I grew up on bunny ears and I still have them. Well my dad was right I watch enough television on 4 channels… Seriously, I can’t even imagine having cable, there are only 24 hours in a day, why spend so much time staring at the TV?
The textbook said kids watch about 900 hours of television a year. No wonder our generations are identified by the TV shows we watched as kids. I am a Fraggle Rock, Alf and Popples kid — if you know these shows you are probably of my TV generation.
What is scary is that we are socialized on TV and we continue watching it for the rest of our lives… what are we watching? We are predominately watching American culture and values in our Canadian homes. We grow up in a satellite Hollywood that portrays sex and violence all over our television screen.
The sex and violence on television continues to push the line and eventually we will be watching porn on CTV at 9:00pm. Seriously, I find it extremely disturbing the way women are portrayed as sexual objects and men as violent and powerful. This is what kids are watching 900 hours of…
I think it is a good idea to get bunny ears and do something else instead of watch TV. There is so much smut, scandal and violence on TV and after I sit on my couch for an hour, I wonder what did I really get out of that? The other night I was going to have a bite to eat and go do some reading, instead I watched an hour and a half of American Idol. Finally at 10:30 on the commercial I asked myself, “why are you still watching this crap?”
It is such a waste of time and money (well I have bunny ears so not the money part); but my time is very valuable.
Here are a few fun clips for the kids of my TV generation. Enjoy!
I am exactly the same way as you are…. I spend so much time watching crappy game shows and reality shows. Then I sit and think wow did I just waste a whole lot of time! This time could have been spent doing something far more efficient.
I am also very concerned that children are watching 900 hours of tv a year!! It is scary to think that most of it is probably of men being violent and powerful and women being portrayed as sex objects.
Fraggle Rock!
I had completly forgotten about that show I remember whatching in sunday nights as a kid. Thats awesome.
Well I agree I only watched tv sunday nights as a kid and was enrolled in 6 different competitive sports at a time so was always to busy to watch tv and I guess I was never that interested.I read alot. Thank god I still have an imagination. Thats the real concern for me is if kids watch that much tv what’s happening to the creative and athletic circuits in their little brains. Were manufacturing couch potatoes…
Cheers