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\"1950's<\/a><\/p>\n

Turning off the television is always a fabulous idea. I don’t have one to turn off, but if I did, I’d certainly be happy to celebrate TV Turnoff Week. I can’t imagine why anyone<\/em> would want to sit and stare when they could be living<\/strong><\/em>!<\/p>\n

Sponsored by the Center for Screen-Time Awareness<\/a>, TV Turn-Off week has been celebrated during the fourth week in April since 1995. According to the Center’s website,<\/p>\n

“Television cuts into family time,<\/strong><\/p>\n

harms our children’s ability to read and succeed in school,<\/strong><\/p>\n

and contributes to unhealthy lifestyles and obesity.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, duh…<\/p>\n

\"Charlie<\/a>\"\"It reminds me of the television poem in Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/em><\/strong>. Have you read\u00a0it? I can’t reproduce the entire poem\u00a0here, but you can read it all at the Rice University<\/a> website.<\/p>\n

I totally concur with Dahl’s first stanza:<\/p>\n

“The most important thing we’ve learned,
\nSo far as children are concerned,
\nIs never, NEVER, NEVER let
\nThem near your television set —
\nOr better still, just don’t install
\nThe idiotic thing at all.
\nIn almost every house we’ve been,
\nWe’ve watched them gaping at the screen.
\nThey loll and slop and lounge about,
\nAnd stare until their eyes pop out….”<\/p>\n

Dahl goes on to point out exactly what happens to these lolling and slopping TV watchers:<\/p>\n

“But did you ever stop to think,
\nTo wonder just exactly what
\nThis does to your beloved tot?
\nIT ROTS THE SENSE IN THE HEAD!
\nIT KILLS IMAGINATION DEAD!
\nIT CLOGS AND CLUTTERS UP THE MIND!
\nIT MAKES A CHILD SO DULL AND BLIND
\nHE CAN NO LONGER UNDERSTAND
\nA FANTASY, A FAIRYLAND!
\nHIS BRAIN BECOMES AS SOFT AS CHEESE!
\nHIS POWERS OF THINKING RUST AND FREEZE!
\nHE CANNOT THINK — HE ONLY SEES!”<\/p>\n

Not a pretty picture, eh? You notice Dahl was using all caps to ‘scream’ long before it became an internet convention! But he obviously felt deeply about the issue, and so do I.<\/p>\n

Dahl doesn’t leave us with nothing to do, though. In the final stanzas of the poem, he implores:<\/p>\n

“So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,
\nGo throw your TV set away,<\/strong>
\nAnd in its place you can install
\nA lovely bookshelf on the wall.
\nThen fill the shelves with lots of books,
\nIgnoring all the dirty looks,
\nThe screams and yells, the bites and kicks,
\nAnd children hitting you with sticks-
\nFear not, because we promise you
\nThat, in about a week or two
\nOf having nothing else to do,
\nThey’ll now begin to feel the need
\nOf having something to read.
\nAnd once they start — oh boy, oh boy!
\nYou watch the slowly growing joy
\nThat fills their hearts. They’ll grow so keen
\nThey’ll wonder what they’d ever seen
\nIn that ridiculous machine,
\nThat nauseating, foul, unclean,
\nRepulsive television screen!
\nAnd later, each and every kid
\nWill love you more for what you did.”<\/p>\n

And to that I would add, “Go out and play!<\/strong>” Children should have free time to build forts, play in the dirt, swing on the swingset, play hide and seek, run Tonka trucks over each other’s sand forts (and learn to resolve squabbles;-)), play dolls or teddy bears, draw, paint, practice cooking (“yes dear, that’s a very interesting cake”), smoosh clay, climb trees, play the piano, harmonica, guitar, or accordian, throw snowballs (and possibly dirt clods), splash in creeks, build with Legos or Fischertechnic, catch crawdads, re-enact famous battles or scenes from favorite books, learn to knit, crochet, and embroider, and just run, jump, and play.<\/p>\n

Life is too short to sit and stare<\/h4>\n

As they grow older, they need time to learn hand skills<\/strong> as well as head skills<\/strong>. If they are sitting and staring, being mindlessly entertained, how can they can travel, plant gardens, lay brick paths, learn to use tools, practice cooking (edibly), hone sports skills, hike, bike, climb, trim trees, start a small business, write letters to the editor, lend a helping hand by volunteering, write a book, or have any real<\/em> fun? And when will they ever have time to play hide and seek in the back yard with the whole family? That’s fun!<\/p>\n

There’s so much in life to see and do, and it’s all so much more rewarding than lolling and slopping! If you have a television, I encourage you to seriously consider tossing it. You really won’t miss it!<\/p>\n

\"Endangered<\/a>\"\"
\nAnd finally, brain scientist Jane Healy’s classic, Endangered Minds<\/a><\/em>, offers many more compelling reasons to toss the television. If you have children and you haven’t read it, please do so, along with her other book, Failure to Connect.<\/em> It’s scholarly, but very accessible, and the evidence she provides that television actually changes children’s brains is truly unsettling. Healy’s scientific evidence supports what common sense has told us all along– heavy television watchers are less literate and have more learning difficulties than children who grow up with books. No surprise there! There’s a lot more, though, so it’s a book I highly recommend. \"FAILURE<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

This week, I hope you enjoy many tv-free hours. Life is waiting!<\/p>\n

Carpe diem!<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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