“We do allow them to watch DVDs, giving us control over content and quantity.”
I’m thinking this might be our road too...
Kill the television, keep the shows
http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2005/10/kill_the_televi.html
Very good article on benefits of scheduling a time to watch DVDs or downloads in a separate room vs. having TV on all the time (esp. news)
As Steve Jobs says, “You watch television to turn your brain off and you work on your computer when you want to turn your brain on.”
Association of Television Viewing During Childhood With Poor Educational Achievement, July 2005, Hancox et al. 159 (7): 614
http://www.commercialalert.org/tvhancoxmilne.pdf
Actual report in pediatrics journal