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One thing that has worked really well in our lives is to not have the TV in the main living space. Our kitchen/living room are all open and there is no TV ther
by mrlala 7y ago
One thing that has worked really well in our lives is to not have the TV in the main living space. Our kitchen/living room are all open and there is no TV there.
To watch TV, we have a theater room. So it's an intentional act to go in and watch something, we don't just leave stuff on in the background.
Obviously being able to segregate this isn't possible for a lot of people's living spaces.. but it is really nice making it an intentional act. It's like my kids and their computers- we have a room for that. They don't have tablets. If they are going to play electronics, ok go there sit down and do it. But once you are somewhere else like the living room that is for reading/talking etc, not for sitting on a tablet.
- misterprime 7y agoThat sounds pretty healthy. Can you share how often the living room gets used for reading and talking? In most homes I see, these spaces go unused in favor of the TV room. I was raised in a "single tv" household and I think it helped that we all had to compromise on what we wanted to watch. This was before laptops were common, so screens are much more ubiquitous now. However, during the 90s it was common for each bedroom to have its own TV.
- mrlala 7y agoLiving room gets used every day. It's not tucked away, it's in the center of the house with the kitchen, so that I like as well. It really is interesting how the layout of a home can really determine how you function in your life day to day!