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From: ned@scirtp.UUCP (Ned Robie)
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Subject: Re: kids without TV
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Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 18:15:01 EDT
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>                      What you learn from educational channels I've
> found you can learn just as well from other resources, for the most
> part.

Really?  What other sources??  Assuming that any channel is potentially
"educational" (except maybe the Playboy channel :-), TV allows me to SEE
the bottoms of seas, the tops of mountains, the people and geography
of this country and other countries, the racial strife in South Africa,
the industrial empire of Japan, the Olympics, ballets, symphonies, jazz,
....... I could go on and on.  What other source offers this wealth of
information as graphically, conveniently, and cheaply as TV?

> There are some good things on tv (I even like some of the
> commercial network programs - I've really seen nothing on cable or PBS
> that I found any more entertaining and worthwhile as the Cosby show or
> Hill Street Blues), but I don't think that it's worth getting a tv - at
> least for me.  

The intent of my posting was to encourage people that were turned off by
commercial network TV to try the alternative programming available on
cable.  Since commercial network TV has only gotten worse, I doubt that
it has any more to offer these people than it did before (except for the
rare exceptions of Emmy award winning shows, two of which you mentioned
above).

> >> Kids can learn early on that what the crowd does isn't always the greatest
> >> thing and being up on the latest show is no big deal.
> >
> >It can be a big deal if most of your friends are always talking about something 
> >you know nothing about.
> 	
> 	But, if you are only letting your kids watch what's "worthwhile",
> PBS, the arts channel, etc. then they still aren't going to be able to
> relate to what their friends are talking about, which will most likely
> be The "A" Team.

I never endorsed the idea of only letting one's kids watch PBS, the arts
channels, etc.  My kids are allowed to watch non-violent shows on commercial
network TV.  Suits me fine if my kids can't participate in discussions about
violent shows (or movies) with friends.

-- Ned Robie

> 	elizabeth g. purtell


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