Tuesday, 16 June 2009
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Good TV?
Anyone that knows me, knows that I could live without even having a television in my house. I don't care for it, don't have cable and don't let my kids sit around watching all day long. Matter of fact it is only on when I'm certain something I (or the kids) want to watch is on. I learned long ago that the zombified state television watching produces is not good. My oldest son taught me that.
Earlier today I was reading threads over on CafeMom and came across something that struck me odd. Apparently the CafeMom team was announcing that they would be featured on a morning talk show and while reading through the comments I found myself getting angry. SO many moms said things like "well I'll try to tune in, if I can get the remote away from my child" or "I'll try to change the channel and hope there is no screaming". And I sat there thinking, "What!?".
When I want the TV off, I walk over to it and shut it off. I can't even imagine my kids telling ME when and what goes on the TV. Even when my oldest son was always watching TV when I said off, it went off. Any kind of screaming, ranting or whining results in a time out and nobody gets to change the rules.
Somebody please tell me that I'm not the only one teaching my kids good things. What kind of world will we have when the toddler generation that's been soaked in nothing but video games and television grows up. It's sad and scary and turns my stomach.
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Comments (2)
Good point. The parent should have control, not the kids, especially young children. In my mind, television has its place, but shouldn't take over....
I'm a pretty big time TV person. My son and I can't get to sleep without the glow and at least faint sounds of a TV in the background. But... my son has NEVER been the boss of WHAT is on TV or WHEN. He wasn't even interested in TV in his early years. He didn't have the attention span to stay glued to the TV for more than a show or two (Sesame Street and Barney would catch his attention every time). Until he was old enough to communicate wanting something different, I only allowed him to watch educational programing. Either kid shows like Barney or shows on Discovery or Animal Planet. As he grew, he became more interested in TV and when he started having a weight problem I had to start limiting his hours spent in front of the TV wheather it was shows or video games. Sure, I got attitude sometimes. If he WANTED to go outside he would be outside, not in front of the TV. But I dealt with it. He got his time out or grounding for talking back and he took his butt outside after I turned the TV off. I'm sure I have allowed more than a healthy amount of TV into my and my family's life. But, when I say it goes off, it goes off. When I say "no you can't watch that", the channel gets changed. There may be arguements or tantrums over it, but I'm not scared of my kids LOL. <3 SuZ