Familiarity does breed contempt...
I have a friend who allows her children to watch TV ALL the time. All the time. They have a movie going 24/7 (slight exaggeration). The result? They never pay attention to it. They may glance over and say, "Lion King, we've seen that a billion times." So, she is constantly buying or renting NEW movies thye haven't seen and even then, watching is not guaranteed. On the other hand, I hoard TV time like crazy. It is limited to about 2 hours a day(most days anyway-we have some lazy TV days too) and that is not all at once. Sometimes there is no TV time. Movies are rare, very rare. The result, even a documentary is reason to get excited. They are captivated with pillow and blanket any time the screen comes on. Hypnotic. Glued. If we ever take the DVD player on a trip, silence from the back row. TV is a very useful tool if not overused.
2 comments:
very wise. we did the same with electronic toys. they are/were only allowed on long car trips, thus insuring their complete and total fascination every time we said "Road Trip!"
We're the same way. We don't even have a TV (nothing holier than thou,just our preference) We just watch dvds on the computer occasionally. Mine do like yours-- silence when they get to indulge!
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