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My baby loves TV!
http://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/39441387.aspx
There are also a few people chiming in that mentioned their babies watch TV "all the time." No sh!t they love it. They'll stare at it for hours every day and get a raging case of ADD if you let them. They'll probably love sugar, too, so feed it to them for every meal. And yes, I do get sometimes the baby will look at the TV. But you should at least try to help them avoid it, not, "Look the baby loooooves South Park! More South Park for baby!"
"As of page 2 this might be the most boring argument ever. It's making me long for Rape Day." - Mouse
Re: My baby loves TV!
For less then ten cents a day, you can feed a hungry child.
"That chick wins at Penises, for sure." -- Fenton
It really is like some parents don't get that you, the parent, is responsible for what the kid does. They are not some alien who appeared in your life who does mysterious things you have no control over (until they're teens at least).
We have friends whose toddler is constantly and uncomfortably constipated. They say it's because she doesn't eat anything but cheese. So stop giving her cheese!
"The meek shall inherit the earth" isn't about children. It's about deer. We're all going to get messed the fuckup by a bunch of cloned super-deer.- samfish2bcrab
Sometimes I wonder if scientists have never seen a sci-fi movie before. "Oh yes, let's create a super species of deer. NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG." I wonder if State Farm offers a Zombie Deer Attack policy. -CaliopeSpidrman
I'm pretty sure I watched tv from day one. I'm pretty sure my kid will too, at least to the extent that the tv is always on in my house.
ETA: I'm highly doubtful that tv causes ADD, but I'm also doubtful that most of the kids diagnosed with ADD have any problem but lack of discipline.
This. This. This. This.
I'm an admitted TV junkie. While that may not be awesome, I don't think it has created any negative impact in my life. I certainly don't have ADD...oh, a squirrel...wait, what was I talking about...
Andy has one show that he likes to watch, but even that doesn't hold his interest very long. I'm not worried about creating some sort of hybrid zombie/hyper kid that these "studies" seem to suggest develop out of the presence of TV in kids' lives.
Amen. And even if these kids DO have ADD, 20 years ago they wouldn't have had meds and would have dealt with it, through discipline and parents actually parenting. I feel like the number of kids running amok with the parents' excuse of "Oh, they have ADHD! What can I do?" is ridiculously out of hand. Of course, this is coming from my pre-pregnancy, "when I have kids they will not behave like that" judginess.
On the other hand, as a teacher, I have had some students with such severe ADHD that if they do not take their medicine, you cannot deal with them at all. On their meds versus off their meds is like night and day. But those are few and far between.
And those legitimate cases cannot be taken seriously by the general public because so many brats whose parents just couldn't say no have made the condition an instant eye roll in the eyes of many.
And let me tell you, I deal with those brats when they are 12-13 years old. Not good, NOT GOOD AT ALL.
OK. That's cool. You let your kids watch TV, just don't be sad when my kid whoops your kids' asses in the spelling bee and the math olympics.
"As of page 2 this might be the most boring argument ever. It's making me long for Rape Day." - Mouse
Oh Fenton, my kid already has an uphill battle with the fact that he is cursed with my smrts.
A little bit of TV isn't going to make that much of an impact. If he even gets admitted into spelling bees and math olympics, I'll just assume that it is the same sort of genetic anomaly as depicted by Little Man Tate.
I think this is bogus. We were a 'TV always on' family too and I was a complete nerd growing up.
Also, Connor has a TV in his room. Judge away. He's still a super active, healthy, and well adjusted kid.
OMG I love this sig pic. He looks badass.
That's pretty much how TV watching goes at our house too.
And thanks TSD! I can't wait to see the rest of the pictures from that set.