Be careful what your kids watch on TV

You know the TV has a definite effect on your kid when the following situation happened to us:

It was a leisurely Sunday evening. We were watching the "Funniest Annimals" TV show after dinner. You know, the ones where they get home videos of animals in various situations, and give a funny commentary along with it.

Well, they were doing a feature called "Desperate House Pets", and Ethan, as if he was the commentator as well, said "Yah, like Desperate Housewives like that......" in a rather "I know what you mean" tone.

Wowwww, wait a minute there, he had never really seen any episode of the "Desperate Housewives" serial on TV, so I asked "How did you know it's like Desperate Housewives?" Ethan said, "Yah, I know, I saw it on TV before"...and by that I assumed that he saw the adverts.

Well, this is a classic case of kids absorbing what they watch on TV......it's fantastic. Imagine what they learn when they watch educational stuff. Of course, nothing beats learning hands-on, but in most cases, if you can't bring the kid to the classroom, bring the classroom to him....I think TV, to a certain extent, is a 'necessary' tool to educate the kids, if monitored carefully.

So, most of the time, they are watching DVDs borrowed from the library - eg. National Geographic nature shows, "Crocodile Hunter" shows by Steve Irwin, Little Einstein, etc etc...