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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Stockbull who wrote (17794)	2/22/1998 1:26:00 PM
From: Grainne	Respond to of 108807

Hi, Dave! In answer to your question, I am not really sure how effective cutting out cable is for reducing television watching. I know that I watch less, but I never had a problem with tv, and have always been one of those people who turns it on only when something I really want to watch is on, unless I am doing laundry or ironing, jobs I find so incredibly boring that I will watch almost anything. Well, almost!! Jerry Springer's show is NOT allowed anywhere at our house. I think that when you are addicted, however, how many channels you have to choose from may be less important. I just asked my daughter if not having cable made a difference, and she said she didn't think so. My own observation is that we are choosing more videos to watch, and we are definitely saving about $50 a month not having the cable. We have been borrowing videos from the library, so we are really saving money. We also have something called a TV Allowance, where each person pushes in their secret code number and is programmed to have a certain number of hours per week. When television watching gets out of control, we have a family meeting and usually decide to plug in the TV Allowance for awhile. Everyone in my family really enjoys reading, the computer, games, taking walks and going to the country, so there are plenty of other things to do. I really think tv is a pretty serious thing to have in your house, and should at least be thought about in the sense of what importance it plays in family interactions, and how many hours a day it is on. Here is something from the web about television addiction: dieoff.org Welcome to the Feelings thread, incidentally. Would you like to tell us something about yourself, or talk about anything in particular?