I’m not the kind of father who hurls a spear through any television he sees (how I imagine @HunterDrewTFA at home), I do let my kids watch carefully pre-screened movies and educational television shows. But there’s a careful method to it:
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1) They sit in our lap every time to normalize physical touch between family members and develop healthy bonds (this is the only time my son can sit still). 2) We talk the entire time, using the visual aide to teach. “Is he sad?” “Is she riding a horse?” “What color is that?”
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3) If the movie has an accompanying picture book (older Disney movies and shorts do), this is a bonus because it helps them learn to love reading and memorize the story faster. My son loves the cartoon Grinch and the book.
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I see a lot of parents talk about the evils of television, but it’s like anything else: You get out of it what you put into it. The honest danger is how easy it is to check out and consume media passively rather than engaging with it.
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Replying to @TheBrometheus
They were teenagers and we couldn't trust much of anything THEN. Now, the evil is pervasive!
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Modern television is utter trash with nearly zero exceptions.
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