tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758923382182845981.post8911062068925807522..comments2024-01-19T08:43:42.365+00:00Comments on Contemplating Change: The television is backwillowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05818659940895641160noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758923382182845981.post-69595734091795267492008-10-14T00:03:00.000+01:002008-10-14T00:03:00.000+01:00Hey, just think, atleast you only have one TV righ...Hey, just think, atleast you only have one TV right? And it's in an area where you can always see what everone is watching.<BR/><BR/>My husband watches it constantly, more so for (thank goodness) educational stuff like PBS, History Channel, Discovery, etc. but I told him before we got married that there was only one rule- there will never ever be TV in the bedroom. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758923382182845981.post-35504915827736306872008-10-13T16:50:00.000+01:002008-10-13T16:50:00.000+01:00I'm with you on the keeping it away, but I think i...I'm with you on the keeping it away, but I think it's terrific that your family was willing to go without for a month! And, maybe they will be willing to do it again sometime.Heather L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09892693393383714339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758923382182845981.post-1712330655531818542008-10-13T13:56:00.000+01:002008-10-13T13:56:00.000+01:00What a great thing to try!I bet you could persuade...What a great thing to try!<BR/><BR/>I bet you could persuade the family to do a couple of television free months a year.<BR/><BR/>I don't watch much television, but hte things I do watch I would find very hard to give up (Ugly Betty and Strictly Come Dancing basically!)<BR/><BR/>I know a couple who agreed not to have a tele for the first year of their married life, and eleven years on they still haven't got one.The List Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06294796749818923293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758923382182845981.post-23367512498345438372008-10-12T21:15:00.000+01:002008-10-12T21:15:00.000+01:00Hi Willow,i think that it sounds like a really int...Hi Willow,<BR/>i think that it sounds like a really interesting family experiment. Since we have had the cats the tv is on less as the girls enjoy playing with them instead of switching on. I could so go without a telly but on occasions it is nice to enjoy a programme all together.. now i couldn't go without a computer but then again maybe i could... all these things are distractions and unless used in moderation can potentially affect our relationships and eat away at time which could be better spent actually doing things.. i think how your meal times and the sharing of chores became is very telling....<BR/>i do hope you can persuade them to try another month.<BR/>with love ginny xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com