I Love TV
I used to think TV was the worst thing you could do to someone, especially a kid. But then I heard Charlie walking around the house saying, approximately 500 times one day, the following phrase: "A-roar Boralus," and then "Auroree Boree-alus," and then, "Aurora Borealis," prompting me to say, "Charlie, what is that thing you are saying?" He told me, "Aurora Borealis, just like on Little Einsteins." Ok, I thought, he learned a phrase. Then, one afternoon, as we were snoozing on the couch together, I awakened to him pushing the buttons on my shirt and saying, "Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco!" I asked him where he learned that, and he said Dora. Then there was today. He said to me, "Look! The leaves fall off tree. Turned orange and green and brown, and, and... orange. Then wind blow, it breaks, and fall down." Finding the perfect opportunity to teach him a little something, I told him, Yes! That's called fall, and then it will be winter, and then... and he interrupted me, "Yes, and then it is Springtime. Just like on Little Einsteins."
I was stunned. While I pride myself on being a pretty good teacher to the little ones, I certainly have not taught them about seasons, uttered a word in Spanish, nor do I really know what an Aurora Borealis is, exactly.
I remember, as a kid, watching the Road Runner run through the desert and off the edge of cliffs and past exploding things that said ACME, and it all being very mindless and intoxicating. While I've always been a bit of a TV addict, I also hate myself for it and decided long ago that we would have a strict TV policy. Hubby and I even discussed, numerous times, the prospect of having no TV in our house. We were all for doing it, just as soon as our shows' seasons ended and assuming that no new shows were on for the following year.
We still have our TV.
TV has changed. While I continue to try to limit my time in front of it (I am certainly not learning about Aurora Boreali, or any such things), and I don't want my kids watching too much, especially when it means they are not doing something else more creative, I don't hate is as passionately as I once did.
Anyway. This post was in no way sponsored by Disney or Nick, Jr. I just wanted to share my shift in thinking.
I used to think TV was the worst thing you could do to someone, especially a kid. But then I heard Charlie walking around the house saying, approximately 500 times one day, the following phrase: "A-roar Boralus," and then "Auroree Boree-alus," and then, "Aurora Borealis," prompting me to say, "Charlie, what is that thing you are saying?" He told me, "Aurora Borealis, just like on Little Einsteins." Ok, I thought, he learned a phrase. Then, one afternoon, as we were snoozing on the couch together, I awakened to him pushing the buttons on my shirt and saying, "Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco!" I asked him where he learned that, and he said Dora. Then there was today. He said to me, "Look! The leaves fall off tree. Turned orange and green and brown, and, and... orange. Then wind blow, it breaks, and fall down." Finding the perfect opportunity to teach him a little something, I told him, Yes! That's called fall, and then it will be winter, and then... and he interrupted me, "Yes, and then it is Springtime. Just like on Little Einsteins."
I was stunned. While I pride myself on being a pretty good teacher to the little ones, I certainly have not taught them about seasons, uttered a word in Spanish, nor do I really know what an Aurora Borealis is, exactly.
I remember, as a kid, watching the Road Runner run through the desert and off the edge of cliffs and past exploding things that said ACME, and it all being very mindless and intoxicating. While I've always been a bit of a TV addict, I also hate myself for it and decided long ago that we would have a strict TV policy. Hubby and I even discussed, numerous times, the prospect of having no TV in our house. We were all for doing it, just as soon as our shows' seasons ended and assuming that no new shows were on for the following year.
We still have our TV.
TV has changed. While I continue to try to limit my time in front of it (I am certainly not learning about Aurora Boreali, or any such things), and I don't want my kids watching too much, especially when it means they are not doing something else more creative, I don't hate is as passionately as I once did.
Anyway. This post was in no way sponsored by Disney or Nick, Jr. I just wanted to share my shift in thinking.
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