Television

As this summer has begun to come to an end, I had a realization of how little we did as a family outside of the home and how our lives seem to revolve around the television schedule as well as computer and video games. It made me disappointed in our parenting, I feel like we've been raising our boys to be couch potatoes -which isn't what I want for them. I want our boys to be active, adventurous, creative, productive, and kind-souled.

These pictures represent what our boys are like now and what they'll more than like be like when their adults...couch potatoes

I believe it's important we try to instill good habits in our children so they will be more willing to  live a healthy lifestyle as adults. Granted, I'm a little late where the tv, computer and video games are concerned, but as they say -better late than never. My other reasons for wanting to limit and/or possibly remove tv from our home...

1) It would improve our family relationships by allowing us to have more quality family time.

2) We would all be more active

3) We would have more free time to do the things we love

4) It has been proven that too much tv slows down brain activity.

5) There is a lot of content on tv that I don't approve of the boys watching...low to non existent          morals and values.

6) I also believe many of the shows, even those geared towards children and teens, put way

    too much emphasis on vanity and material possessions. -Yes, everyone wants to look their 

    best and want the latest and greatest products, but I want our boys to focus on a person's 

    inner beauty instead of one's outward appearance and to realize and know that you can live 

    a happy and wonderful life without having the "best" material possessions. It just seems like 

    some of those who are "trying to keep up with the Jones' " are not living as happy of a life as 

    they could be if they were to stop being materialistic. 

I don't mean to offend anyone and what is good for one family isn't always the best for another. With that said, I do believe this would be best for my family.