Message from a mother to News makers and News breakers
The media tells me You keep your child We only want his innocence The ads tell us You keep your child Here are things he needs to grow The jingle shouts out so what if he's young? He'll soon grow up. he should know this and that The shows in page 3 propagate artificial glitter and tell imagination to lie low To them I try to say, gently at times, Please - let him be? You and I know that there is a world beyond pixels and bytes Spare his senses, let him discover its rights and wrongs. Having said that, let me share some age-appropriate anti-TV measures I have used over the years, whenever mindless viewing overtook the edutainment aspect . (Some of the measures are impractical for daily implementation). 1. De-tune the addictive channels. 2. Help the remote get lost 3. Disconnect cable connection. (When that's no longer enough, remove cable out of sight). 4. Keep the TV in a locked room 5. Discontinue cable subscription. 6. Turn the TV to the wall, as close to it as possible (...