Katie Dean
Culture

Mister Rogers' E-Neighborhood

Everyone’s favorite neighbor, Fred Rogers, chats with Wired News about children, education and technology. “No machine could ever do any more than spell out H-U-G,” he says. “It could never give you one.”
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function openPopWindow(theURL,winName,features) { window.open(theURL,winName,features); } //–> You must have JavaScript enabled in order to use the Wired News Multimedia Player. We apologize for any inconvenience. Fred Rogers was a pioneer in educating children through his television program, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.

He’s no longer recording new episodes of the program — which are re-run on PBS — but insists he’s not retired.

Instead, he spends his time writing books for children and parents, working on his website, and sharing the neighborhood with others through a hands-on museum exhibit, among other activities.

Here he talks with Wired News reporter Katie Dean about the Internet, education and kids.