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Watching television is not free time that can be switched out for other activities. Much of the television watching happens after the kids have gone to sleep a
by ipaddr 5y ago
Watching television is not free time that can be switched out for other activities. Much of the television watching happens after the kids have gone to sleep as a wind down activity. Also popular is tv before work in the background on a morning show or tv in the background while cooking or cleaning.
Trying to teach your kids how to read or reading them a story cannot happen when much of the tv is consumed.
- nverno 5y ago4 hours/day of TV watching is crazy and I think this is a very generous portrayal of that time. It is certainly /possible/ for parents to adjust their schedules to spend an hour reading to kids at night (top priority imo). Treating TV as an essential activity is a new one I find quite depressing. Parents using TV as a crutch to entertain kids is really common, and I'm eternally grateful I grew up in a home without TV. However, that was pre-modern streaming, ipads for kids, etc.