Please read the comments on my previous post. There’s a good discussion going on about the difficulties in raising kids, how to shelter them from bad influences, whether TV is a bad influence, and what government should do about it.

I only have a quick post tonight, because I’ve been busy reading those comments. Also, I’ve been camped out in front of the tube for most of the evening watching Survivor and CSI.

Every week, CSI features another sexual fetish. There have been episodes on the weirdoes who like to dress up like stuffed animals and do it, chubby chasers, and regular run of the mill S&M. Tonight, one of the killers was enraged because steroids deflated his manhood. Highly amusing, but I bet this show really ticks off some people.

As I explained in the comments of the previous post, I am in the “if you don’t like it, turn it off” camp on this one. There are lots of channels and lots of options. Something for everybody.

Perhaps it’s easy for me to say, because my kids are little and still in awe of my strength and wisdom. I can also hold the remote control high over their heads and boot them out the backdoor.

I limit TV. It’s on, because I need to get stuff done, but only during the allocated times. I limit TV not so much because I’m worried about the content. They’re asleep way before CSI. I limit TV, because I have an old fashioned notion that kids should be out doing things. No matter how good the TV show, it’s far better to be off investigating worms and throwing a ball. I want them to have the Kennedy-style vigor or “vigah.”

(oh, getting way to tired to finish this post. I’ll publish it anyway and add more tomorrow. Not good blogging practice, but screw it. need bed.)