The thing about Doraemon is not just it grow up with you, a majority of Doraemon episodes are comedies with lessons regarding values such as honesty, perseverance, courage, family and respect for elders. Various environmental issues are often visited, including homeless animals, global warming, endangered species, deforestation, and pollution. Miscellaneous educational topics such as dinosaurs, the flat Earth theory, wormhole traveling, Gulliver's Travels, and the history of Japan are often covered. Hence why Doraemon is very well respected anime in Japan, Hong Kong and varies other Asian countries ;) I think even your parent's generation would probably know Doraemon as well (if you're from an Asian background)