I've taken a whole other strategy with my kid. He's plugged in, online, engaged, and has been for a long time. I doubt it's a strategy that would work with every kid, but he's pretty inoculated against ads and consumerism. He does consumer research, and knows how to delay gratification. He loves his videogames, but he's also a voracious reader, excellent writer, and a good thinker. He debates politics with his Xbox friend in South Carolina, and stays his friend. He knows all kinds of random interesting things, and actively pursues more knowledge, like, "How To Become Pope, <http://youtu.be/kF8I_r9XT7A>" which I've shared with my adult friends.
Philip www.biketinker.com On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 2:10:54 PM UTC-8, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Patrick: agree wholeheartedly. Anton: good for you. > > I don't have a TV -- find it hard to watch most movies without getting > bored or annoyed -- but daughter, alas, is very plugged in -- she lives > mostly with her mother. But her mother and I have, and I think effectively, > emphasized other values enough -- imposed them on Catie, come to that -- > that I think all is far from lost. And she has been a huge reader since the > age of 6 or 7 when she discovered it is more fun to read than to have > someone read to her. > > And I am glad I discovered Kindle: all sorts of wonderful free or > almost-free classics of literature, history, spirituality, what have you. > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Anton Tutter <atu...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: >> >> Amen, Patrick. We've been TV-free since 2006, right after my second >> daughter was born. Will never go back. >> >> And the kids don't have phones, video games, or iPads. But they have more >> bookshelves chock full of books than their parents do, and a big old >> fashioned chalk board salvaged from school trash to draw on. >> >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 9:18:37 AM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote: >>> >>> Thank you, Peter! Now I'm even more thankful we have no TV and don't buy >>> plastic or electronic toys toys. >>> >>> With abandon, >>> Patrick >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > > ************************************* > *[I]n exploring the physical universe man has made no attempt to explore > himself. Much of what goes by the name of pleasure is simply an effort to > destroy consciousness. If one started by asking, what is man? what are his > needs? how can he best express himself? one would discover that merely > having the power to avoid work and live one’s life from birth to death in > electric light and to the tune of tinned music is not a reason for doing > so.”* > * > -- George Orwell, Pleasure Spots* > > *Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not money, > I am become as a sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have > the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and > though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not > money, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and > though I give my body to be burned, and have not money, it profiteth me > nothing. Money suffereth long, and it is kind; money envieth not; money > vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave unseemly, seeketh > not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in > iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, hopeth all > things, endureth all things. . . . And now abideth faith, hope, money, > these three; but the greatest of these is money. * > * > -- George Orwell, Keep The Apidistra Flying* > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
