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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 411006" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>I think it's just like anything else.</p><p> </p><p>Personally, I don't watch much TV. I can't just sit and stare. This is also one of the reasons I don't really like going to the movies, because sitting still for 2 hours is torture to me.</p><p> </p><p>I like the computer, because I can type, and have 15 windows open at a time, and listen to music or talk on the phone too, and type. I still can't sit still for long.</p><p> </p><p>But... They said back in the 80s that Ozzy Osbourne was to blame for some kid's suicide, and Dungeons & Dragons, and KISS, and the video game Gauntlet was the reason some kid took an antique sword to some of his friends' heads...</p><p> </p><p>I still like 80s Ozzy, I would love to play D&D again, I like KISS, Gauntlet was a rockin' game. I wasted so many quarters at the pizza parlor... And you know what? I never cut off anyone's head, or popped pills or committed suicide. I even played a live-action version of D&D.</p><p> </p><p>Fact is - if the child is susceptible for whatever reason(s), it could be watching the grass grow. (I mean honestly, I've gotten cuts from grass, so it's <em>dangerous</em>!) We plays cops & robbers and cowboys & indians, but everyone always got up afterward and had a snack together.</p><p> </p><p>NOW, having said all that - there is so much inappropriate garbage on TV anymore... Have you heard George Carlin's words you can't say on TV? That used to be terrible - saying the F word, the S word, etc. Now? That seems so tame. You see... 2 spoiled kids living in a hotel suite, doing whatever they want. The Olsen twins. Miley and Lilo and Britney. Teen moms glamorized. Even the news has so much violence. There's a reason I don't watch the tube much... And you know what? Kids - especially very young ones - DO imitate what they see. A lot of people (not just kids) get "glued" to the screen. in my opinion - 2 DVDs is perfect. That's about 3 hours, give or take.</p><p> </p><p>PLAY - is what a lot of kids need. Even (especially?) special-needs kids.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 411006, member: 6705"] I think it's just like anything else. Personally, I don't watch much TV. I can't just sit and stare. This is also one of the reasons I don't really like going to the movies, because sitting still for 2 hours is torture to me. I like the computer, because I can type, and have 15 windows open at a time, and listen to music or talk on the phone too, and type. I still can't sit still for long. But... They said back in the 80s that Ozzy Osbourne was to blame for some kid's suicide, and Dungeons & Dragons, and KISS, and the video game Gauntlet was the reason some kid took an antique sword to some of his friends' heads... I still like 80s Ozzy, I would love to play D&D again, I like KISS, Gauntlet was a rockin' game. I wasted so many quarters at the pizza parlor... And you know what? I never cut off anyone's head, or popped pills or committed suicide. I even played a live-action version of D&D. Fact is - if the child is susceptible for whatever reason(s), it could be watching the grass grow. (I mean honestly, I've gotten cuts from grass, so it's [I]dangerous[/I]!) We plays cops & robbers and cowboys & indians, but everyone always got up afterward and had a snack together. NOW, having said all that - there is so much inappropriate garbage on TV anymore... Have you heard George Carlin's words you can't say on TV? That used to be terrible - saying the F word, the S word, etc. Now? That seems so tame. You see... 2 spoiled kids living in a hotel suite, doing whatever they want. The Olsen twins. Miley and Lilo and Britney. Teen moms glamorized. Even the news has so much violence. There's a reason I don't watch the tube much... And you know what? Kids - especially very young ones - DO imitate what they see. A lot of people (not just kids) get "glued" to the screen. in my opinion - 2 DVDs is perfect. That's about 3 hours, give or take. PLAY - is what a lot of kids need. Even (especially?) special-needs kids. [/QUOTE]
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