by Essitam
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As a teenager I knew everything....I'm still trying to figure out when I forgot it all.
I quite agree. Jas has been learning stuff about the victorians at school, and she thought it would be \"really boring\" to live without telly, so off it went.
I agree too. I\'m really trying to keep as little hobbies associated with technology of many kinds these days!
oh and not to mention that I\'ve done the passive aggressive notes on the telly too! I was rather philosophic though because I had to convince a house of 12 people not to turn the tube on:)
Love what you are trying to do here.
Did much the same myself when mine was smaller.
TV was limited to an hour a night in her room before bedtime.
She has grown up loving an outdoor life.
Does this count as tough love? :)
I think it was easier for me, my children were not of the \'computer games\' generation at an early age ..... they loved meccano and lego (both girls and boys) .... children do like \'hands on stuff\' and they love to achieve, give them something \'concrete\' that they have made and they will be just as happy (and sometimes more so) than anything that they achieve \'on screen\' ....
.... and I reckon the best thing \'the blonde kid\' has going for him is yours and James\'s and his dad\'s continual love and support :).... a lucky lad indeed :)
So very tricky. We ration computer play time to half an hour a day and television for about the same time. They can slob weekend mornings but have to amuse themselves after 9.30. Computer is only used if homework is done.
My concern wasn\'t so much television but able to be left to their own devices ... to fiddle with lego, draw, build, play with a cardboard box, collect bugs under their own steam. This has meant that I\'ve had to stand back and let them find their own way through the day.
I\'m moved to a new place and only have a tiny tv that isnt very good so have felt disinclined to sit watching it all day - have found loads of other things to do instead - so am thinking of scrapping my plans to waste money on some super large mega plasma hd screen and sticking to a pencil and paper instead. :)