Thitifini wrote:Hey guys,
Been thinking...if a family removed the TV from the sitting room, how would life be? Say you tuck the thing to a far away 'tv room' away from the main room (for occassional news).
I find it so disruptive to family bonding....
Your ideas.....(don't tell me to experiment now as I'm yet to move to a house with such many rooms)..
Can I presume your kids are in their preteens? When they reach teen age, they will always be in the tv room. They will prefer to be in the tv room, and it will be fights to get them to join the rest of the family.
But it doesn't necessary have to be the case, just saying it could be a byproduct of this particular cause of action. If the tv is in the main room you can always order it to be off during certain hours, and you are there to enforce it.
One of the reasons I am against this is because it puts the tv on a pedestal, something that is unusual and to be indulged rarely,.squared off in another area..it will achieve the notoriety of stealing the car, or sneaking off to go dancing in the night. I think it should remain accessible, in a common place, but controlled and with rules, just like any other distractions in life...
To deviate a little bit ...one of the things I tell myself is I will teach boys about alcohol. That's right, at age 18, after high school, it will be down to the pub, buying his very first (hopefully) beer. And with the beer will come a lesson (or lessons) on how a man should handle beer. My personal opinion is that it is vital to do this, and kids should learn from their parents, and not the internet or media. They will make better decisions if you have laid some foundation