Joseph Fuerst

Just to note...no one was addressing me with these questions, it was I who
posed them.
> >Susan,
> >I'm wondering...if you think TV watching is dangerous to children...do
you
> >mean 'all TV viewing'? ALL children? all ages?
>
> Children model. And they also pursue life as passionately (or
> dispassionately) as their parents.
>
> We were in Canada for 3 weeks and he watched it for a total of 3 hours.
> He had children to play with, a fun house to visit - roasting
> marshmellows on the wood stove, snowball fights with crayola modeling
> clay, kids are allowed to take apart the couches and cushions for forts
> as long as they get put back etc. (get the pix?) And three other children
> of various ages around.
>
> IF you can take all of them and say the kid has options, the house is
> light, there are children around THEN let him watch TV. He's choosing it
> as a qualified choice. Not as an escape option.
>
> Warm regards,
> kolleen
>
kolleen, I love how you *demonstrate* what I was trying to explain! that
mirrors my own experience. When I find myself frustrated about the kidlets
seeming to spend mindless hours in front of the TV, I find that the lack of
other opportunities a major factor. My oldest is brginning to understand
that she sometimes turns it on from a can't-think -of anything-else-to-do
rather than an I'd-really-like-to-watch-something-on-TV viewpoint.
that's, to me, where unschooling is quite challenging at times from
the adult perspective. My own creative energy ebbs and flows.....when I am
stronger, more energetic, and creative...we all see more choices in what
we want to do, how well we interact, etc.
thanks for sharing youe experience, Kolleen!
Susan