Judie C. Rall

> Just as a matter of interest.
> Do you limit TV?
> Do you limit anything?

Thought I'd just chime in on this discussion.

We do not limit anything, except access to pornography. Of
course, some people differ on what is pornography. Some people I
am aquainted with thought Titanic was pornography because of the
"breast" scene. I don't agree, I loved the movie.

My kids (10 and 16, both boys) watch as much tv as they want, as
much computer as they want, as much nintendo as they want.
However, as with anything, if you allow them unlimited access to it,
eventually they get REALLY tired of it and look for other things to
do. It's better if they learn on their own that it's really boring to do it
all the time. That way, I am not constantly forcing them to do
something else. They choose on their own to do something else.
My ten year old loves nintendo, but he also loves creative projects.
All I have to do is sit down at the kitchen table and start a project,
and he's right there wanting to help me. He also loves to play
outside in the summer. Also, we talk about every program they
watch, so they get a lot of values teaching from everything they
watch.

My kids don't have a lot of restrictions on what they can do....as
long as they clean up their own mess, and don't disturb or hurt
others, they can do what they want, go to bed when they want, get
up when they want, etc.

Oh, and as a member of the household they have to do chores. I
guess that is a limit.


Judie

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Tracy
Just as a matter of interest.
Do you limit TV?
Do you limit anything?

Marianne - who is genuinly (sp)interested.

Tracy Oldfield

Tracy
Just as a matter of interest.
Do you limit TV?
Do you limit anything?

Marianne - who is genuinly (sp)interested.

Only in the way of 'sharing' ie there's a program that
I want to watch and you've been watching all day, if
you want I can tape it but I'm going to watch now!!
Normally I wouldn't be so gng-ho but I really have run
out of tolerance since being pregnant, and it's good-
telly-season *grin*

I limit where they can make their mess, their room
looks like a bomb's dropped on it, they need help
keeping it tidy and I can't do that atm either, but I
object to having small hard things like army men (2
dd's and we have army men and cowboys and injuns, good
ol' Uncle...) on the bedroom floor! Going to be a big
culture shock when no3 arrives!! Unschooling in action
I suppose, learning from life and all that :-)

basically our only constraints are when something's
probably going to be gruesome (they are 5 and 4yo) I
tell them, and when i'm desperate for quiet, or when dh
needs the 'puter for working, or when it's 5 minutes
until teatime and they're asking for biscuits... I
would like it if they got dressed and played outside
more, but the garden's not hospitable and the neighbour
kids cliquey... Life isn't perfect but mostly it works
out.

Tracy

Johanna

great limits. Tou are helping your boys to be responsible for themselves
Johanna
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Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] placing limits



> Just as a matter of interest.
> Do you limit TV?
> Do you limit anything?

Thought I'd just chime in on this discussion.

We do not limit anything, except access to pornography.  Of
course, some people differ on what is pornography.  Some people I
am aquainted with thought Titanic was pornography because of the
"breast" scene.  I don't agree, I loved the movie. 

My kids (10 and 16, both boys) watch as much tv as they want, as
much computer as they want, as much nintendo as they want. 
However, as with anything, if you allow them unlimited access to it,
eventually they get REALLY tired of it and look for other things to
do.  It's better if they learn on their own that it's really boring to do it
all the time.  That way, I am not constantly forcing them to do
something else.  They choose on their own to do something else. 
My ten year old loves nintendo, but he also loves creative projects. 
All I have to do is sit down at the kitchen table and start a project,
and he's right there wanting to help me.  He also loves to play
outside in the summer.  Also, we talk about every program they
watch, so they get a lot of values teaching from everything they
watch.

My kids don't have a lot of restrictions on what they can do....as
long as they clean up their own mess, and don't disturb or hurt
others, they can do what they want, go to bed when they want, get
up when they want, etc. 

Oh, and as a member of the household they have to do chores.  I
guess that is a limit.


Judie


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In a message dated 3/28/01 2:29:36 PM Pacific Standard Time,
adonai@... writes:

<< My kids (10 and 16, both boys) watch as much tv as they want, as
much computer as they want, as much nintendo as they want.
However, as with anything, if you allow them unlimited access to it,
eventually they get REALLY tired of it and look for other things to
do. >>

I can attest to this. I am a full fledged TV addict and it is on most of the
time. My kids, contrary to dire predictions, will find ANYTHING to do other
than watch TV. It's not interesting to them, they are not fixated by it and
would rather be outside, drawing, etc. My daughter, 10, it always turning it
off in hopes I won't turn it on again.

My friends who are always coercing their kids to NOT watch have kids who are
hypnotized by the thing.

I'm not sure how I got the way I am. I have a hard time doing any ONE thing
at a time and I think it occupies enough of my "semi-conscious" mind to
enable me to concentrate on other things. I have the station set to
educational channels 99% of the time, Discovery, History Channel, TLC because
I can't stand most other programming. At least the kids are getting some
"learnin" out of the situation.

Kris

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Good luck with Katie. I married a man with a 12 yr old boy and I will say I
found it a bit rocky for awhile. You seem to have lots of inner strength and
empathy so I hope the rough spots won't be too discouraging. My
congratulations on an opportunity to make a difference in the life of another
young person.

Georganne, mom to three boys and I wish I had a daughter too!

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Tracy
Tracy oh Tracy, where for art thou Tracy?
I havent seen you for a while. I look forward to reading your
posts. Where are you??

Marianne

Tracy Oldfield

Tracy
Tracy oh Tracy, where for art thou Tracy?
I havent seen you for a while. I look forward to
reading your 
posts. Where are you??

Marianne


I'm here, but I haven't been reading for a couple of days and the
list goes bananas and I can't keep up! This is what happens when
I get a book from the library to take camping and end up reading it
straight away... and it was a looooong book... Well when I get
around to reading the 400+ messages I might ahev something to
say!! LOL

Tracy

Tracy Oldfield

Tracy

Glad you are still around!!

Marianne

And getting rounder...

Gonna take me yonks to catch up though :-( Tha's all
been so busy!!!

Tracy

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> 
> And getting rounder...
>
> Tracy

How *round* are you now?!

Marianne

Tracy Oldfield

How *round* are you now?!

Marianne


Well, visibly round, put it that way... if I had a dig
camera I'd show you...

Tracy