of Daniel Tiger merchandise.
"That's when I thought, 'OK, there are some legs here,'" Bambrick told the Post-Gazette.
As the years went by, she continued to see tangible examples of the show's impact on its target demographic of preschoolers. She visited a friend in New York City who told her that she regularly uses the songs and strategies featured on "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood" in her own parenting. Her "heart melted" after seeing a video of a child coming down from a tantrum after his mother asked him, "What does Daniel say?"
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