After writing the last blog, I began surfing. I ran across another blog Paul is Dead at modesty.blogspot.com, talking about the time we spent and how we spend it. After doing some research, I learned that Americans spend 3-4 hours watching TV. The research went on to say that even though TV provides great entertainment and is an easy babysitter, children are likely to have lower grades, read fewer books, exercise less and be overweight. With technology increasing, I can only imagine that these statistics have only grown. TVs are installed in nearly every room in every household; kitchens, bathrooms, showers, even cars. Making TV more accessible than ever before.
Instead of bashing TV like its the root of all evil, let me encourage parents who are having a difficulties controlling their kids with the remote in their hand.
-Parents, take charge. Make rules that can be measurable (i.e. the number of TV programs or the number of hours that can be watched.)
-Select deligated times that are used for watching TV (i.e. weekends only, only after dinner)
-Involve yourself in watching TV with your children... you may not be able to watch your favorite ball game, but at least you will know what your children are being influenced by.
-If you are up for a challenge, once a week have a night that is designed to watch a movie (not a TV show but a movie)... sit down without commercials, laugh and talk throughout the movie. Make it mandatory for teens.
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