http://www.mammakaze.com/2009/11/24/kick-a-ginger-day-a-new-brand-of-prejudice/ Killing ourselves by trying to do it all Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:13:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.mammakaze.com/2009/11/24/kick-a-ginger-day-a-new-brand-of-prejudice/comment-page-1/#comment-141 toni Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:26:16 +0000 http://www.mammakaze.com/?p=3947#comment-141 Well, television isn't a problem if it is properly used and children are supervised. Allowing children to watch whatever they want for as long as they want will ABSOLUTELY turn their minds to mush. And makes them irritable. If I let Julia watch for more than 45 minutes at a stretch, she behaves very crankily about having to stop watching (this includes when she's watchign Spongebob!). Same goes for the computer. Which is why I monitor what she's watching and for how long. It's the parents who use TV's for babysitters who are creating problem children. I dont' advocate banning television. I advocate banning BAD PARENTING! Well, television isn’t a problem if it is properly used and children are supervised. Allowing children to watch whatever they want for as long as they want will ABSOLUTELY turn their minds to mush. And makes them irritable. If I let Julia watch for more than 45 minutes at a stretch, she behaves very crankily about having to stop watching (this includes when she’s watchign Spongebob!). Same goes for the computer. Which is why I monitor what she’s watching and for how long. It’s the parents who use TV’s for babysitters who are creating problem children. I dont’ advocate banning television. I advocate banning BAD PARENTING!

]]> http://www.mammakaze.com/2009/11/24/kick-a-ginger-day-a-new-brand-of-prejudice/comment-page-1/#comment-140 bruce Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:42:45 +0000 http://www.mammakaze.com/?p=3947#comment-140 Several years ago a landmark study compendium was published: "Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television." The general synopsis was that developing human minds were completely unable to distinguish entertainment from instruction, and that TV turned young, active, inquiring minds into older, passive, accepting ones. Need I say more? I would hope that EVERY parent would read this book, but that is simply asking for too much. The old saying, "You reap what you sow" has never been more supported. BTW, this book's publication was met with large yawns from the TV industry. Several years ago a landmark study compendium was published: “Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television.” The general synopsis was that developing human minds were completely unable to distinguish entertainment from instruction, and that TV turned young, active, inquiring minds into older, passive, accepting ones. Need I say more? I would hope that EVERY parent would read this book, but that is simply asking for too much. The old saying, “You
reap what you sow” has never been more supported. BTW, this book’s publication was met with large yawns from the TV industry.

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