Comments on: Ten Reasons to Watch Less Television

By: How To Smash Your Television « this luminous life.

How To Smash Your Television « this luminous life. — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:11:56 +0000

[...] cover the reasons for ditching your television(s), but other writers have done a great job at covering these reasons for you. It basically boils down to three [...]

By: Ursula from Great Relaxation

Ursula from Great Relaxation — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:22:13 +0000

All ten reasons a really good. But in my mind, the most important is number three. People really should spend less time in front of the TV or computer screen and spend more time outside with real people like family or friends.

By: 3-Percent Girl » Blog Archive » Kill Your TV

3-Percent Girl » Blog Archive » Kill Your TV — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:28:13 +0000

[...] television. And there are all sorts of good reasons for that: 11 Reasons to Ditch Your Television, 10 Reasons to Watch Less Television, 4 Simple Reasons to Sell Your [...]

By: How To Smash Your Television | smash your t.v. and have adventures.

How To Smash Your Television | smash your t.v. and have adventures. — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:04:50 +0000

[...] cover the reasons for ditching your television(s), but other writers have done a great job at covering these reasons for you. It basically boils down to three [...]

By: One Foot In Front Of The Other

One Foot In Front Of The Other — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 20:24:39 +0000

[...] it will take a lot of courage to let go of your possessions, sell your car, and quit watching TV. You have to put your big boy pants on, put your socks on, and put one foot in front of another. [...]

By: Stop Dreaming. Start Doing.

Stop Dreaming. Start Doing. — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:27:04 +0000

[...] Turn off the TV. Because this is a pacifier for adults. Sell your car. Do it because it’s the right thing to do. Give away your stuff. You will be less distracted. [...]

By: finnsland» Blogarchiv » TV und die Macht der Werbung

finnsland» Blogarchiv » TV und die Macht der Werbung — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 08:48:25 +0000

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By: 21 Unusual New Year’s Resolutions — Femita

21 Unusual New Year’s Resolutions — Femita — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:20:20 +0000

[...] a world record? …skip television every other night? …learn a new language? …get up one hour earlier? …try not to [...]

By: Cable free for 3 months | The 7th Rock

Cable free for 3 months | The 7th Rock — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 15:28:07 +0000

[...] post on Leo’s Zenhabits: Cutting the cord to materialism Joshua of Becoming Minimalist : Ten Reasons to watch less television Francine of Miss Minimalist : Living without a a [...]

By: Nicki Savantes

Nicki Savantes — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:23:16 +0000

I chose not to have a television in my home more than 20 years ago (although I did watch an hour or so a day as a kid, and I obviously still have a computer), basically because of the empty feeling it left me with, and a sense of dissatisfaction for time “not well spent” whenever I let myself be “suckered in”.

Since I had a kid, I have been struggling off and on with the negative/positive indoctrination/education aspects of television. My four year old now gets twice 30 minutes a day watching kid DVDs. I try to supply him with relatively harmless content (like Winnie the Pooh and Thomas & Friends). He had no screen time before he was 2. So we’re kind of on the low end of the television watching spectrum…

Unsure where to take this in the future (darling son is of course always clamouring for more!), I did some basic internet reseach and put together some references to (spine chilling) scientific conclusions in an article (a mega post unfortunately: I do not yet possess Joshua’s flair for saying it all in a few hundred words!) about why television time is definitely “evil” for kids. Folks here might be interested in taking a look…