This is one area where I disagree, and a lot of people (those good
parents) have problems with. I have no problems with kids and tvs as
long as I monitor what they watch. My tv is on 24/7, usually on one of
the news channels, history channels or science channels. Yes, I waste
a lot of electricity, but I pay for it.
Anyway, I've seen, no pun intended, tv very similar to books. They
both offer information. It all depends on what you watch or what you
read. I wouldn't have ever taken my kids tv from him and thrown him
the Harlequin Romance library. After all, I wouldn't have seen the
moon landing without my tv. I still remember exactly where I was when
that happened. The smell of the carpet, the house and everything even
though I was 6 (almost 7) still is there. I wouldn't have seen the
first ever MTV video when it aired. And yes, I think that is a big
thing. Look how video has impacted all our lives. I haven't been to a
movie in a theater since the first Narnia movie came out. Video at
home is so much easier and cheaper.
Back to my point, tv isn't bad. Just like computers aren't bad. It
all depends on how both are being used.
Jeff M
On Jul 16, 2009, at 7:08 PM, Jeff Wright wrote:
When I was house hunting a few months ago, I was somewhat astounded
to see the rooms of some children in houses I was looking at. The
computer/entertainment systems in the rooms of some kids had to be up
in the triple thousands of dollars. Huge LCD or plasma TV/monitors,
DVD players, multiple game systems, one or more computers, various
portable music players. Plus, every house I was in, if kids were
around, they were playing on these systems. None were outside, or
washing dishes in the kitchen or hanging out with mom or dad. It was
a bit bizarre...for me.
I don't know who these people are and how they can afford such
luxuries.
I'd love a flat-screen TV for myself!
But no way Jose, will they ever get TVs in their rooms.
I keep trying to tell them how I had to entertain myself as a kid:
no DVDs,
email, Interne, cable, game consoles, cable TV, etc., but they just
can't
imagine a world so primitive. Hell, I would read reference books
when I was
bored as a kid! The Time-Life science series rocked.
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