This week is National No TV Week and so our family of 5 is going to try and turn off that silly machine. I hate to admit that our TV is on a bit more than I would like and I often find myself staring blindly at the screen, not realizing how much time I am wasting.
Every year I look forward to the excuse of No TV week – I need that excuse to make it happen. We can’t turn on the TV – the children police it and are pretty hard nosed with each other on “screentime” which means video games and computers are included. My goal for this year is to get the kids to spend more time outdoors and No TV week is a great excuse for us parents to do the same.
I am going to keep a log of what our children have done INSTEAD of TV this week. It will be fun to see how much a family of 5 can get done without a TV and you never know what treasures or new discoveries we may find in our own backyard!
Posted by Tiff on April 21, 2009 at 1:55 am
Thank goodness it’s a nice week for spending the evenings outside!! I look forward to “following” you this week!
Not in a weird watch over your shoulder way, though!