My son loves Barney and I think the messages are great about sharing and accepting others etc. The problem with this DVD is that Barney's voice is muted and not as "excited" as he usually is on the TV show. It is noticeable enough that if your child is really into Barney--I would not recommend it. If it wasn't for that --which is a big part of the DVD since Barney talks throughout it--the actually animal presentations are nice.