Comments on: Underwater? So what.

By: renter

renter — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:21:57 +0000

A. West

I got rid of our TV for the same reason. We take videos out of the library for the weekends. There is no screen time allowed on school days. Our daughter and son are routinely praised by their teachers for their ability to focus and follow directions.
It isn’t easy and I grew up on TV but it seems to be better for them.

By: DL

DL — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:45:26 +0000

Main event referring to economic melt-down.

By: Essex

Essex — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:23:18 +0000

If less than 50% of Americans own stock and many of them have bailed on securities…how can the market claim to be the main event? The banks are busy hoarding your tax dollars and corporations are trying to figure out how to get blood from a stone. Watching the market every day is a fool’s game.

By: Essex

Essex — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:20:45 +0000

As for TV…games…and outdoor activities…judging from the amount of time that the regulars spend posting here…my guess is that most of you are not “outdoorsmen and women”…..just a ‘wild’ hunch here…..kids will only learn by example either from their parents or their friends….so log off the PC, get off your fat *ss and take them for a bike ride….

By: DL

DL — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:20:37 +0000

Dow futures dropping this AM. The sideshow is over, the main event continues.

By: Essex

Essex — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:18:19 +0000

The harsh (?) reality is that schools are warehouses for kids until they are old enough to enter the workforce. This time is used by some kids to either thrive, endure, or be beaten down by the rigor/structure.

Once they are done with their education, then the real fun begins. In a society with no inherent promise of employment or opportunities that are getting smaller not larger in the contraction…it is more and more important for the family to provide the safety net and training that the schools cannot be completely responsible for.

By: bruiser

bruiser — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:38:37 +0000

NJGator, 287

West Virginia 38
Georgia 35

Some pansies. When is the last time y’all played a regular season game north of Athens? ;)

By: A.West

A.West — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:07:16 +0000

Cindy,
My six year old finally got tired of watching PBS Kids and Noggin, and started sneaking in doses of Hannah Montanna, and Suite Life with Zach and Cody on the Disney Channel, while the grandparents were “babysitting”. Immediate change in behavior for the worse ensued. I watched a few of these shows for a few minutes, and pulled the DirecTV box electric plug out of the socket. Disney Channels, NickJr, Nickelodeon, etc. – it truly is mind-addling kid-crack, with a side order of really sarcastic bad attitude.

I told her that she can watch Cyberchase and WordGirl again on special occasions, assuming that she reads her books, and completes all of her Chinese lessons.

Almost immediately after I pulled the plug, she became happier and more engaged. Now she has more time to write her little books with pictures, dream up presidential elections for her stuffed animals, learn Chinese songs, play in the yard, and do and accomplish things.

Obvious stuff, but it works. Turn off the evil TV shows.

By: Clotpoll

Clotpoll — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:44:29 +0000

Nikkei, Hang Seng and Singapore puking it up right now…

By: Clotpoll

Clotpoll — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:32:52 +0000

What’s wrong with Smackdown?

By: bairen

bairen — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:11:06 +0000

#399 Shore guy

it would be real hard for the new guy to be worse than the current one.

By: bairen

bairen — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:07:33 +0000

#396 Cindy,

My kids are not allowed to watch any of that crap.

I won’t even watch Law & Order if the kids are in the room.

We do play Wii though (only sports and Diego though)

By: Shore Guy

Shore Guy — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:06:57 +0000

Cindy,

Not to worry. At noon on 1-20 all the world’s problwms will be solved.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:04:59 +0000

Night all..

By: bairen

bairen — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:04:44 +0000

#395 Shore Guy

neo conservative party circa 2048 nominee?