Summary
If you haven't read a newspaper in the last few days, or listened to the radio, you might not be aware that this is that one week of every year when we're urged to turn off our TVs and find better ways to occupy our minds and bodies.
Naturally, the TV industry doesn't like to publicize this worthwhile annual event, now in its 11th year. According to organizers of TV Turnoff Week, nearly 8 million people heeded the message last year and went without TV, and the numbers are expected to be even higher before this blackout period is over. This is the week when educators, politicians and culture critics get to blast the boob tube and essentially blame it for all sorts of health problems among the young couch-potato set. And they're right, of course, even if most parents don't care to admit it.See the full content of this document
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Turning Off Boob Tube a Bright Idea
As an editorial in this paper pointed out on Monday, children ages 2 to 11 watch an average of 20 hours of TV a week. Throw in the ho...
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