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Yesterday marked the one week mark for no tv for my kids. None at all, not even in the living room. I was sick of their smart mouths, so I decided even earning the right to "privledges" in my house (as I call it) was not possible.
They have had the option of going outside, drawing, or reading. It has been a wonderfully quiet week. They have only asked about it one time, too, so I honestly don't think they miss it much at all. I had planned to let them start earning tv time again today, but until someone asks, I am not going to mention it.
I have had a lot on my mind, obviously, so having peace and quiet has been good. Don't get me wrong, they can be a pain, but they have been doing really good lately. Jordan had her first softball practice last night, and I am very pleased that we can do that together as a family. Mike came out and helped alongside me, and that was nice. I don't know what I would do if I had a husband that didn't jump in and do things like that with me. I have never known what it was like to have a husband that doesn't change diapers and make bottles either. And I don't mean that I ever had to ask him to, he just always did, just like he always takes part in their everyday stuff now. I am blessed in that department, that's for sure. He does not play the "they are girls" card and act like he can't have a great bond with them simply because they are females either, and it's a good thing, because that's such a cop out and it would not fly with me! I don't understand dad's that act that way; who cares they are girls, that's a bad excuse!
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We have been talking about the no tv thing around here. Clay and I today were talking about moving the tv to our bedroom...so they couldn't think about watching it!
Being home all day long, everytime I leave the room to do something else, they have cut it back on while I am gone, and then they are whining when I cut it back off. It drives me crazy!
a couple of years ago when we were still at the girls cottage, there used to regularly arise disputes over what to watch, who has had control of the remote, how loud or not loud enough the TV was, etc. while they generally tried to keep our age range around elementary school-to-intermediate school range, we often found ourselves with girls from age 4 - 18 years old, so there was all kinds of drama over watching disney or something a little more teen-friendly. and of course with only one TV in the cottage, youcan also throw in the times when some wanted to watch TV and some wanted to hook up a game system. one year we pretty much had our fill of it and pulled the plug... for the entire summer. i figured i had just ended my child-care career, because after a summer of whining i'd have been ready to go back to painting houses for a living. amazingly, after about a week of complaining, they just got used to not having it on, and they found things to do like go outside and ride their bikes, play in the park, go to the gym or game room... it was great, and attitudes (in general i mean, because after all, everybody that comes here comes for a good reason :-) were a whole lot better. i think while it took away one thing for them to get on each other's nerves about, they also werent exposed to all the smart-aleck wise cracking from kids that pases for humor on TV anymore.
keep up the great work! so you're the softball coach?
I have been wanting to do this,but Jamie is not so much on board,so I have conceded for now.I have restricted it in my own ways and that seems to be working for us for now.LOL!!
Kyla was flip flopping about softball so we didnt do it.:(
I second your thougts on men,but I havent ever had that kind of problem out of Jamie,either.LOL.Actually,Kyla and Kendall are his "princesses."
We did that back in the fall and it was great, I want to do it again. I loved the evenings after the kids went to bed because Wade and I could just hang out and we ended up having way more fun than just watching shows. Love this post, you are really blessed to have such a great husband to help! It's great! One of my biggest pet peaves is dads who think watching their kids is babysitting - it's not, it's just being a dad. Sounds like Micheal is a great one
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