As I mentioned previously, I am thankful that my parents helped me realize at a young age that TV wasn't everything and kept it from scrambling my young mind. In that same vein, I'd like to mention some advice my aunt offered me on our recent family trip. She said, in regards to Rowan and with much experience under her belt, "Don't get him started on video games... They were a great babysitter, but now I regret it." (My paraphrase)
Spoken from a mom who has been there, who has seen the deleterious effects of "too much" on her child. She wishes she had been more firm in that area .
With the bombardment of screens of all shapes and sizes EVERYWHERE, it will be hard to keep Rowan away from it all the time; but I shall take her advice and my parents' example to heart, and try my best to shield Rowan from all the time-suckers and mind-numbers. After all, discipline begins at home.
"Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it."
Proverbs 22:6
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