If you cringe at the thought of children under the age of two zoning out for hours in front of the TV, you’re not being a hypersensitive, over-anxious killjoy. (Um, at least we don’t think so.) There’s tons of meaty research to back up that if television watching doesn’t necessarily rot your wee one’s brain out, it’s certainly not doing them (or you) any favors.

And it’s not just us, or American researchers/parents who think so. Friday, Gallic culture and communications minister Christine Albanel and France’s broadcasting authority Conseil Superieur de l’Audioviseul also publicly chastised TV for tots. (Or, as we Google translation addicts like to say, la television des touts-petits.)

According to Variety, Albanel went so far as to implore parents not to use TV channels aimed at very young children, such as U.S.-based channels Baby TV and BabyFirst. (Hmmm. You don’t think they’re still holding a grudge over that whole “Freedom Fries” flap, do you?) CSA’s working group on child protection even called on French satellite and cable providers to inform subscribers about the “harmfulness of TV for children under three.”

Obviously, Titou Le Lapinou is immune to this decree. We’re not even sure what’s going on in this video, and we Can’t. Stop. Watching.

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