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		<title>Turning off the tube</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is National TV Turn-off Week and Park Elementary School celebrated by throwing an old set (sans tube) off the roof. Ever since I saw the photo I&#8217;ve had the Red Hot Chili Peppers song &#8220;Throw away your television&#8221; going through my head (great tune, btw).
We were pretty rigorous about following the American Academy of Pediatrics [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is National TV Turn-off Week and Park Elementary School celebrated by <a href="http://www.durangoherald.com/sections/News/2009/04/21/Going_down/" target="_blank">throwing an old set</a> (sans tube) off the roof. Ever since I saw the photo I&#8217;ve had the Red Hot Chili Peppers song &#8220;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptj2qKIswLw" target="_blank">Throw away your television</a>&#8221; going through my head (great tune, btw).</p>
<p>We were pretty rigorous about following the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendation against regular TV viewing for children younger than 2. But once my son discovered &#8220;Dora the Explorer&#8221; it was all over. Other programs followed. His current obsession is &#8220;Cars&#8221; (which I actually find an exceedingly watchable movie. Thank you, Pixar). In short, I can see how easy it is for time in front of the tube to creep up. I admit I worry less than I did as a new parent that TV &#8212; any TV &#8212; is going to rot his brain. Like everything in life, I think it a matter of degrees. The AAP offers some useful <a href="http://www.aap.org/family/smarttv.htm" target="_blank">guidelines </a>on kids and TV.</p>
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