Why is Caillou bald?
// January 9th, 2008 // blogging, cartoons, flickr
Someone comes to this blog searching for “why is Caillou bald” every single day. Apparently, it is a matter of great concern to a lot of people. I am more concerned about the lack of adult supervision for Max, Ruby, Dora and Diego. At least Caillou has adults who take care of him. Everyone worried about Caillou needs to relax. His name MEANS “bald head” in French. Maybe he gave himself a haircut and his mother had to repair the damage. Maybe his parents hate hippies. Maybe his town has a lice problem. He’s cute with that smooth little head. He’s bald because the artist likes him that way.
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Darn it. Now I have to go and google “why is Caillou bald” just to see what comes up.
I was going to say he was related to Charlie Brown, but then I remembered even ol’ Chuck has a couple of hairs.
Maybe they’re teaching kids tolerance to cancer patients.
Maybe people Google it because their kids want to know if they will be bald when they are four years old.
Not me, though. I Googled it b/c my 2 year old and I were watching it and I had a WHAT THE HELL? moment.
As for the others (Max, Ruby, Dora, Diego) we don’t watch them b/c we have basic cable.
I don’t have a problem with him being bald so much as I do with the fact that there is no discipline in his life, he whines constantly, I want to kill the damn narrator, and really doesn’t teach the children anything but how to be a brat!
I agree with Jesus´s comments. Cancer patients indeed.
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My 2 yr. old daughter loves the show, but I was always confused at the fact that a 4 yr. old was bald. I thought it maybe had something to do with cancer, but nothing was ever mentioned in an episode so I wasnt sure. Maybe just the illustrators idea…
I think the shows creators should be aware that it makes my child and maybe others compare actual cancer patients out in public to the main charecter and I am always stummped/embarrassed. Just my thoughts on the issue
I heard that Caillou is was based off a childrens book about a baby and when they decided to make the book into a show they needed to give a caillou a little more deminsion so he would be more interesting to the viewers so they made his head look the same as his baby self from the books and just added a pre schoolers body.
And i agree! where are doras parents and why are they allowing her to go on the adventures all through out the rainforest with a little monkey friend with no adult supervision.
Futhermore, Swiper the fox seems to constantley be stalking her.
My son, who is 4, loves this show because he has alopecia, which is a skin disease that caused all of the hair on his head to fall out. So I’m actually very happy that Caillou is bald because my son feels that he can relate to him.
I think everyone needs to quit searching for the answer to the question. Caillou is bald because it makes children happy.
I am just glad to see that I’m not the only person who has wondered about this. I honestly didn’t think anything would come up when I Googled this question.
I watch Calliou on Sprout TV when I am watching my little angel and have always wondered. I always wondered why he was bald, and now I know. I always asked my angel’s Mom why, and she did not know and now I can fill her in.
I always thought it was cancer related also, which is a not a bad thing for kids to learn about. I am relieved to know now and can sleep easy tonight. Then the next time I babysit, I can enjoy the program a bit more.
So I Googled “why is Caillou bald” This is the answer I found! Caillou stands for all children. He doesn’t have curly blond hair, a carrot-top, brown hair, glasses, or ethnic features, because he represents all children. We wanted to make Caillou universal so every child could identify with him. And they do! Caillou’s baldness may make him different, but we hope it’s helping children understand that being different isn’t just okay, it’s normal.
Yeah I googled the question and ended up here. I guess there’s not a hidden story. My 2yo loves this show too and hasn’t asked yet. It was my question!
In French, caillou usually means “pebble” or “stone”, but it can also mean “bald head”, which was most likely the writer’s intention. The official Caillou website answers the common question “Why is Caillou bald?” by explaining that the original storybook character of Caillou was much younger than the television character, and like many very young children, had no hair.
HES a gangster…a pelon..lol EL GALLO…haha
I think Dora is not watched by a parent because it is really a representation of her imagination no kid go’s on an adventure by themselves in 30 minutes and Diego rescues animals which is once again what children do imagine I do however have a problem with the fact that max does not obey ruby and is a bit disrespectful to her but all these shows are really great for preschoolers and some kids I mean I’m 12 and I don’t mind watching cailluo
-Tori age 12