Homeschooling for Excellence by David Colfax & Micki Colfax

Author:David Colfax & Micki Colfax [Colfax, David & Colfax, Micki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

In short, television is an enormous childhood energy drain. But once a parent recognizes this, what can be done? Some—a very few—keep television out of the home until their children are mature enough to distinguish between the occasionally worthwhile program and more typical fare. But many parents are themselves regular viewers, if not addicts, and find it difficult to impose restrictions on their children in light of their own habits. One solution is to undergo a program of gradual withdrawal in which both parents and children participate. By sharply limiting viewing to programs carefully selected in advance, parents and children can jointly transform television from a habit into just one of many activities in which they can individually or collectively participate.

*See Brian Sutton-Smith, Toys as Culture (Gardner, 1986).

**Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death (Viking, 1985), and Teaching as a Conserving Activity (Delacorte, 1979).

***The Literacy Hoax (Morrow, 1982).

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