Archive for October, 2007
Boob Tube?
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007The story I crafted of my own childhood did not include much TV. After all, there were just three channels then [I tell myself], and most households only had one TV [boring black and white]. So, when I considered my childhood, I pictured myself watching TV only occasionally, maybe with my whole family camped around the […]
Game Smarts
Monday, October 29th, 2007When I read the teaser–Why Video Games Making our Kids Smarter, and More Obedient–on this story in the Utne Reader, my heart jumped. Wouldn’t it be just perfect if, after all this fret, it actually turned out that gaming was HELPING my child be successful? I even had someone who must have been a kindred […]
Computer Antics
Friday, October 5th, 2007During this past week I have been playing Adventure Quest. When I log in, it says how many people are online. One day I try to log in and it says there are 17,253 people online. It says there is only a 17,000 person limit. Ok seems fair.
Today I try to log on with 14,698 […]
TV Shame
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007I admit it: I suffer from TV shame. It’s the feeling that descends when my wonderful children, acting independently in the world, reveal that they watch [what I believe is] too much TV. Some examples:
Four-year-old Alex utters something clever on Tuesday, and I smile to myself, basking in his brilliance. Then on Wednesday I hear […]