I used to watch Dora the Explorer with my daughter, a cartoon about a “7-year-old girl who embarks on a trip in every episode in order to find something or help somebody”. In every show she consults the map in her backpack, known as Map, who tells Dora how to get to her destination. What I found troubling was that Map always puts our protagonist in harm’s way. Always subjecting her to unnecessary risk. For example, if Dora is trying to get to Grandma’s house or return her library books on time, Map never tells her to walk down that…