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Originally Posted by KathyM
I never liked watching TV as a kid - only watched it when I was too sick to go out and play. My mother was almost fanatical about her TV shows and Hollywood movies. It looked to me like she preferred to hide from life rather than live life. It made me angry because she was supposed to be my "role model" - the one responsible for teaching/showing me how to be a woman/wife/mother. Instead, she appeared to care more for the Hollywood actors and fictional characters she knew on TV.
I did, however, like watching the news with my father. I grew up in Chicago during the 60s, so the news was pretty traumatic. My father would discuss some of the issues with me, and he took the time to tell me stories of his own childhood. Some were funny, some were poignant tales of his trials and tribulations. I preferred his stories over everything else because they were real, I knew the "author," and the story had been given to me for a reason.
I watched TV with my son when he was little, but I tried to do as my father did with me. He didn't spend much time in front of the TV though because I felt it was more important for him to work on other things like developing social skills and finding his own way - something you can't learn on TV.
Another thing that bothers me about TV is the advertisements. I know they are necessary, but I don't buy anything I don't need - 99.9% of the time I don't need what they are selling. Ads for alcohol infuriate me, as do some of the pharmaceutical ads. It's as if their goal is to have us all on medication, and for us to expect a completely pain-free life - it's not realistic.
I'm glad you've chosen to experience life rather than watch it on TV as a bystander. 
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Ah! So you also have a mom like that. It still ticks me off personally, after all the convincing ideas, she still watches whatever show. I know I shouldn't obsess over changing people, but oh boy, it's annoying to get my hair done (My hair is too long for me to take care of it by myself so she helps it getting my hair in french braids) and for her to have to have that crap show The Little People on. I mean, they're people, albeit short. So why do they get a show? Oh! Now I remember, they're midgets, and therefore freaks by television's standards. Really, it's the ads that get on my nerves, but it's the "freak-show" junk that makes television bad. I could never have my own reality show, because I talk too much about things that would make people turn off their set. Plus, I'm not "exciting" enough.
Oh well, I like not watching television, can't help those who refuse it.
Besides, staring at the clouds is a lot more fun when you know you're doing something "different" from everyone else. (random thought
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