limiting tv time

she may not like it, but over the past year, i’ve noticed that chaeli has been watching more and more tv. i’m sure that on some days, she’s close to 3 hours a day, though most of the time it’s closer to 2 hours a day.

that’s too much. especially for a two year old.

i’m making a stand. limiting t.v. and NO TV during meals. i hope my mother (her caregiver during the working days) will abide by my rules.

dinner is one of my biggest concerns. i want to discipline all of us in making dinner time part of our family time. where we sit together after a busy days, all of us doing different things, in order to connect and talk about our day.

i grew up with a t.v. always on in the kitchen. and i remember there were evenings where i wanted to tell my parents things but was told to ‘hush’ because my father wanted to listen to the news.

after awhile, i couldn’t separate myself from t.v. during dinner time. and when my parents chose to turn it off because they wanted to talk to me (usually about something that i did wrong), i was not for it.

i don’t want the same thing to happen between chaeli and us. the communicatin has to stay open in order for us to have less conflicts (as there’s always enough conflicts as there is).

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