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Television viewing suggestions These are great suggestions (if you must put your child in front of a television), but they are a lot like dietary recommendations in that they are nearly impossible to follow or for a parent to enforce. I found it almost impossible when my 22 year old was in daycare to find a facility that would not use television at all, for example. Even if a parent has rules about viewing, they are not likely to be upheld in any other environment such as friends or relative's homes. It's the same with food; you tell them no candy at school and your child comes home and says he got ten M&M;'s for this or that behavior! When you confront the teacher, she says it's the only way she can get them to do anything and she didn't think you meant M&M;'s after all! You tell the daycare NO TV; you come to pick up your child and he's watching cartoons filled with violence and they say that it's "only cartoons"!Recommendation... are great, but they need to be in context; the context of the real world that mostly fights against any such recommendations as "elitist" or "impractical". | ||||
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