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From: carl@aoa.UUCP (Carl Witthoft)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: kids without TV
Message-ID: <281@aoa.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 4-Sep-85 08:31:51 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep  4 08:31:51 1985
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In article <645@wdl1.UUCP> jrb@wdl1.UUCP writes:
>I notice that there have been no articles from people like myself who
>grew up with no TV.  We got our first TV when I was 14 years old (1972).
>Is there anyone else out there who grew up without the box?

I did-- no TV until I was 15 (ex cept at grandparents when I got thechance!)
In a totally unscientific study, consisting of me (aphysicist) and my wife
(a pediatrician),I abserve that I like to watch some news, some sports, and
good old movies on tv, while my wife, who grew up with tv and found herself 
perhaps encouraged to watch rather than intrude on parental strife, watches
untold gobs of garbage (assuming anything other than NOVA isn't garbage :=> ).

Quick branch into desire to limit kids' use of all passive toys, i.e. tv, mopeds,
etc...



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