All TV and no play makes Crazy Legs a dull boy (or girl)

Courtesy of Blogging Baby, a recent article in the New York Times suggests something we already inherently know: too much TV is not good for you, especially children. I know lots of kids these days who are raised by the TV, and Heidi and I are both fans of the tube.

But studies show that kids who watch over 10 hours of TV a week have lower reading scores and perform less well academically than children who spend less time watching TV. Also, there is a direct correlation between TV and childhood obesity, since children are less active when viewing it.

The suggestion is to set limits and follow them, as well as not treat TV viewing as a reward or a punishment, and lastly, to not emphasize its impact in our daily lives.

There's a lot wrong with television, but it's also where we get the majority of our information about the world outside our homes. I guess moderation is the key, as well as supervision of programming, rather than just setting the kid in front of the glowing box.

But it might take some weaning of our own first....
Whatdya mean, I can't watch "Trading Spouses" any more?