I, like many out there didn't see much TV when I was young because I was helping annoy mum inside trashing the house ( washing floors with food ) or outside like in the garden pulling flowers ( weeding ) and always exploring all around ( getting lost or hide and seek ) or when older playing with my brothers or friends in the house or out doors but that doesn't stop me letting my kids watch TV or play computer games sometimes or alot. Also back then TV's pricing put them out of the have more than one per house hold. Now days too kids can nag parents into a purchase easier too. In my day respect was different ( Oh you have a sore head, it must have been because you didn't take NO very well ), yeh thanx Dad.

If parents minds are closed and developing the physical, mental and spiritual growth of their kids isn't important that's their call. Be happy with the concequences of your actions and their's. To control the programs the kids have to watch on any TV helps to restrict their capabilities and internal foundation of power, self worth, respect and restricts there image of the world only through their parents eyes. A TV in another room can be benefitial because the freedom to chose there own information source helps develop self esteem and between fight scenes or soapies if they are inquisitive may learn about the protozoa in the tasman sea or sewege treament works. The TV and computers for that matter are awesome tools for learning about the world outside our local environment. You get almost any subject you can think of on the TV during any week.

If parents are so stressed why, don't they look at their life and say what am I doing to cause this stress and also know that they shouldn't accept stress from others or pass it on and what about saying a positive change is required for me and my family to be richer in health, wealth ( or less debt ) or togetherness, yeh go out and do things.

I know I don't know anything ( in the big scheme of things ) so I try to use my positive experiences as a guide and spring board for my kids so they get access to other sources of learning other than just me. They only get restricted when it's physically dangerous and the guidance for the rest is based on cause and effect which is explained to them for most situations. Most of all they get a great big hug when ever I fell like it to show them that I love them for who they are now no matter if they have just been naughty or nice.

Kids are kids till they develop into something different. Let them be kids and experience life positively and do all sorts of things with you or ask why why why till you can't do or don't know the answers. Then you can be proud that they have hit your limitations and can chose not to be where you are and go on and rescue you or the world. They can get alot of that from TV.

Like the movie XXX says "thats all the education they GOT". It's not the TV, it's how to deal with information on it and that's where the guidance comes in so the kids can understand the positive or negatives. Maybe get better programming. Economics determines a shows viability so everyone has the chose to help keep a show on. You know " One blade of glass. "

Truly, Truth Love and Respect to you all.
H.