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<blockquote data-quote="Pam R" data-source="post: 23547" data-attributes="member: 108"><p>We've had no TV for 24 years now. But, we do have a "neutered" TV that serves as a monitor. It does not, and never has or will, get channels.</p><p></p><p>We have hundreds of educational videos and recently entered the 21st century and got a DVD player. :rofl:</p><p></p><p>So we have both video and DVD players. We also have a computer each. But no game cubes, PS2's, etc. Never have had, never will. There are very few games on the computers, just solitaire.</p><p></p><p>The reason we don't have a TV is we felt most of what was on did not promote good values. Also far too much sex and violence, even in "children's" programs.</p><p></p><p>It was also an effort to stem the tide of the advertising, another pervasive evil, in our mind.</p><p></p><p>I quickly found that DS would copy the violence he saw on a screen and so we were careful about what he watched. Just telling him that behaving like that was not acceptible and why had no effect. I now realize it was the severe EDD that kept him from understanding this, as it did in most other areas of his life.</p><p></p><p>We very recently acquired a collection of recreational videos when my sister converted all of her's to DVD to save room. But these were also screened.</p><p></p><p>If we heard about a good program on TV, we'd ask someone to tape it for us. But mostly we found our own things through libraries, tag sales, etc.</p><p></p><p>For us, we found TV addictive and we had lots better things we wanted to be doing with our lives. Like reading, being outside, using our imagination (something I noticed long ago many kids seem unable to access on their own) and being creative.</p><p></p><p>I've also learned that there are studies that show that kids who watched TV or spent a lot of time in front of a screen showed less development in parts of their brains. It seems some necessary pathways are not developed in some areas.</p><p></p><p>I've never regretted not having a TV. I never missed what I consider could have been a much less than positive influence in our lives.</p><p></p><p>Pam R.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pam R, post: 23547, member: 108"] We've had no TV for 24 years now. But, we do have a "neutered" TV that serves as a monitor. It does not, and never has or will, get channels. We have hundreds of educational videos and recently entered the 21st century and got a DVD player. [img]:rofl:[/img] So we have both video and DVD players. We also have a computer each. But no game cubes, PS2's, etc. Never have had, never will. There are very few games on the computers, just solitaire. The reason we don't have a TV is we felt most of what was on did not promote good values. Also far too much sex and violence, even in "children's" programs. It was also an effort to stem the tide of the advertising, another pervasive evil, in our mind. I quickly found that DS would copy the violence he saw on a screen and so we were careful about what he watched. Just telling him that behaving like that was not acceptible and why had no effect. I now realize it was the severe EDD that kept him from understanding this, as it did in most other areas of his life. We very recently acquired a collection of recreational videos when my sister converted all of her's to DVD to save room. But these were also screened. If we heard about a good program on TV, we'd ask someone to tape it for us. But mostly we found our own things through libraries, tag sales, etc. For us, we found TV addictive and we had lots better things we wanted to be doing with our lives. Like reading, being outside, using our imagination (something I noticed long ago many kids seem unable to access on their own) and being creative. I've also learned that there are studies that show that kids who watched TV or spent a lot of time in front of a screen showed less development in parts of their brains. It seems some necessary pathways are not developed in some areas. I've never regretted not having a TV. I never missed what I consider could have been a much less than positive influence in our lives. Pam R. [/QUOTE]
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