No TV. You Don't have TV? No.

We don't have television.
I didn't say we don't own a television, I said that we don't have TV. As in, we don't purchase cable or a satellite or anything that commands channels to our television. We don't even have rabbit ears to get the basic four. We haven't had TV since we moved into our house in 2008. It just wasn't something that was necessary for us to have. We watch a lot of movies, and DVD's that we own, and we will watch shows streaming through the internet if we want to.
For instance, tonight is Sunday and there are three shows that I would like to watch.
1. The Simpsons
2. The Walking Dead
3. Dexter
How do I get to stay on top of these shows? Well, a lot of the times, we can stream the shows from a website onto our computer, which is hooked up to our television. There's also this website called "Hulu" where you can usually watch shows on a day delay if you don't want to pay for it. Or, you can pay and watch them a little after the show airs.
We don't have television.
I don't see commercials.
I don't know what movies are coming out, who is dating whom, what songs are popular, what the new car coming out from Toyota is...
but my kids also don't see any of these things, either. They don't go spastic over seeing the new toy for Christmas this year or watch something inappropriate on a channel that's not geared for them. We didn't originally plan to not get TV for this reason, but it has worked out pretty well for us.
I hear parents say all the time that they "don't like a certain show " that their child watches. Well, I don't have that because I get to choose what my children watch, every time they watch TV. ( at my house, anyway )
I like this.
What do we watch?
There are some websites and youtube channels geared towards learning. Supersimplelearning.com
There's also the hoards of Disney movies that we have for the girls to watch.
My kids watch the Simpsons. Yes, they watch the Simpsons and even though its not geared for them, they will beg to watch it. We enjoy it as well, so its a win-win when we get to all enjoy something as a family.
With all that being said, I don't spend my time in front of a TV screen watching shows all day/night.
Nor do my children. I cannot tell a lie here, though. I will sometimes use the TV as a babysitter and put on a movie I know the kids will watch all the way through so that I can get things done around the house. And I will, however, some days sit in front of a computer screen heavily addicted to finding something spectacular to make for dinner on Pinterest.
I need to write a blog about Pinterest. Maybe tomorrow...