I just have a minute to share two great books I just finished reading
One, The Real Toy Story, is an in depth look at the toy industry. As an insider I have to say it is pretty accurate. This is a great read if you wonder how the "must have" toys come to be so and includes important information for any parent to consider when purchasing toys...like, the point isn't to create developmentally appropriate playthings; the point is to make money.
The second book, The Big Turnoff,by Ellen Currey-Wilson, is a first person account of a woman trying to raise her child TV free. though she was somewhat more successful than I, it was quite funny and somewhat eerie to read how she was influenced by many of the same things as I was: Waldorf playgroup, attachment parenting, etc.
"This is my life", I said more than once as she threw herself in front of a blaring TV set at a play date or tried to interest "glued to the screen" kids in something else.
I laughed my way through this book and then e-mailed Ellen to tell her how much I enjoyed it and that I had joined her yahoo group for "TV limiting Moms" . She responded, almost immediately - that's refreshing and encouraged me to pass on information about the group so...check it out at her website and read the book if you want a good laugh.
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We canceled our cable service as of January 1st and I have to say that I don't miss it. We went without it for 2 years while my DH was in grad school and there were only a handful of times I really wanted to watch something and had to find some place to do so.
It's not exactly TV-free since we still have our DVD player and VCR. But I try to limit those as well to only a few hours per week.
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