Lori - the dev ped said to make him watch cartoons? You've got to be kidding! I regularly find my 7yr old watching TV at 7am and it's documentary on deciphering ancient Mayan hieroglyphs or History documentary on WWII or NOVA show on Big Bang or neutrinos or fossils. He's always been this way and I see no reason to discourage it unless those things are disturbing to the child.