I just received a VERY interesting new comment on this post... Thank you for this great article. It compelled me to stop letting my almost-3-year-old watch TV first thing in the morning. He is an earlier riser than I’d prefer and I just didn’t feel ready to jump in to activities at 5:30am so I’d let him watch a few shows so I could have a little time to wake up. We also have an almost 1 year old and I really didn’t like having the TV on for the older one because he would watch too. I now let the older one watch one show after the little one goes to bed. I have to say, it’s only been a few days of no TV in the AM and I’m SHOCKED by how different his behavior has been. He’s a very active boy and always has been but his energy seems less crazy and more focused and he’s just all around easier when he doesn’t watch AM TV. I put together a big box of craft supplies (paper, paints, pipe cleaners, Styrofoam balls, paper tubes, etc) and he jumps right into creating instead of TV and I can still sit and have a cup of coffee because he’s totally entertained.
Posted on: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 03:57:56 +0000
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