What they don't want you to know about TV.

Simple to Remember ^ | Lawrence Kelemen

[gobucks]

"Children from upper socio-economic strata were even more negatively affected than those from the middle class or lower class."

Well, we now know why we see so many liberals on TV ... they grew up in front of them, and were doomed to end up being on them...

Seriously, certain things w/i this article are quite worthwhile to learn, despite the length. The sleep and metabolic information was brand new to me ...

Clicking to the whole article takes you to a conservative Jewish website; this article was one of many regarding protecting kids.

[Hessian]

Just wait til they figure out what the internet does to you....

[Incorrigible]

Television, the drug of the Nation
Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

[SaveTheChief]

It's not called the boob tube for nothing.

[wizardoz]

Brazelton hooked newborn babies up to electroencephalographs and then exposed them to a flickering light source similar to a television but with no images. Fifteen minutes into their exposure, the babies stopped crying and produced sleep patterns on the EEG, even though their eyes were still open and observing the light.

I bet staring into a campfire has the same effect. I know that when I stare into a fireplace, or campfire, I zone out completely. It's like being hypnotized, and I'll stare at it for two solid hours without a conscious thought in my head. That's pretty scary.

[bjmorris]

Television and liberalism have the exact same effect on people..go figure : \

At least the internet is somewhat proactive and requires some engagement.

Still, I'll bet it leads to some logic skills deterioration.

[gobucks]

"Still, I'll bet it leads to some logic skills deterioration."

Maybe. But I know this much. FR, and the links to other directions it sparks, is just about the most addictive thing I have ever encountered. Its the interactivity that I can't get over.

And I think I know the secret to FR ... the moderators and J.R's police policies here. Without them, FR would be just another babble house.

[Boiling point]

I'm sure its all the subliminal messages the left wing media implants into the programming. (Welfare is your friend, no need to succeed, competition is bad.) oh wait! thats the public school system.

[reaganaut]

Hence my tagline.

[glasseye]

I turned my TV off 8 years ago.

Klintoons reelection made me so sick of the medium, I really do owe slick a debt of gratitude.

[Gorzaloon]

Just wait til they figure out what the internet does to you....

I agree, up to a point. Given a tiny bit of creative thought and reasoning ability, a curious child can research without limit any of their interests.

Unfortunately the resources they hit are a mixture of legitimate peer-reviewed work, mixed with nonsense, and if they have no basic education with which to differentiate, get nowhere, or worse.

Examples:

Chemistry: Redox reactions: K3\/\/L BOMS

Medicine: Symptoms of myasthenia gravis: Herbal nonsense as a cure.

Art: Origins of Impressionism: Pr0N

Religion: The Writings of Aquinas: Satanic Ritual

But the internet, being anarchistic, at least is not subject to the propaganda dictates of despicable filth like Jennings, Brokaw, and Rather.(spit, burn in Hell&Etc.)

With the proper use of the informed BS filter, the internet (Newsgroups and the WWW) can answer any question, and can render Encarta and the Britannica obsolete, outmoded, wearisome,and futile. For the minor effort of signing up for resources like Micropatent and Medline, anyone can order top-notch literature and research without limit.

Since the late 1980's, it has made tremendous contributions to my career. Television, however....What's that? That was the box in the living room that used to have Jackie Gleason on it, and used to waste my time.

Good Riddance. Life is too short and the Mind too precious to profane it with television.

TV is like eating styrofoam...Filling up while starving.

[Alex Murphy]

I get that same reaction watching goldfish in a fishtank. I propose we drain the oceans and kill all the fish, to preserve our I.Q.s while we still can.

[bjmorris]

>>>Maybe. But I know this much. FR, and the links to other directions it sparks, is just about the most addictive thing I have ever encountered. <<<

No doubt. I'm glad this election is finally over. Now I can actually get done what my bosses pay me to get done, instead of checking FR every 5 minutes and getting sucked into some thread or another for an hour...or two.

[wizardoz]

Yes. Me too. Death to goldfish!

[netmilsmom]

>>Just wait til they figure out what the internet does to you....<<

Or video games. My hubby and I have an ongoing tiff. He believes the our girls should not watch tv at all. He has no problem with throwing them on "Barbie Magic Hair Styler".

I believe that if one makes tv forbidden fruit, they will turn it on every minute. I restrict the hours to early morning "Discovery Kids" and Mommie making dinner time with "PBS Kids". Otherwise I say, "Monnie time" and it's FoxNews.

My hubby's mother (the nut) turns off the tv every time she sees someone watching it. My mother always had the tv on with nothing the kids wanted to watch.
He gets sucked into the tv and I can take it or leave it. Go figure.

[narses]

Shoot your TV!

[twin2]

Thought you'd like to see this..

[briant]

Of course, television is not the only threat to our children's development. It is but one especially noxious example of the sort of danger we are now capable of identifying and avoiding. We might also detect problematic aspects of Walkmans, Gameboys, and computer games. Even media like the internet take on a different appearance when viewed from this perspective. Each of these educational challenges demands our attention.

These comparison are not good in that they are all more interactive than television.

[Nathan Zachary]

When you factor in the left-wing brainwashing you see on the boob tube, no wonder todays youth seen so dumb.
I never watch TV, I guess that explains why I'm so smart :o)
Seriously, when you don't watch TV often, and you turn it on and see the garbage on it, especially the news, it just pisses a person off! I can sit at work all day, get my news from the net, and am much better informed than the average joe who sits in from of the boob tube after work.

[Finny]

I'm with you on this. I agree 100 percent that television is not good for kids, educational programming not withstanding -- they can learn it better and with more sense of accomplishment from reading and experiencing life.

I disagree with the article 100 percent in the idea that video games are bad or the internet is bad. The internet requires reading and action and reaction. I also think video games, whether they're shoot-em-up war games or silly games or logic games, are good for kids. They engage thought processes and require action and the use of logical thinking.

Little American boys today who can race vehicles or shoot down enemies via computer games, will be fine warriors in the next high-tech real war, in the same way that our American GIs in World War II had the vast advantage over German and Japanese soldiers. Americans all knew how to drive cars, many of them knew the rudiments of mechanics, and a lot of them hunted with guns from childhood -- they were better soldiers because of it, whereas gun ownership and privately owned vehicles were relatively rare in other nations, and their soldiers learned those skills from scratch in their respective militaries. I think today's combat-oriented computer games will give our kids the same kind of advantage American GIs had in the '40s.