Kelli Traaseth

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From: Heidi

**It just seemed to me that this guy COULDN'T get enough time
before the screen, and!!! that he was pulled into it entirely: his
whole psyche involved and nothing could pull him away.**


I know that you, Heidi, probably know this and aren't worrying about it, but I thought I'd say something about it for others who might be still worrying about it.

I think we also have to keep in mind that there are so many other factors that could be at work with this guy. For example:

--He was probably in school everyday. So right there is a different scenerio from any of our families.

--What was his environment like at home, was there anything stimulating and interesting to do? Did his parents do things with him? I knew lots of families that TV was the kids only option because the parents didn't want to do anything with them.

--Maybe he had comments to him all the time like, "oh he's a magnet to the screen, he just sits in front of the TV allll the time" that would create a negative feeling within him. Why would he leave the TV?

--What if he was really into TV and became a writer, or producer or actor.....the list goes on.


Just some thoughts that I wanted to throw out there.


A couple years ago I would have had the same "screen" issues as alot of others. Now I really see all those "screens" as resources. As far as computer use-- there are many in my family that were drawn to screens. They now work with computers, one of my brothers is a computer programmer for the State of Minnesota and one is an engineer, who invents computer programs for GE. Not bad, huh? So, no worries! :))

Kelli~ sitting at her screen right now



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