Ah, it’s getting on toward that time again….time for me to take a stand in favor of skipping Screen-Free Week.
In the last year, we’ve watched, and enjoyed, and learned:
- Dragnet and Adam-12, and discussions of legal and ethical matters.
- My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, and a foray into reading and writing fan fiction -and learning a great deal about the process of writing, too.
- Lots of documentaries, news, and talk shows.
- Comedy, and Anime, and a world of conversation, explorationand laughter.
- Star Trek: Enterprise, and the benefits and risks of relating to other species and other worlds…and more ethics, physics, and humor. Plus great storytelling!
Oh, and there have been many times when we’ve been otherwise occupied – camping, cooking, walking, swimming, going to events or museums, playing in the yard, reading, drawing, hometending….
Screens are part of life. Not the enemy, not an addiction…
A part of a rich and varied life – just the way we like it!
How about you and your family? Are you planning to limit or eliminate screens from May 5-11? Why or why not?
Sit down with a cuppa, and let’s chat a while…
Last week, Campaign for a Commercial -Free Childhood promoted its annual Screen-Free Week. Many parents turned off the screens in their homes. Libraries and bookstores offered up alternatives; board games sellers and family attractions hopes for a few of your dollars, in lieu of viewing.
We did not participate. Everyone here had freedom, all week, to use television, computers, videogames, and Kindles exactly as they pleased, without limits or even gentle hints that they might want to turn off or disconnect – just the same as every other week.
Here’s why:
We don’t have a problem with how televisions and other screen delivery systems are used in our home – not by us, and not by our children, either.
On a recent evening, we were gathered in my room, me writing on my laptop, and Annalise and Jeremiah playing
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