Reason #1: T.V. is like a Twinkie. It is fun while you’re eating/watching it, but afterwards you feel like blah…. you know, that “why did I eat that, I feel so sick” feeling. Have you ever experienced this? After watching a show, or shows, you have this flat, drained feeling that lingers for awhile. TV sucks your creative energy right out of you and leaves you with the Twinkie feeling. So don’t eat the Twinkie… turn off the T.V.
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Reason #2: T.V. steals REAL quality moments. I don’t know about you, but there are very few times I can say I’ve felt more bonded with someone after watching a show with them. If you really want to connect with someone, especially your children or spouse, turn off the T.V.
Reason #3: T.V. is addicting. The more you watch, the more you want to watch more. It gets hard to turn off, and believe me, 4 am and three seasons of Smallville later, not only have you officially gotten to know the addicting side of T.V., but you feel like a zombie the next day. (Yes, I know this from experience.) So, wake up and be alive… turn off the T.V.
SO WHAT TO DO?
I’m going to do an experiment. I have decided to go on a three-day TV fast to see how my life is impacted. That means I’m unplugging the TV for three days.That’s right, no TV, no movies, no shows, zippo, zilch, for 72 hours. Can I do it?… absolutely! Anyone else want to do this with me? Are you up for the challenge? Three days. See how your life changes… I’m excited to see how mine does.
Morning of day one… my two year old has had two melt-downs already… but not to worry… we made a tent and read some books instead and he’s happy once more
Good for you. You are a good mommy!
I am in. Although, its supposed to rain on Thursday and as much as I don’t love Dora, I may miss her then. We shall see. I will let you know how it goes. Now….I am going to go and tell the boys what I just agreed to.
Good luck… tell me how it goes!
We have a very SMALL TV diet. I limit the children tremendously on how much they get each day. After we moved to Cali they got in the habit of watching in the morning and THAT was so hard to break….but my son was getting up earlier and earlier each morning to watch so I knew I had to turn it off. Not to mention, mornings are the most cheerful, productive parts of our day and it was being wasted on the TV, albeit PBSkids, but TV nonetheless. So we’re back to our regular routine of only watching it in the afternoon for 1/2-1 hour. So much better.
I know… my son loves his morning breakfast and cartoon time… but you are so right, if we don’t turn the tv on in the morning, we get so much more done and it starts the day out better. I think that’s awesome what you do!
I hear where you’re coming from! Over the break I watched WAY too many episodes, and now that school has started back up I’m limiting myself to one a week. It was hard at first, but it’s amazing how much I get done. Except when I’m reading things on Facebook….
Very true… I should look into doing a technology-free day. I’d probably accomplish days worth of things in 1 day alone!
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