02 May Some Kind of Family
One day last week (don’t ask me which day because it’s all a blur) I was desperately trying to distract Iris in attempts to ward-off an inevitable tantrum, so I kindly asked her if she wanted to watch Cinderella II when we got home. Before she could answer, my oldest daughter interjects, “Mom, she shouldn’t be watching a video today, don’t you know it’s Turn Off Your TV Week?”. Of course I knew because anti-TV posters were plastered all over the doctor’s office walls and you know how many times we were there last week. My swift and steadfast reply, “Well, Julia, we aren’t a Turn Off Your TV kind of family.”
And if that’s not something to be proud of, I don’t know what is.
Motherhooduncensored
Posted at 12:49h, 02 MayEither are we *she says with tv blaring in the background* How else would be blog all week? 🙂
Undercover Angel
Posted at 13:47h, 02 MayI don’t do the TV turnoff either! When teachers pressure my children to participate, I tell them to tell their teachers that if they are willing to live here for a week with four kids and no TV, video game, or computer, then I will be willing to participate!
So far no teachers have ever bitten on that one…
owlhaven
Posted at 17:39h, 02 May“…we aren’t a Turn Off Your TV kind of family.”
hehe. guess we aren’t either.
Mary, mom to many
misha
Posted at 17:55h, 02 MayHow’s this…My husband decided to turn off the tv for himself this week (and maybe longer, he said, because he feels “media saturated”…media saturated?! thank God for media saturation is what I say!)… but the kids and I didn’t…what’s up with that?!
Ditto on M.U. – how else would I get anything done?
PeetsMom
Posted at 18:32h, 02 MayThat was good – I laughed out loud! I could just HEAR the tone in your voice when you said it too! I stayed up til midnight last night watching The REAL Housewives of Orange County – what a hoot!
Mel
Posted at 18:54h, 02 MayThat’s awesome. Next time one of the girls tries to get all high-and-mighty about the teevee with me, I’m using that. Heh.
sweatpantsmom
Posted at 08:26h, 03 MayI had no idea it was Turn Off Your TV Week. We aren’t that kind of family either.
We’re more a Can We Get More Channels On This Thing Cause 300 Really Ain’t Enough kind of family.
Claddyjack
Posted at 20:16h, 03 MayI love not having a TV! But I love me my netflix. If I had kids I’d probably let them watch kid movies way too much but to me, TV sucks.
Noelle
Posted at 22:12h, 03 MayHa! I love it.
So far, we have managed to live without the programming (our TV currently thinks it’s in France, and therefore doesn’t recognize local channels), but I can’t imagine what my husband would do without his video games…
Suebob
Posted at 05:03h, 11 MayI got rid of my TV. Don’t miss it. But then again, I don’t have kids, either.
tracey
Posted at 05:27h, 11 MayYeah, well, we’re keeping our TV and with that I’ll say, “All hail Little Bear and Big Love.”
Jessica New
Posted at 21:15h, 16 MayPlayStation2 is our babysitter!! Is that something I shouldn’t openly admit, for all of the world to read??