Logan & Cody Sharing iPod
Originally uploaded by dave_laplante.
We just returned from a family vacation back to my hometown of Crested Butte, Colorado. With that vacation came about two weeks of being on the road. Two thousand miles in the car with two kids and one iPod to be exact.
We took no DVDs nor any DVD player. My Tablet PC laptop doesn’t have a CD/DVD drive. We didn’t watch one DVD the whole trip. Furthermore, we didn’t go see Superman or Pirates. When the kids wanted a “media fix” (which was when they were settling down for bed around 9p or 10p) they snacked on iPod videos.
TV appears to be all but is dead in our house now. We have no cable TV. All content is coming on a DVD or from a computer now. And — for the moment — our kids are more than OK with this. The proof is an incident free vacation with no DVD, no TV and a lot of outdoors.
Kudos to Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender animation. It’s an entertaining story for kids…and adults. Somehow it’s managed to have broken their love-affair for Power Rangers and is fun to watch for parents. I’m actually anticipating the next episode!
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Hi Dave,
It’s been a long time! I found your site through Kristy Crabtree’s!
Kudos on the no T.V.! Your kids are better off without it! I am of the same thinking and do not have cable either!
As a teacher, now, I can definitely tell the difference between kids who watch a lot of T.V. and those who do not. Those who do not watch much T.V. have greater imaginations, they can think for themselves and they tend to do better academically. But that is just my personal observation!
P.S. I can’t believe how big they are!
Take care,
Kristi