Comments on: Gearing Up for School…Ouch Those Attitudes! http://www.earnestparenting.com/2007/09/01/gearing-up-for-schoolouch-those-attitudes/ Encouraging heroes. You can be one too. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:05:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Amyhttp://www.earnestparenting.com/2007/09/01/gearing-up-for-schoolouch-those-attitudes/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Amy Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:36:23 +0000 http://www.earnestparenting.com/2007/09/01/gearing-up-for-schoolouch-those-attitudes/#comment-95 One benefit to keeping it on is the opportunity to teach them right watching habits. If I got rid of it altogether, I'm not totally sure they'd do well at discerning what to turn off when they were older. On the other hand, perhaps they'd just not watch it then either. :) I think TV is one of those battleground points in the struggle to be 'in the world, but not of it'. I'll just keep doing my best. And read too them some more. One benefit to keeping it on is the opportunity to teach them right watching habits. If I got rid of it altogether, I’m not totally sure they’d do well at discerning what to turn off when they were older. On the other hand, perhaps they’d just not watch it then either. :) I think TV is one of those battleground points in the struggle to be ‘in the world, but not of it’. I’ll just keep doing my best. And read too them some more.

]]> By: PandaBeanhttp://www.earnestparenting.com/2007/09/01/gearing-up-for-schoolouch-those-attitudes/comment-page-1/#comment-90 PandaBean Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:30:16 +0000 http://www.earnestparenting.com/2007/09/01/gearing-up-for-schoolouch-those-attitudes/#comment-90 I ought to get rid of the darn idiot box, it is on waaaaay to often.Congrats on at least /trying/ to teach the boys responsibility. I would think it would be hard to do, more so in a public school environment (which you obviously do not have to deal with, praise God!), because all their peers are probably allowed to slack as much as they want (not all of them, true, but more than not) and they want to be just like their friends, jumping off bridges aside of course. :PGod Bless! I ought to get rid of the darn idiot box, it is on waaaaay to often.

Congrats on at least /trying/ to teach the boys responsibility. I would think it would be hard to do, more so in a public school environment (which you obviously do not have to deal with, praise God!), because all their peers are probably allowed to slack as much as they want (not all of them, true, but more than not) and they want to be just like their friends, jumping off bridges aside of course. :P

God Bless!

]]> By: Amyhttp://www.earnestparenting.com/2007/09/01/gearing-up-for-schoolouch-those-attitudes/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Amy Mon, 03 Sep 2007 22:16:54 +0000 http://www.earnestparenting.com/2007/09/01/gearing-up-for-schoolouch-those-attitudes/#comment-88 <p>Oh, totally! I've considered getting rid of the thing many times. Last spring we made a rule that no screens could be on until 4:00. That was not initially well-received, especially by the younger boys. Poor things. But everyone survived. I found that they stopped watching television pretty much completely at that point. Right now we have a terrible habit of having it on at mealtimes, but that little problem will solve itself shortly. As soon as we finish the basement-which, Lord willing, will happen in the next few months-then all kid TV access moves down there.Do you read one story to all the kids? One obstacle for me has been the age difference and my reluctance to start bedtime earlier so as to work all that in. When the older boys were little I did try reading books but it failed b/c they didn't listen or seem to comprehend and it was just painful. So I stopped. I have read a few books with them over the past year, and they loved it. I didn't for the summer though. :( Have been working too much I think. I got out a new story for them last week. Guess I should get started! And ditto on loving the 'net and all the cool connections we get to make. I have so many friends that I've met online, and none of them have turned out to be axe murderers! I'm looking forward to some more giggles this year as we attempt to survive school and homework!</p> Oh, totally! I’ve considered getting rid of the thing many times. Last spring we made a rule that no screens could be on until 4:00. That was not initially well-received, especially by the younger boys. Poor things. But everyone survived. I found that they stopped watching television pretty much completely at that point. Right now we have a terrible habit of having it on at mealtimes, but that little problem will solve itself shortly. As soon as we finish the basement-which, Lord willing, will happen in the next few months-then all kid TV access moves down there.

Do you read one story to all the kids? One obstacle for me has been the age difference and my reluctance to start bedtime earlier so as to work all that in. When the older boys were little I did try reading books but it failed b/c they didn’t listen or seem to comprehend and it was just painful. So I stopped. I have read a few books with them over the past year, and they loved it. I didn’t for the summer though. :( Have been working too much I think. I got out a new story for them last week. Guess I should get started! And ditto on loving the ‘net and all the cool connections we get to make. I have so many friends that I’ve met online, and none of them have turned out to be axe murderers! I’m looking forward to some more giggles this year as we attempt to survive school and homework!

]]> By: nanhttp://www.earnestparenting.com/2007/09/01/gearing-up-for-schoolouch-those-attitudes/comment-page-1/#comment-87 nan Mon, 03 Sep 2007 13:54:44 +0000 http://www.earnestparenting.com/2007/09/01/gearing-up-for-schoolouch-those-attitudes/#comment-87 Hi! Its me. Have you considered (shudder) getting rid of the TV altogether? We did when our kids were very little, and I think it is the best thing we ever did for them. I will not carry on about the reasons, you can look them up, but we do have a computer and plenty of DVDs. DVDs for rainy days and other emergencies only! My kids all love to read, but I still read to them every night. It makes them WANT to read, and there are excellent stories out there that are difficult for them to get through on their own, but help so much with vocabulary. Keep a dictionary beside you and say "hmmm, what the heck does that mean?" And look stuff up. Thanks for all your advice and suppourt over at GNM parents, I am dreading homework less, just knowing there are people out there who can get a giggle out of a crazy boy up a tree! I love the internet! Hi! Its me. Have you considered (shudder) getting rid of the TV altogether? We did when our kids were very little, and I think it is the best thing we ever did for them. I will not carry on about the reasons, you can look them up, but we do have a computer and plenty of DVDs. DVDs for rainy days and other emergencies only! My kids all love to read, but I still read to them every night. It makes them WANT to read, and there are excellent stories out there that are difficult for them to get through on their own, but help so much with vocabulary. Keep a dictionary beside you and say “hmmm, what the heck does that mean?” And look stuff up. Thanks for all your advice and suppourt over at GNM parents, I am dreading homework less, just knowing there are people out there who can get a giggle out of a crazy boy up a tree! I love the internet!

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