very enlightening posts Bcool, thank you for that.
I was a stay at home mom, always available for the children, life was good for all of us. My daughters
are working moms, life is good for them, and their children are growing up well, are happy, smart
and do know how to be very independent at a younger age than mine did, both lives are just fine,
it's how the parents organize those lives, and how much they love their children, and show it.
I was a very independent child too, and my mom was home all the time, but she did not
have a car, I took the bus everywhere at a very young age, and learned to get myself
around the city on my own, now days we all have cars, and don't want to let our kids
get too far out of our sight, we want them safe, we are concerned about 'what' or 'who' is out there, so we protect them more, when I was a kid, we didn't have any
choice, we did what we had to.
I knew many parents who were poor stay at home moms, did nothing, sat around with
neighbours, drinking coffee and smoking, didn't know half the time what their kids
were doing, and wasted most of their day.
If I had to do it over again, I wouldn't change a thing, I loved staying home, worked hard, had a
garden, good home cooking, and well organized, and kids did many extra curcular activities.
My youngest daughter does not have a TV in the house, but they do have all of the electronic gadgets.
I don't believe in 'the no TV' thing. her son loves NHL hockey, as we do, and has to watch it on his
computer, or go somewhere else, sometimes at our house. Not having a TV just lets parents off the
hook, as they don't have to organize what is watched or not.
I think parents are afraid to take charge of the TV, and just give in to allowing it to be their
babysitter, it's not the fault of the tv, as the children miss out on many many very valuable programs
on tv, which would enrich their lives and help them learn about the world. Those who view the tv
as a waste of time, obviously haven't looked into the positive side of the tube, and only seem to
know about all the junk. 'just don't watch the junk', it's so easy.
I was a stay at home mom, always available for the children, life was good for all of us. My daughters
are working moms, life is good for them, and their children are growing up well, are happy, smart
and do know how to be very independent at a younger age than mine did, both lives are just fine,
it's how the parents organize those lives, and how much they love their children, and show it.
I was a very independent child too, and my mom was home all the time, but she did not
have a car, I took the bus everywhere at a very young age, and learned to get myself
around the city on my own, now days we all have cars, and don't want to let our kids
get too far out of our sight, we want them safe, we are concerned about 'what' or 'who' is out there, so we protect them more, when I was a kid, we didn't have any
choice, we did what we had to.
I knew many parents who were poor stay at home moms, did nothing, sat around with
neighbours, drinking coffee and smoking, didn't know half the time what their kids
were doing, and wasted most of their day.
If I had to do it over again, I wouldn't change a thing, I loved staying home, worked hard, had a
garden, good home cooking, and well organized, and kids did many extra curcular activities.
My youngest daughter does not have a TV in the house, but they do have all of the electronic gadgets.
I don't believe in 'the no TV' thing. her son loves NHL hockey, as we do, and has to watch it on his
computer, or go somewhere else, sometimes at our house. Not having a TV just lets parents off the
hook, as they don't have to organize what is watched or not.
I think parents are afraid to take charge of the TV, and just give in to allowing it to be their
babysitter, it's not the fault of the tv, as the children miss out on many many very valuable programs
on tv, which would enrich their lives and help them learn about the world. Those who view the tv
as a waste of time, obviously haven't looked into the positive side of the tube, and only seem to
know about all the junk. 'just don't watch the junk', it's so easy.
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