Friday, January 05, 2007
Too much TV?
I have to confess, we use the television as a babysitter for Mary.
When we're home, she wants someone to play with or do stuff with her and most of time, Jack and I have other things that need to get done. Things like working on the computer--- work that we cannot incorporate Mary into. (As much as possible, we have her help out when we are doing husehold chores- laundy, cooking, cleaning the kitchen--- Mary enjoys helping).
So we have to resort to sitting her in front of the TV to keep her occupied. We try to get her to watch the good children's shows like Sesame Street, Dragon Tales, Arthur, Blues' Clues, Dora the Explorer, Berenstain Bears, Angelina Ballerina. And she would watch these shows but sometimes, she prefers the Cartoon Network that has cartoons for older kids. She just loves Teen Titans, Ed, Ed n Eddy, Shaolin Showdown. Another confession... I can't sit long enough to watch these older kids shows--- I hope, they are not messing her up.
What amuses me is how she reacts to the Infomercials. She is such a consumer! This morning, she wanted me to get the Sun Setter- "keeps the sun out of my eyes!"- and we don't even have a patio. Jack said that Mary had asked her to buy something she saw on TV and he thought to himself--- "Why on earth would she want that?" Mary tells me to "Call Now- Operators are Standing By!" If she had her own credit card, it would have been maxed out by now and we would have all kinds of useless shit all over the house.
I have to confess, we use the television as a babysitter for Mary.
When we're home, she wants someone to play with or do stuff with her and most of time, Jack and I have other things that need to get done. Things like working on the computer--- work that we cannot incorporate Mary into. (As much as possible, we have her help out when we are doing husehold chores- laundy, cooking, cleaning the kitchen--- Mary enjoys helping).
So we have to resort to sitting her in front of the TV to keep her occupied. We try to get her to watch the good children's shows like Sesame Street, Dragon Tales, Arthur, Blues' Clues, Dora the Explorer, Berenstain Bears, Angelina Ballerina. And she would watch these shows but sometimes, she prefers the Cartoon Network that has cartoons for older kids. She just loves Teen Titans, Ed, Ed n Eddy, Shaolin Showdown. Another confession... I can't sit long enough to watch these older kids shows--- I hope, they are not messing her up.
What amuses me is how she reacts to the Infomercials. She is such a consumer! This morning, she wanted me to get the Sun Setter- "keeps the sun out of my eyes!"- and we don't even have a patio. Jack said that Mary had asked her to buy something she saw on TV and he thought to himself--- "Why on earth would she want that?" Mary tells me to "Call Now- Operators are Standing By!" If she had her own credit card, it would have been maxed out by now and we would have all kinds of useless shit all over the house.
