It’s National TV Turnoff Week. I participated last April and wrote about it here and here. I had a wonderful, relaxing week last time, but I decided not to participate this week for a multitude of reasons. Most of all, I feel like I’ve found a balance between screen time and all the other things…
A review of: Living Outside the Box: TV-Free Families Share Their Secrets by Barbara Brock Published by Eastern Washington University Press, 2007 The statistics about television-watching in America should concern everyone: The TV is on for 6 hours and 47 minutes a day in the average house. The average person watches more than 4 hours…
I have an uncomfortable relationship with technology. I’m conflicted about most of it – the car, the TV, the electric razor, even the “labor-saving” devices that populate our home. Oh, I use them. Sometimes I even have my washer, dryer, dishwasher, bread machine, and vacuum cleaner all going at the same time. But I have…