Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Thanks for the offer. Now if I look for employment in Seattle and potentional employers want to know if I'm living there I can say "Yes, I have a place to move into that has been reserved for me".
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy And I will double check my spelling of "potential" on any applications.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer Here's your new home. There aren't any windows and you'll have to sleep on the lawnmower, but it's got a rustic charm to it. Oh, you'll have to replace the roof on it if you stay there. It keeps water out, but it just needs to be replaced. There is a lawn back there now - that's the one you're going to have to mow. <a href="http://seanvarney.smugmug.com/photos/77918285-L.jpg" target="_blank">http://seanvarney.smugmug.com/ photos/77918285-L.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy B-b-but you didn't tell me all these lovely little details before I signed the contract!
Originally Posted By LacyBelle With spiders, no boiled custard, yikes! Next you'll be telling him there is no ketchup and that cheescake consumption is mandatory. ;-) I guess this deal is broken. Back on topic...adorable photo of Anna, TS. Keep up the good work.
Originally Posted By bloona oh how cute is she?...... very! I limit tv and Playstation times to my eldest (Kieran) too, he keeps telling me his friends can go on for as long as they want, bully for them! Connor watches Tv, but is much happier looking at books or playing.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Okay, I'm going to step in here now as the bad dad. I let my kids watch TV since... well, always. I respect everyone's choices in this matter, but I also think that making a big huge deal out of TV makes it more desired in a way. Making it into some huge no-no makes it that much more 'the forbidden fruit.' My kids aren't obsessed with it. We're all usually doing other things at night. They enjoy news shows and history channel more than anything else. As for commercials, they are what they are. My kids are smart enough and their BS detector is smart enough to know when a commercial is deceiving. We live in an economy that is advertising-driven. Nothing wrong with that. As we go along, we all have brands that we favor for one reason or another. As always, there's no one correct way to parent.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer I agree - there is more than one way to parent, and as long as your kids grow up healthy, bright, loving, and laughing you've done just fine.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy My sister and I grew up without any TV restrictions too, and we're not ruled by it. Then again we grew up out in the country, so there weren't a lot of options as far playing with other kids, down the street at a park, etc. Sure, I loved foopin' down to watch my cartoons like He-Man and ThunderCats and such, but we also loved watching a lot of the educational *and* entertaining shows on PBS, of our own accord. But I loved going outside to play too, and never felt that I "receded" to TV instead. I just feel I had the best of both worlds. (other kids not around to play notwithstanding, lol) Actually with Dad out in the fields and Mom at Fort Knox it's probably good that at home alone we liked to watch TV whenever, lol---the only times we weren't allowed to was if we slacked on our share of the housework.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Yeah, foopin'. When I would come into the living room as a li'l TALL Disney Guy to watch TV, I'd totter in and loudly fall on my bottom on the floor instead of gently sitting. Because of this "foop"ing sound, Dad decided to nickname me "Foopley". I *HATED* that nickname!! I remember being furiously annoyed when he would call me that, but of course I couldn't do anything because he was this big giant man whom I was subject to. Now, thankfully, "Foopley" has run its course and it's just an amusing memory.
Originally Posted By chickendumpling (^^^hope knight doesn't see that! LOL.) Thanks for sharing, Tom. She is adorable. << I'm not going to cheapen the magic of storytelling and learning for her by letting her use the TV as a babysitter. >> I love the way you put that and I totally agree. But as part of the MaxHeadRoom generation, I have to admit that now that my kids are older I let them watch tv as a treat. And LOL @ post #2
