We are a very family oriented country. Most families, have fathers that come home for lunch everyday, the children are home from school earlier and usually the main meal is eaten at lunchtime, 'functional families' is the term I believe.

No, perhaps they have not covered the whole of the people and that in itself seems unfair, but then there are areas where it is rare that elderly people are totally alone here, as families tend to live with each other.

And let's face it, there are plenty of other things to do, indoors. I know one mother who allows her children an hour of TV every week, and they are always busy, they make lots of craft work, garden, cook, play games with each other.

You have a point, a good one.

Agreed...but unfortunately, at least from what I see, if the TV was turned off, there's always the XBox & other games...or playing around on the computer...a lot of kids these days don't KNOW HOW to play outside! You could give them a ball, a kite, & a paper airplane & they'd STILL be looking for the remote control...

But I'm not gonna just blame it on lazy kids...the parents are ultimately responsible for their sedentary lifestyle... The TV & computers have become the babysitters, teachers, & playmates...& they wonder why the rate of obesity is higher in the US among children than elsewhere...

Exactly, so therefore, I would struggle to be so incensed at this if it were to happen in my city, which I doubt it would.

Hallo, Phuque.

I smell outdoor sex . . . I'm in!!

But with me they need to cut off the INTERNET.

Bry

Not that I'm aware of.

It is sad but in many families there is not a safe place to go outside and play. TV is often a babysitter. In the USA there is at least and attempt at making children's programing wholesome.

How refreshing it would be if CNN would actually shut up for a just a few minutes.....

they close it down at 30C?

that would be a cold snap for us

we've had a near record of 30 days in a row over 40C

With what you just said maybe we are the ones that have went the wrong way for there is not many families that really and truly come together on a daily bases as a family in the US. Sad but true too many times you will see latch key kids or those that are so involved with tv and video games they have no clue what it is like to be in a family environment.

To many times parents are so stretched with what time they do have they find anything to keep the kids busy that does not involve them having to deal with them.

So not really sure who in fact has come out ahead here. To me it sounds like the family togetherness we had back in the 30's - 60's that we in fact bucked the system and pulled away from.

ohh i could go on a whole nother rant here dont get me started i really wish me and my family lived in the 30's to 60's.....tv is very limited here and kids ar rarely on the computer or playing video games

Seeing some of the crap that we have on TV nowadays I think it's a good idea. Kids these days are glued to the TV or video games or computers and they are not getting enough real world, hands on, experience. I do feel bad about the older folks that can't do anything else.

By the way, my mothers side of the family is from Transivania and Munich.

Watch tv online.

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i think they should end tv alltogether

and maybe use the redundant media scum to fill in the whole in the ozone layer, not that it would work, they`d just burn, still i`d like to try

What??? No South Park!

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