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Originally posted by gibingus
television as a babysitter, bad.
television as a teaching tool, good.
watch WITH your kid, talk about it, make it interactive. TV can be cool, it doesn't have turn your baby into a potato.
and, as in all things, moderation is the key to happiness.
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I'm 100% behind you on that one gibingus.
We monitor the channels that are being watched. We got to one point with Cartoon Network that we simply banned them from watching it. And the cool thing is they accepted it because of the reasons we gave for us not watching mind-numbingly viloent and stupid cartoons. Anyone seen Shin Chan? That little charmer is a big no-no in our house.
The good thing about cable TV is that you can get your kids interested in all sorts of 'real' stuff too. My kids are fascinated by any programme about animals and dinosaurs are legend in our household.
Just moderate it people.
