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

[Dahako (Dahako]

Hi -

I'm actually in the odd position of being strongly opposed to a full-time TV in 
the commons house *and* being "the member most likely to carry her TV over to 
the commons house for a special event".  And I don't feel any tension over this 
apparent contradiction.

I don't want TV in the commons house full-time because I think casual TV use 
rots not only brains but social connections that would spring up if the "on" 
button weren't so darned easy to push. My dad was a creative director at one of 
the biggest advertising agencies in the country and he raised us to be proper 
skeptics  of all things TV.  If I cannot always resist the siren call of the 
silly set, how am I to believe the rest of my neighborhood will - especially 
the kiddiddles?

On the other hand, I think TV-viewing can be a planned social event with many 
redeeming values.  So I lugged my set over for Election Night, the ACC 
basketball tournament (a religious event in these parts) and most recently for 
a 6-hour marathon viewing of Pride and Prejudice (the Firth/Ehle version - 
highly recommended).  I know I will cheerfully lug it over many times in future 
- but it doesn't live there.

Jessie Handforth Kome
Eno Commons
Durham, NC
Where one of our members (not me) works for a group that tries to limit TV use, 
especially by children.
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