Regarding the Aug. 1 Style article “How Ms. Rachel built her neighborhood”:

Undoubtedly, Rachel Griffin Accurso, better known as Ms. Rachel, is a kind, sensitive talent who well deserves the success of her appealing videos for children. Still, I wish she featured both a Palestinian child and an Israeli child who was taken hostage by Hamas. Accurso says she cares for all children. However, in only featuring a Palestinian child, she seemingly picked a side.

Like Accurso, I adored the comforting messages depicted by “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” During a horrific divorce process, my little girls, who were 4 and 7, watched the show in rapt attention, and I joined them, never wanting it to conclude. When it inevitably did, I would assure my daughters that Mister Rogers would visit us the nex

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