Misty Felner

Kim wrote:
Do any other families here just not have a t.v.? We don't have any and I
must say it's been liberating and more peaceful. We talk more and have more
sex(hey, that's what people used to do,lol.) And the kids,well they just
live. It's not an issue here so I'm not controlling it or censoring it. But
just my two cents, there's alot of freedom in not having one. And I really
feel it opens the doors to living even more fully....

I've heard this often about getting rid of a t.v., and my dh, a technology
junky always wants the bigger and better one. Even though he complains he
doesn't get enough sex and I've told him it's b/c of the t.v. A close
friend of mine, one of the ones who helped get me into homeschooling doesn't
believe in letting her child (2.5) watch t.v. Someone in her family has a
6 yo that has never watched it, and that's kind of her goal. It's something
I've struggled with. If I'd never shown my dd she wouldn't ask for it.
Fortunately I feel we've reached a happy medium over her t.v. watching.

Misty

lydia c.

On 4/16/06, Misty Felner <misty@...> wrote:
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> Kim wrote:
> Do any other families here just not have a t.v.? We don't have any and I
> must say it's been liberating and more peaceful.
>

We have one but it's on an antenia so we don't get much. DD does watch tv at
MIL and we watch a lot of videos. With 3 computers we all spend a lot of
time on line. DD's computer is in the living room/dining room which is where
mine is. So we do spend a lot of time talking and learning.

Lydia
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Pampered Chef Michelle

On 4/16/06, Misty Felner <misty@...> wrote:
>
> Kim wrote:
> Do any other families here just not have a t.v.? We don't have any and I
> must say it's been liberating and more peaceful. We talk more and have
> more
> sex(hey, that's what people used to do,lol.) And the kids,well they just
> live. It's not an issue here so I'm not controlling it or censoring it.
> But
> just my two cents, there's alot of freedom in not having one. And I really
> feel it opens the doors to living even more fully....


We used to not have one. Well, we had one, but we didn't have cable and the
antenna picked up nothing! We didn't have tv for a year and it was nice,
but I wouldnt' say it was more or less liberating than having one. We enjoy
tv, but we don't feel tied to it (and especially since we have gotten DVR!)
We actually have 3 televisions, 2 DVD players, and a Play Station. They are
just things to do. We don't look at it as good or bad. The kids have been
known to watch anything from cartoons to documentaries and movies that their
schooled peers would never consider. It provides a resource for imagination
play and in helping set goals and interests. I see it as no worse or better
than the computer, books, or going outside and playing. None of us watches
what would be construed as A LOT of tv. And I've often walked through the
living room to find the tv on and no one watching it even though they might
be in the room.





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Joyce Fetteroll

On Apr 16, 2006, at 12:23 PM, Misty Felner wrote:

> Do any other families here just not have a t.v.?

Do any other families here just not have books?

> We don't have any and I
> must say it's been liberating and more peaceful.

We don't have any [books] and I must say it's been more liberating.
(Though probably not more peaceful ;-)

> Fortunately I feel we've reached a happy medium over her t.v.
> watching.

Fortunately I feel we've reached a happy medium over her book reading.

> If I'd never shown my dd she wouldn't ask for it.

If I'd never shown my daughter how to read books (or write her
stories down or how to cook or how to sew) she wouldn't ask for it.

TV is not a demon. It's just another medium. It's another window to
the world, more akin, in fact, to the internet and the library than
to a book.

Some unschoolers don't live near a good library. Some don't live near
a park. Some can't afford cable/satellite and don't have reception.
Some will never see Paris. Kids do grow up fine without access to
everything. But if we as a family *decide* that our children should
not have access to TV (or a library or the internet or trips to the
park) because we don't like it, we're deliberately limiting them when
we, as unschoolers, should be expanding their worlds.

Joyce

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Melissa

We have three tv's, and a DVD player that runs constantly. One tv not
so much because there is almost no screen left, but Josh has it in
his room and will use it to play video games when he wants the girls
to be able to watch movies without stress. he's figuring out ways to
buy his own TV because he doesn't want to ask us to buy one for him.
There's a tv in my room that the kids flip thru for noncartoon shows
that they can lounge in bed to watch, and then the tv in our game
room that has cartoons or pbs running thru the day (or video games,
we have an xbox, snes, n64 and gamecube hooked up to it besides the
VCR and DVD player). The portable DVD player usually has Breanna's
current favorite, usually Nemo, Ice Age, or Lilo and Stitch.
That doesn't mention the four computers that they have access too,
two of which will play DVD's, and usually Josh will get on and watch
Mario TV.
I dunno, they enjoy it, they learn a lot from it, and I enjoy
spending time with them doing it.
Melissa
Mom to Josh (11), Breanna (8), Emily (7), Rachel (6), Sam (4), Dan
(2), and Avari Rose

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> In a message dated 4/16/2006 3:14:42 P.M. US Eastern Standard Time,
> fetteroll@... writes:
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> > Do any other families here just not have a t.v.?
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