Comments on: Creating time for the whatever new behaviours you may have planned http://www.drbriffa.com/blog/2006/12/31/creating-time-for-the-whatever-new-behaviours-you-may-have-planned/ A Good Look at Good Health Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:33:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Marilyn Leahy http://www.drbriffa.com/blog/2006/12/31/creating-time-for-the-whatever-new-behaviours-you-may-have-planned/#comment-85748 Marilyn Leahy Mon, 12 May 2008 16:19:09 +0000 http://www.drbriffa.com/blog/2006/12/31/creating-time-for-the-whatever-new-behaviours-you-may-have-planned/#comment-85748 The best child-rearing decision we ever made was to not have television. We both grew up without it, and cable was very expensive in our area, so not having tv was not much of a hardship. Also, most of the children's friends did not have tvs at home. All four grew up to be involved in sports, music, voracious readers, and most importantly, real thinkers. They learned table manners and how to carry on a conversation. The most important benefit they received from a "deprived" environment was how to resolve a difference of opinion, basing their arguments on logic, reasoning, fact and opinion as appropriate. Too many people these days have lost the ability to evaluate the merit of a new idea and fewer still take the time to try to decide where the truth lies. Our youth are losing the ability to question authority. Don't let me give you the wrong impression. They had lots and lots of computer time from a very early age. The best child-rearing decision we ever made was to not have television. We both grew up without it, and cable was very expensive in our area, so not having tv was not much of a hardship. Also, most of the children’s friends did not have tvs at home.

All four grew up to be involved in sports, music, voracious readers, and most importantly, real thinkers. They learned table manners and how to carry on a conversation. The most important benefit they received from a “deprived” environment was how to resolve a difference of opinion, basing their arguments on logic, reasoning, fact and opinion as appropriate.

Too many people these days have lost the ability to evaluate the merit of a new idea and fewer still take the time to try to decide where the truth lies. Our youth are losing the ability to question authority.

Don’t let me give you the wrong impression. They had lots and lots of computer time from a very early age.

]]> By: Nancy M. http://www.drbriffa.com/blog/2006/12/31/creating-time-for-the-whatever-new-behaviours-you-may-have-planned/#comment-43 Nancy M. Sun, 31 Dec 2006 01:45:58 +0000 http://www.drbriffa.com/blog/2006/12/31/creating-time-for-the-whatever-new-behaviours-you-may-have-planned/#comment-43 I am very much enjoying your blog, was referred by Regina. But I wanted to say I noticed a lot of my time is getting spent on TV too. There was a time in my life where I cancelled my subscription to Cable and went free of TV for quite a long while. One co-worker said I was his hero and he thought it was amazing I went without TV. But with the invention of Digital Video Recording (aka Tivo) I watch a lot of TV now. Your posting here has gotten me to thinking I could potentially rediscover other leisure time activities that the TV has usurped. I had forgotten about my time being unplugged from the Cable. Happy New Year! I am very much enjoying your blog, was referred by Regina.

But I wanted to say I noticed a lot of my time is getting spent on TV too. There was a time in my life where I cancelled my subscription to Cable and went free of TV for quite a long while. One co-worker said I was his hero and he thought it was amazing I went without TV. But with the invention of Digital Video Recording (aka Tivo) I watch a lot of TV now.

Your posting here has gotten me to thinking I could potentially rediscover other leisure time activities that the TV has usurped. I had forgotten about my time being unplugged from the Cable.

Happy New Year!

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