Submitted by tylermitchell on May 4, 2008 - 7:07am.
My wife and I were worried as well about the over stimulating effects of tv. For that reason we don't have it hooked up to cable or any other thing of the sort. My wife is a stay at home mom and she will put in Baby Einstein or similar when she needs to get things done (like showering, etc). Our son is now 3 and he still watches 30 minutes a day of 'tv'. I don't think tv is evil - just what we allow our children and ourselves to watch. We've noticed a different spirit in our home since we've cut down on the amount of time we spend watching movies and such.
We really want our children to enjoy reading so we spend a lot of time reading to them and they see us reading our own books a lot. Be the kind of person you want your child to be. It doesn't do any good to tell them what to do because they'll only do what we show them what to do, and that is done with our daily lives.
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My wife and I were worried as well about the over stimulating effects of tv. For that reason we don't have it hooked up to cable or any other thing of the sort. My wife is a stay at home mom and she will put in Baby Einstein or similar when she needs to get things done (like showering, etc). Our son is now 3 and he still watches 30 minutes a day of 'tv'. I don't think tv is evil - just what we allow our children and ourselves to watch. We've noticed a different spirit in our home since we've cut down on the amount of time we spend watching movies and such.
We really want our children to enjoy reading so we spend a lot of time reading to them and they see us reading our own books a lot. Be the kind of person you want your child to be. It doesn't do any good to tell them what to do because they'll only do what we show them what to do, and that is done with our daily lives.
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