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From: cindy@ada-uts.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: (Orphan) Re: kids without TV
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Date: Tue, 27-Aug-85 13:22:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 27 13:22:00 1985
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Nf-From: ada-uts!cindy    Aug 27 13:22:00 1985


     When I was between the ages of 6 and 10 years, my family lived
in India, hence no TV.  At the time I never missed it.  I read a lot
but I especially remember playing games with my sisters and brother.
These were usually role playing games using our favorite books as
models.  I don't know whether or not we would have done this if there
had been a TV, though even when we did get one when I was 10, it was
pretty heavily rationed (no Saturday cartoons after 9am, none weekdays
until after dinner, to bed at 8pm).
     I still don't watch a lot.  I have a few favorite shows + I watch the
news.  The only thing that I've noticed about missing 4 years of TV is
when others in my generation talk about old favorites that I've never
seen (Mickey Mouse Club, and Little Rascals to name a couple) but I don't feel
particularly deprived. Though if I had been missing them while my friends
were watching them and talking about it in school (note that my friends
at the time also had no TV) I might have felt differently.  I did go
to a friends house to watch Dark Shadows because my parents banned it.
     As for my daughter (now 5 mos.) I haven't really decided.  I'm not
going to ban it, since I like it myself, but I do think it should be
rationed to some extent in order for her to develop  other interests.

NET: {harpo, allegro, bellcore, ihnp4}!inmet!ada-uts!cindy



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