Comments on: Below average http://www.6browns.com/2009/03/below-average/ Six Browns, One Blog Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:11:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Missy http://www.6browns.com/2009/03/below-average/comment-page-1/#comment-4023 Missy Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:48:27 +0000 http://www.6browns.com/?p=2052#comment-4023 Sadly, probably average. Even more sadly, I'm the only one in my house! I watch it all on the DVR, never live since I can't stand commercials!! LOL! My husband barely watches TV and either do my older boys. Most days, they watch none! Biscuit would probably sit in front of kid's shows alllll day if I let him! Sadly, probably average. Even more sadly, I’m the only one in my house! I watch it all on the DVR, never live since I can’t stand commercials!! LOL! My husband barely watches TV and either do my older boys. Most days, they watch none! Biscuit would probably sit in front of kid’s shows alllll day if I let him!

]]> By: Christina http://www.6browns.com/2009/03/below-average/comment-page-1/#comment-4017 Christina Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:36:24 +0000 http://www.6browns.com/?p=2052#comment-4017 TV is a guilty pleasure for me. I love to just be a couch potato, but I feel guilty the whole time. I know there are better ways for me to spend my time. And now with Ian...I really want to minimize the TV he watches. So we watch a DVR of Sesame Street as we are waking up (We cuddle for a few minutes and then I sneak away for coffee, computer time, quick clean-ups and getting breakfast on the table.) I try not to turn on the TV for the rest of the day, but sometimes I just want to veg. So in the morning Channel 8 goes on after Sesame Street, or I will watch a DVR of Oprah or one of my Thursday night shows (Grays Anatomy, Private Practice, ER, Ugly Betty). Kyle and I watch 30 Rock, House & Fringe together some weekend night after Ian goes to sleep. So I guess adding that up, we watch about 15 hours per week of TV shows. Kyle has a few others he records and watches periodically...I don't keep track of those. (We used to record a lot more, but we felt like we were getting behind. So we deleted a lot - Lost, Heros were among them.) Also when we are really tired in the evening. We will let Ian pick a kids movie and we watch parts of it with him and surf the internet/talk. Ian really loves TV it is an instant babysitter, he will sit still and watch a full length movie. Which is nice to get stuff done...but I really hate the long term (possible) ramifications. So the guilt gets to me and I try to avoid using TV. On a rough week there is more TV. (Sorry I ended up writing a book in my comments...but you invited a poll and apparently I am talkative tonight.) TV is a guilty pleasure for me. I love to just be a couch potato, but I feel guilty the whole time. I know there are better ways for me to spend my time. And now with Ian…I really want to minimize the TV he watches. So we watch a DVR of Sesame Street as we are waking up (We cuddle for a few minutes and then I sneak away for coffee, computer time, quick clean-ups and getting breakfast on the table.) I try not to turn on the TV for the rest of the day, but sometimes I just want to veg. So in the morning Channel 8 goes on after Sesame Street, or I will watch a DVR of Oprah or one of my Thursday night shows (Grays Anatomy, Private Practice, ER, Ugly Betty). Kyle and I watch 30 Rock, House & Fringe together some weekend night after Ian goes to sleep. So I guess adding that up, we watch about 15 hours per week of TV shows. Kyle has a few others he records and watches periodically…I don’t keep track of those. (We used to record a lot more, but we felt like we were getting behind. So we deleted a lot – Lost, Heros were among them.) Also when we are really tired in the evening. We will let Ian pick a kids movie and we watch parts of it with him and surf the internet/talk. Ian really loves TV it is an instant babysitter, he will sit still and watch a full length movie. Which is nice to get stuff done…but I really hate the long term (possible) ramifications. So the guilt gets to me and I try to avoid using TV. On a rough week there is more TV. (Sorry I ended up writing a book in my comments…but you invited a poll and apparently I am talkative tonight.)

]]> By: Emily B http://www.6browns.com/2009/03/below-average/comment-page-1/#comment-4014 Emily B Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:46:32 +0000 http://www.6browns.com/?p=2052#comment-4014 FIVE hours a DAY?? Holy cow- do these people not work? have friends? go to the gym? YIKES! Lets see- I watch the news (30-60 min), Oprah (1 hr), and usually one-two shows (30 min-2 hrs). Hmmm... So on a BAD night I watch 4 hours of TV though with TIVO it's probably closer to 3 actual hours in front of the box (no commercials saves SO much time). Granted that's more than I thought but still under average. (phew!) FIVE hours a DAY?? Holy cow- do these people not work? have friends? go to the gym? YIKES!

Lets see- I watch the news (30-60 min), Oprah (1 hr), and usually one-two shows (30 min-2 hrs). Hmmm…

So on a BAD night I watch 4 hours of TV though with TIVO it’s probably closer to 3 actual hours in front of the box (no commercials saves SO much time).

Granted that’s more than I thought but still under average. (phew!)

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