Homesteading: A Woman's Journey

Blessings of no TV

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10:44, Friday, September 5, 2008 .. Posted by MrsScribbles

What a great post. We get into the habit of doing things don't we. You sound like you are gaining a lot of gleanings from the fact that there's no tv to watch.

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11:22, Friday, September 5, 2008 .. Posted by gabbie427

What an eye-opening post! Thanks for sharing how your family has enjoyed he no tv period!!! I think you are right in that we watch tv when bored, or just out of habit. Plus, as I think of it, are there really any wholesome shows that we watch??? Touched by an Angel reruns in the mornings, maybe Little House on the Prairie, but what else???

I have been bringing up the idea of no tv and no computer nights here at home. We used to love playing card and board games when we were first married. You see, we lived in a small apartment, and didn't have a washer and dryer, so we would play games while waiting on our laundry at the local laundromat. Of course this was before kids too, but we enjoyed it so much that we have decided we need to get out the cards and games after the little one's bedtime! Who knows, maybe the non tv and computer nights will become more and more as we go along.

God's Blessings,
Amy Jo

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12:16, Friday, September 5, 2008 .. Posted by borderling

When we first moved in here, two years ago, our goats decided that TV wasn't good for us. They chewed off the antenna cable on the outside of the house. We never replaced it and have been TV free for two years now. My mom thinks it's a shame. I think it's wonderful. Even my teenagers are used to it and don't mind. We still watch DVDs and VHS, but more as a family, and only things we can watch as a family. Makes movie night more special.
From Glory Farm,
Rhonda

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04:37, Sunday, September 7, 2008 .. Posted by backtotheland

Great post Paula. I called last Tuesday to have them shut cable off and they still haven't done it. I can't wait for them to do it. You are right, with little Abbie and Micah you are starting them down the right road -no TV. I have a three year old granddaughter and unfortunately it seems like that has become the "babysitter". I wish I had never had a TV when my kids were little although when my kids were younger they did spend a lot of time outdoors, it was they got older that they got glued to the thing. I find when I don't have TV I do so much more.

Last year when I moved into this house I put the TV up in my daughter's room. My ex-husband insisted on buying me a flat screen TV for the livingroom. That was the beginning of the end - until now. I will use it for just what I said I wanted in the beginning - to watch DVD's with and that's it and I not as likely to just snap it on and put in a DVD. It's way too easy to just turn it on and then get "glued" to it.