TV rules the roost in many homes, and that fact probably has more
to do with school discipline problems school than almost anything
else.
Think about it. Attention spans are decimated by the rapid
fire image bombardment of television hyper reality. A poor attention
span means discipline problems. Public schools may have their fair
share of difficulties, but sending the teachers TV-programmed kids
to deal with can't be helping matters.
For an excellent look at some of the mental and physical
problems that TV presents for kids, check out this article on today's
Seattle Times website:
The Skinny on TV
http://www.seattletimes.com/news/lifestyles/html98/peds_021198.html
There IS an off button on the darn thing you know. Tim Lohrmann