It’s awful when our little ones get sick. Then, once we have cuddled them and soothed them and worried about them and stayed up with a coughing baby, and sent our husbands out to buy Motrin at 4 a.m., they get better, and we get sick with the same thing.
It’s winter, which means coughs, colds, [...]
Tags: colds, flu, stomach flu, television
Posted in: Baby
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There is a commercial on TV for our cable provider that irritates me to no end. It starts with a toddler watching a favorite character on a television show, then the toddler moves into the car and watches the same character on a screen in the car, then the toddler goes into the mall to meet this [...]
Tags: digital age, handheld, mental stimulation, play, social interaction, television, TV, unplug, video games
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I try to limit the amount of television my kids watch, although they do indeed watch some almost every day. In a perfect world we wouldn’t watch any television, but since my world is far from perfect there are times when the kids win in their quest to get the TV turned on.
Although my [...]
Tags: car, car activities, DVD, music, portable player, television, TV
Posted in: Parenting, Travel
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Last week, France banned television shows aimed at the under threes. US channels like BabyFirstTV and Baby TV air in France. Legislators, concerned about possible developmental delays in babies who watch too much TV, called the BabyFirstTV and Baby TV channels a “danger”, and these channels will be going off-air in France.
French cable broadcasters that [...]
Tags: aap, France, television, TV
Posted in: Baby, Toddlers
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Seeing as though the Summer Olympics comes around every four years, I believe it is important to watch them actively each time. Admittedly, I haven’t watched as much as I have in the past, but this is due to the fact that I have a child now and don’t want to sit glued to [...]
Tags: Olympics, preschooler, sports, television
Posted in: Current Events, Parenting
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