It kills you to see them grow up.  But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.
~ Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams

Why TV is bad for your kids, Babe.


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Published November 17, 2009 @ 12:23 by Tania in Add category, Amazing Kids

This weekend we unplugged the TVs. The kids were all being rude, obnoxious and temperamental, and I am not exactly sure how we arrived at unplugging the TV as punishment, but the next step could be locking them in their rooms until they are 18. Just keeping our options open.

Son Two is getting ready for go to school, but first he and Daughter were having a pretend playdate. All was going well until this:

S2: Hey Babe. Thanks.


Daughter: MOMMY! He called me Babe!


S2: Do you think Babe is a bad name, or a good name?

D: A bad name.

S2: No! It's a good name!

Me: Son Two, why do you think it is a good name?

S2: Well, when guys call girls "babe" they like it.

Me: What girls? Where have you heard that?

S2: On TV.

Me: What kind of TV are you watching?

S2: I just like calling her Babe.

Me: Well she doesn't like it, so please stop.

S2: Babe. Babe. Babe, babe, BABE!


D: STOP IT! I AM NOT A BABE!


S2: I am not calling you a Babe, I just like saying the word.

I think that it is almost time to get the locksmith in...

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