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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:08 PM Original message |
When it comes to raising kids, I sincerely believe one of the best things |
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countingbluecars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. I remember reading |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. There are some good quality educational TV programs for kids. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. sure, but the trouble with that approach, as I see it, is that |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. It's one way, but I don't think it's the only way. |
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Riktor (476 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 10:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
57. It isn't "bad" TV that's the problem |
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SyntaxError (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think everyone should limit themselves and kids to 12 hours a day of TV max. |
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kdmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. I didn't have a TV most of the time I was growing up |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. We have no TV. |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I was always concerned |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. I noticed that with my son when he was little too |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. I think other aspects of your parenting had just as much if not more to do |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
78. HA! |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. As the father of 4 I absolutely and wholeheartedly agree |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. "Four Arguments |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. YES! Thank you so much Waterman! |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Outstanding books. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. That will be next on my list to read. And I look forward to |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. The points he makes |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. exactly. That's what I remember most about the book: |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 10:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
59. My children don't watch any tv except for special occasions (can't even think of the last time) |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
10. I agree. TV is a drug. |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
12. When my kids were young, we didn't have cable and I really |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
13. I was a real |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
49. I think my kids were 4 when they discovered cartoons on TV |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
18. When our kids were small, we had a farm |
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joe_sixpack (655 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
19. Can't tell you how much I agree |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. No, one of the best things a parent can do is to spend time with their kid... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. I believe that TV, is bad for developing brains. |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 07:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Parents who allow their children unfettered access to hours of TV |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 07:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. The TV has a lot to it... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 07:13 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I completely disagree. TV is PASSIVE |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 07:20 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. TV is a tool that can be used in both negative and positive ways... |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Hear Hear! |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 07:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Thank you! |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 07:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. I suggest you read Mander's |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 07:28 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I don't have it on for background noise... |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. TV infiltrates everyone's lives if that's how one chooses to look at it... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 07:48 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Because, like Mander, I don't see TV as a neutral instrument |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 07:54 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. It is an object...a tool...one of many tools that are available... |
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joe_sixpack (655 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 08:24 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. I don't think that an overall negative opinion |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 08:26 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. my, my aren't you defensive. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 08:47 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Well, those arguments you posted were idiotic, IMO... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #39 |
66. So watching Beavis & Butthead on YouTube takes out 3/4 arguments? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 06:21 PM Response to Reply #66 |
77. The book was published in 1977 |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 06:35 PM Response to Reply #77 |
81. I'm going to say that the real conflict is notsomuch about TV vs. no TV |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
85. Mander's four arguments... |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 07:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
90. You probably did not spend as much time watching tv as kids do now. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
22. HA!............!!!! Everyone who has pointed that out has failed to get |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
24. It's how I was raised. And I fully agree. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 06:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Fantastic! I enjoyed your digression and you made me smile |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
32. The experiment in my house is just the opposite. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 07:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Same experience here. |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 02:58 AM Response to Reply #34 |
62. You and Kaylee appear to be on it. |
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Kaylee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 07:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. This is how it is in my house too... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
42. my rule, nothing mean, stupid or putting people down. had to be positive |
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JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
45. I agree - give them music, not TV |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 10:16 PM Response to Reply #45 |
58. and books, i think parents who read around their kids and to their kids |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
46. I agree |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
47. I don't even own a television. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 09:36 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. "Like every other thing in existence, it's all in how you use it and moderation is key." |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 09:46 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. The ideas expressed |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 09:58 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. It sounds very interesting H20Man. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 10:02 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. I shall |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 10:04 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Thanks! |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 10:05 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. DU e-mail. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 10:10 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Got it! |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 06:10 PM Response to Reply #47 |
75. "You see, with a minimal amount of effort... |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
60. I live with two kids who were indoctrinated AGAINST television |
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Raejeanowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
61. Good For You! |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
63. Nova and Nature are examples of that televesion you want to demonize |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 07:20 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Good programs, I'm sure. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
65. I learned a lot of my values from Saturday morning cartoons.... |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
67. Done it. It is a miracle & a half. She can watch movies two or three times a week |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
68. My kids never knew about Saturday Morning cartoons because |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
69. TV is a source of information. Republicans don't want an informed public. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Undoubtedly the silliest comment I've seen here in a while- |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Complete baloney. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 05:54 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Oh please. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
71. I agree. |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
74. They don't call it the boob tube for nothing. |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
76. Interesting to consider differences among family members |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
79. Even now I don't have cable |
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hiphopnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
80. i respectfully disagree |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 06:40 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. gee, why didn't my kid react that way, or the dozens of other kids |
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hiphopnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. i couldn't say |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
83. Hi Cali. There are some good programs on TV. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
86. Kids in the 50's & early 60's didn't have all the distractions |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
87. Don't you find it a bit ironic you're complaining about TV... |
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hiphopnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 07:03 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. ... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 07:18 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. not at all. the OP was about children and TV. n/t |
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hiphopnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 07:29 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. so it's OK for adults to rot thier brains on TV |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. Go easy on him. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 07:41 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. kids brains are developing |
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