Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Television (was Teen room advice request)

[pattymara (pattymara]

On Wed, 30 May 2001 08:15:14 +0000 "Elizabeth Stevenson"
<tamgoddess [at] home.com> writes:
> Thanks, Patty. That was the kind of response I was looking for. Full 
> TV use
> and the consequences. Do you think the teens sleepovers are a direct
> consequence of the TV being in there? 

According to our teens, they end up sleeping in the TV room because they
were watching a movie, and fell asleep.  So, yes.

>Are some people very upset, or  is it  just a matter of some concern?
There are people here who would get very upset over that.

One person is very upset.  The same one who tends to get very upset over
things out of her control.  When she brought her concerns to the group,
with a proposal of a long list of rules about sleeping teens reserving
the room in advance, posting it on the door, using bedding etc etc etc.
the group responded with a long discussion.  General agreement was that
if the common house is the extension of our own homes then a long list of
rules and regs are not the way we want to go, especially with our teens. 
We are choosing instead to keep the dialogue open with them, and the
upset member is processing her disappointment that we don't share her
need for more rules, and the teens are promising not to use the yoga mats
and blankets for their sleepovers.  Talks continue.

coheartedly,
Patty Mara Gourley
Tierra Nueva, cen CA coast














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