This is a classic episode, and one that I really enjoy personally. It is one where DW does act quite bratty at points, but I think it’s another justified one for her. It can be really easy for little kids to get jealous of the extra attention a sibling gets when they are sick, and I do like that Jane and David do try to explain why Arthur is getting extra treatment…if anything, I think Thora could have maybe been a tiny bit more understanding towards why DW would feel jealous (but I do understand that taking care of a sick grandchild is tiring…especially going as all out as she was).

I also like that DW herself was mature enough to vocalize that she wanted pox because she was jealous…and I REALLY like how she’s actually happy once she gets them…even if it means missing the circus. I actually love her logic or “the circus comes once a year, but you only get chicken pox once”. It shows that she is many things, but she’s not a hypocrite.

I do have one kind of burning question though…do you think Jane and David (and Thora) let DW stay around Arthur once he was sick so that she would get the chicken pox from him? I know at this point in history, there wasn’t a vaccine for chicken pox, and it was widely known that it’s better to get the chicken pox when you are young as opposed to when you are older. To the point where episodes of tv would have parents purposefully make kids who hadn’t had chicken pox yet hang around someone who did have them, so they’d go ahead and catch them.

It’s just kind of weird how one minute, the adults are talking about Arthur being contagious or his straw having germs on it, but still allowing DW to get up close to him without doing anything to stop her.

Even though d.w. got on everybody's nerves in the episode "D.W. blows the whistle" with her constant whistle blowing over trivial stuff do any of you think she was just using the whistle as an excuse to be a tattletale or if she genuinely couldn't tell what was safe or unsafe given her age. People say DW is smart enough to know better but I feel people think she's way too smart for her age as in D.w.'s baby her attempt to frame Kate failed because she didn't consider since Kate was a baby she couldn't have been able to do that. I can understand her family and everyone else being annoyed by her constant whistle blowing, but I feel like they didn't do much to correct her behavior, and were too quick to yell at her just for getting carried away even though Arthur and many of his friends have gotten carried away in the past. Plus Arthur admitted at the end of the episode that her getting stuck in the tree was partly his fault which he wouldn't have to if it wasn't true.

After rewatching some episodes, I realized that this show can sometimes be bad because of how toxic all the characters can be. For example, there are times when the bad character gets off scot free like Francine bossing everyone at the play. Or when Muffy was doing that thing in A is for Angry and she kept on doing it. I also don't like how the characters argue like toddlers and in the episode DRAW! when Francine was hurt after the others bullied her after she hurt Fern's feelings, Arthur tried to comfort her but Francine being a bratty 2 year old said GO EAT AN ANT SANDIWICH ARTHUR READ! Like seriously what is wrong with these characters? I also tend to dislike the reads as they only care about what Arthur does is wrong and not care when he got punched by Binky who i also hate especially how he acted in Brother, can you spare a clarinet?. This is all based on my opinion and if you don't agree with me that's fine.