I told my mom that i feel like I have a mucky instrument today and don't know what to write and she told me to write anyways so I guess I'll listen to her. Billy sent me an article from the Christian Science Monitor about a new study linking tv watching by little children and later development of ADD and hyperactivity in general. Just another reason to go ahead and further with my new tv restrictions. First I cut out tv on the weekends with Billy as the substitute. Now I'm working on weekdays. The rule is only Mondays and Wednesdays do PBS or movies from the library come on. This one's a lot harder and requires more fun ideas from mom of things to do. The good weather is helping a lot to wean us all away and so far we've done more finger painting, playground playing, bike riding, reading, pretending, cooking, and duckling and chickie watching than a few weeks ago. Our camping trip was another thing I hoped would take us in a different direction. I get so bored at home, it was great for us all to do something really different.
Posted by Bahiyyih at April 9, 2004 03:28 PMWhew, tv weaning is hard stuff! It's so easy to get sucked in and follow someone else's imagination. I remember my childhood limits - one half hour each day. I'm glad my mom implemented it because I sure could have sit there for HOURS...in fact sometimes I still wish I had someone monitoring my tv watching habits :)Way to implement, Bahiyyih!
Posted by: liza at April 9, 2004 04:13 PM