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That being said, this graph is very accurate with my one friend. Couldn’t be further from the truth
Ugh!
That was the result of typing 2 messages at once (the other part should of went on another message board I post on, not this one)
*bashes head against wall*
Well, which is it?
The first part of it (the very accurate).
it’s okay, we all make baddies
haha so true, my bf’s family jokes that his nephew has a brand new flat screen tv. whenever we go over its some disney show or spongbob or backyardigans. spot on!
Spongebob I could live with. But my version of hell is having to sit and watch the Backyardigans or Yo Gabba Gabba at full volume for all eternity on a huge tv.
I can’t stand Backyardigans, my little sister used to watch it all the time and I just wanted to slap the smug little animated smile off their faces. Lazy Town is the worst though, they’re all plastic! Even the ones that aren’t puppets!
Just think about when you were watching Barney, what your parent’s were going through.
NOT BARNEY!!!! ANYTHING BUT BARNEY!!!! NOOOOOOOO!!!!
Elijah wood can hxc dance.
It’s 2009…, who doesn’t have their own TV by now?
Dude, you obviously have no children! Just wait!
It doesn’t matter. We have two TVs and one child, but most of the time she wants to have a Disney video playing on one and Dora on the other. If we got another one, she’s probably want to have another kids show playing on that. At least I’ve managed to keep her from even being exposed to the shows that really drive me nuts, so I don’t have to deal with her watching anything really annoying.
This is so true.
At my house the only thing we ever watch is Spongebob. And its on all the time. My mom never let me watch tv when I was six, I went and played outside or read, and it was FUN.
And if it wasn’t, then you built character.
Well if you watched spongebob, you’d learn what FUN really consists of >.>.
(Eyes open wide and glaze over) “F is for friends who do stuff together, U is for you and me, N is for anywhere and anytime at all down here in the deep blue sea!”
I much prefer Squidwards version
“F is for fire that burns down the whole town, U is for uranium bombs, N is for no survivors when you…” BTW, that’s Plankton’s version. ; )
I really don’t watch the show.
No no, it’s “U is for uranium… bombs!” he kinda stalls for a moment there.
Bhuahaha.
And yes, Brandon, it’s Plankton’s version.
F is for Fire that rains from above U is for Uranium…bombs! N is for No survivors!!!
Well this wasn’t true at all 40+ years ago.
We got an hour, hour and a half TV after school, then it was the Evening News.
We were bummed, but we dared not complain.
Now TV is the baby sitter.
Ok, at least that show has awesome music. It’s not all “we just got a letter”…
My name is badcat. I like to dance.
Cat, I’m a kitty cat, and I dance dance dance, and I dance dance dance!
Here’s the mail it wants to make me wail MAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIILLLLLLL
I’m a map , I’m a map, I’m a map, MAAAAPPP! Man, I hate that show.
Can I please snipe Dora and all of her little friends?
This wasn’t true in my house. Dad got the most tv time (we had two, but the other tv was crap, and in winter that room was much much much colder and uncomfortable). He didn’t give a crap if anyone was watching it first, he’d just come in and turn it over. If we didn’t like it we had to leave. This wasn’t 40 years ago either……
I’m pretty sure it’s a “satellite” not “sattelite”.
Sorry…you try typing that with 4 kids ‘helping’ you with the keyboard!
I bow to you, o powerful creator of the graph in question! ; )
That’s much better…but get your nose closer to the floor…That’s it! Now you got it!
I only bow to those who deserve it. And with 4 kids, you so totally deserve it. I have two younger siblings (one brother, one sister) who always fight. I hate it. I can only imagine four.
Nice steal
DOUCHE!
Yo Gabba Gabba is future nostalgic win. Of the future.
Seriously it very well should be, just for the fact its created by a couple of The Aquabats. Kids in the future will have an unexplainable affinity for ska music, all because of Yo Gabba Gabba
Since when has a woman been allowed to buy things?
since the beginning of recorded history…
FAIL! Maybe in liberalville.
Quit using the TV as a babysitter and allowing your howling toddler to dictate the rules in your family.
Obviously a person with no children and no heart.
Ouch.
I have both, you twit. I just happen to love my four children enough to enjoy their company over inane lowest-common-denominator “oohh look a shiny to keep you from thinking” programming.
I stand by my statement, and if you want to keep shoving that crap down your kids throat mine will enjoy functioning in the role of supervising yours someday. God knows they’ll need someone to function as a role model. Better in the business world than not at all.
That is, if yours don’t end up in an asylum or prison because this ridiculous tripe drove them batsh!t insane.
Jump down off the high horse and laugh a little! This is all about the humor and stereotypes…The world is full of them! Open up and smile! I am home all day, every day with my kids. The T.V. is not their babysitter…it is entertainment and background noise. They have more toys than they knnow what to do with, and a huge yard to run in most anytime they want. Don’t tear peoples’ heads off for having a sense of humor about life! SMILE!!
OMFG. Are you even literate?
The T.V. is not their babysitter…it is entertainment and background noise.
A new study appearing in the April issue of Pediatrics concludes that children who watch television experience shortened attention spans and considerably enhances the chances, based on number of hours of television watched, of developing ADDs (attention deficit disorders) later on in life. The American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended that children under the age of two not watch television and this new study seems to validate such a recommendation.
And I quote, “Jump down off the high horse and laugh a little! This is all about the humor and stereotypes…The world is full of them! Open up and smile! I am home all day, every day with my kids. The T.V. is not their babysitter…it is entertainment and background noise. They have more toys than they know what to do with, and a huge yard to run in most anytime they want. Don’t tear peoples’ heads off for having a sense of humor about life! SMILE!!” Jeez man, nobody likes trolls.
I see you point: however, I do not find this subject matter amusing any more than a parent would be amused by a closed-room smoker now that a CORRELATION regarding cancer-causing effects of second-hand smoke has been proven.
Well you are just the arrogant little… I have ADD, but rarely watch lots of TV. My parents taught me that reading was more fun than TV. I’m only in middle school, but function like an adult. The environment in which I was had TV but mainly news and history programs. Most people know that this graph is not an exact version of life, just a humorous stereotype of it. So just SMILE and loosen up.
How exactly am I arrogant in pointing out a study regarding the correlative effects of television to ADD/ADHD?
You really think a middle-schooler is going to be able to argue with that effectively?
*self flagellation commences*
Point taken.
I guess I keyed in on the “functions like an adult” and ignored the rest to the detriment of my position.
Yeah, for serious. Is it really that hard to give the kid some toys? I sincerely hope Promangh Manabbler is joking.
You have no children, I would wager. And no sense of HUMOR! This whole site is HUMOR! Laugh!
Okay, so I agree with you wholeheartedly, except for one part: “Maybe in liberalville.” I am a mother of a two-year-old boy, and I do my best to not use the television as a babysitter. I do my best to spend time with him without the tv and to encourage him to play with his toys. And guess what! I’m *gasp* LIBERAL! He does not dictate the rules in my household now, and he will not dictate the rules in my household in the future. I do not plan on allowing him to have a television in his room, and the computer is in my husband’s and my room. Guess who else is liberal. My parents. Guess where I spent most of my time growing up. Outside and in my room playing/reading books. Let’s not make this a political discussion, okay? Because, actually, I agree with you here and on the other graph where you talk about the fact that ADD is vastly overdiagnosed. Thankyouverymuch.
I wasn’t referring to political ideology, but merely parenting style.
Sorry you took it the wrong way.
Fair enough. You should really be wary of your word choices, though, because intentions aside, the connotation was there. I’m sure I’m not the only one who saw it. Having said that, now that you have explained yourself, I understand what you were trying to say.
You’re liberal? Gasp! Nooo! Anything but liberals! Seriously, that part was bothering me too.
Why thank you.
You are aware of the three parenting styles, yes? If not, you should make yourself aware before you jump to such conclusions.
I had a link, but it keeps disappearing. Makes it difficult to attribute and cite when one cannot link.
Well I’ll keep checking back to see if your link worked.
And for the record, I’m not mad at you. I just feel very strongly about my political beliefs. : )
Trying again to link to parenting styles. In particular, note the “indulgent, permissive” style to which I was referring.
This time, the link worked. I hate parents like that. One time, I saw a family (mom, little boy, baby girl) and the mom was offering to buy the boy toys if he would stop crying. She said, “No honey, don’t cry. Mommy will buy you whatever you want.” and the kid was all, “I want a big bag of candy! NOW!!” and guess what, the mom bought it for him. Like I said, I HATE parents like that.
And that, madam, is my definition of “liberalville.”
I already agreed with you. I just thought your choice of words wasn’t the best, considering the connotation it implies. Yes, sounds like Cartman on Southpark. Oh, but by-the-way, the link didn’t work for me.
Go to wiki and search “parenting styles.”
Okay, so after reading that brief description of that one school of thought, I would like to think that I have a fairly healthy combination of authoritative and authoritarian. However, I disagree with the fact that a child is going to automatically rebel against an authoritarian parent, like the definition suggests, because some kids just rebel regardless of how they are raised. I did my fair share of rebelling, and my parents were, by this standard, authoritative. Anyway, it was an interesting read. Thank you.
Wow… 2-year-olds really shouldn’t be watching TV in the first place. What’s wrong with giving them some toys, or sitting down together to draw or play games? They’re too young to understand what’s going on in the first place, and Bob the Builder or Dora the Explorer etc. is available in book form as well, so you can read them to your children and have fun together. Remember those, the paper/cardboard things with pictures that don’t move or talk?
When I was a kid,we only watched Sesame Street after dinner and were sent straight to bed afterwards. (And then of course you’d get up really early on a Saturday morning to watch all the violent shows on Cartoon Network
)
Bah, kids/parents these days!
And to think, I’m only 21…
You’ll die laughing when you come back and read your post in 15 years after you squeeze out a few pups. But let me spell it out for you: no parent takes parenting advice from a 21 year old with no kids.
It’s not parenting advice, just an opinion. I can’t help it if you take offense where none was meant.
Your gut instincts are right on the money.
A new study appearing in the April issue of Pediatrics concludes that children who watch television experience shortened attention spans and considerably enhances the chances, based on number of hours of television watched, of developing ADDs (attention deficit disorders) later on in life. The American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended that children under the age of two not watch television and this new study seems to validate such a recommendation.
Sorry, I don’t need an advertiser-filled magazine to know how to parent.
Pediatrics is a scientific journal, ma’am.
I can refer you the to the actual case studies, if you like.
Nobody’s telling you how to parent. They’re providing you with scientific evidence of what happens when you let the TV do it.
Your call.
Ack! Correlative evidence. Apologies.
And aren’t you quite the self-righteous little idiot, assuming the commenter will have any children at all. Do you not have a name, or do you only identify as ‘mommy’? Yeah, I thought so. You don’t need a bloody degree in child psychology, or to have popped out enough brats to be worthy of the Duggar name, to understand that too much television is bad for children. It’s not god damned rocket science.
ROFL! Spot on, mate!
Like your name is really “G.”. hahahahahaha.
Starts with a G. Does yours start with “XXX”, meaning that you secretly star in fetish porn?
You’re not allowed to reminisce about the Good Ol’ Days until references to at least 75% of your childhood’s pop culture shows up on shirts at Hot Topic.
You think they’re too young to understand? Wrong. Because of television, and the shows geared for him that I am constantly it is because of the shows, my son helps his older brother and sisters out. When it’s time to clean up, he helps. When one of the other kids are sad, he hugs them until they no longer cry. It’s buried in the cloyness of the shows, but he’s learned to be a good person already. As far as a kid like yourself pointing fingers about how others should raise their kids, you’ll see. When you do, you’ll be the righteously indignant one blasting back at others. Trust me.
I think you’ve forgotten to read or overlooked my follow-up comment. I’m not being righteous or pointing a finger at anyone about how they should raise their children. I’m merely stating my opinion on the TV time graph, considering how I have been raised myself, and how I would like to raise my own someday.
As for children understanding TV at 2 years old: the examples you’ve given about your son in your comment are very laudable, but my point is that such values can most likely be taught to children perfectly well through watching human interaction and without the use of television. In other words, saying they learn it by watching television is not entirely true, nor is it in my opinion the only (or the best) way possible.
Again, just stating *my* opinion
You’re letting television dictate your child’s values? Are you insane?
I hope your kid enjoys being a prison bitch.
I’m weeping right now for the demise of our society.
How about reading? Reading can also instill your children with such virtues.
Or does that involve real parenting?
My sister shows her baby iCarly DVDs all day. Not sure if this should be telling about my sister, my niece, or that show.
I’ll say this: I’d rather someone use the TV as a babysitter than smack the kid upside the head out of anger.
I say use multi-media as a parenting tool, not a replacement parent and you’ll be just fine.
Well, yes.
I meant more the fact that an under-2-year-old prefers iCarly to all else in the world. Pretty much every other show they’ve tried to get her onto — make for ‘her’ age range — makes her cry.
Although most kiddie shows today make ME cry, too. Force a few hours of ‘Wonder Pets’ on me and I’ll confess to just about anything.
What’s it gonna take? Teamwork!…
If I hear that song ONE MORE TIME I am going to burn my tv. Damn wonderpests.
This is your left, and thats your left… this is your right, that is your right… you’re gonna die.
oh hell i watched that the other day ¬.¬ i couldnt even get the freaking dance moves on that right ;-; whaaa! *rythmicly retarded* i know i cant spelt.
My 2 year-old has no interest in TV (unless his sisters are watching it, then he might sit down with them). Instead he has learnt how to lock a computer, use the microwave, steal my mobile phone to call granddad, open the fridge to steal biscuits (cookies), etcetc…
Yo Gabba Gabba is awesome. The end.
For whom? Either you’re a prodigy or an idiot. Choose.
How ’bout “prodidot”?
Or Wow Wow Wubbzy in my son’s case…
Hohoho! Yo gabba gabba one kawani es cholo me bantha poodoo… kar meni sakunu es Han Solo! Hohohohohoho!
Sound much like your local two year old?
Siggi…. maybe you should move away from “Nal Hutta”.
This is to the person who is citing the study done about ADD. First of all it was a study and to my knowledge it wasn’t exactly an independent study. If you want to scream and cry at someone who is having a little fun in their hectic day, try me, I can take it as good as I give it out. To come on here and bash someone for having a little fun is terrible and you should be ashamed of yourself.
Way to go with the graph, pretty cool
I AGREE! i cant stand any shows made for childern under 12.
So true. Every time I visit my brother spongebob or this is on. I can’t help but stare mindlessly at the screen along with Kayden.