Posted in Challenges, Miscellaneous on May 22nd, 2011
Screen Shutoff Day is not a new concept, but it’s one I’m going to be embracing starting the week of May 29. Initially, I wanted to take away the TV for the entire summer break and severely limit other screen time, such as computers, Leapsters and phones. Then I realized that to ban the kids [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on May 7th, 2010
I’ve talked before about how closely I monitor my kids’ media influences. I think it’s extremely important to know what’s going into their impressionable little brains. Kids should be kids, not miniature adults. There is plenty of time left for that. You know, most of their lives. The monitoring and filtering is annoying, but there’s [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Sep 16th, 2009
The following took place after school today: “Did you watch ‘The Fairly OddParents’ when you were a kid?” Cody asked. “No, that show wasn’t invented when I was a kid,” I said. “So, what DID you watch?” he asked, clearly awestruck by the fact that this particular cartoon wasn’t on when I was young. “‘Scooby-Doo,’ [...]
Posted in Reflections on Nov 21st, 2008
Once upon a time, our TV only received three channels, the most watched of which was the blissfully commercial-free PBS. Since I don’t watch much TV myself, not having 100 different channels to pick from was just fine with me. Even better, my daughters had no clue who SpongeBob or other non-PBS-related characters were, and [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Apr 16th, 2008
I wrote the following for my local newspaper’s editorial column in 2005, but it’s one of my favorites, so I thought I’d go ahead and post it here (it’s on my website too). Wish I could still say I’m 30! Ahhh . . . Remember the good old days? The days when families [...]
