tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89009055828422416.post3721947201349559548..comments2023-10-07T12:44:54.727-04:00Comments on Last American Childhood: Letters We Don't SendRachel Federmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00954446214849444639noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89009055828422416.post-27381192590105738372014-03-04T22:03:12.907-05:002014-03-04T22:03:12.907-05:00I appreciate that you say he watches netflix and h...I appreciate that you say he watches netflix and hulu all the time and that the issue was more the money. I find it so incredibly irritating when people talk about "not having cable" or "not having a TV" in a sanctimonious way but meanwhile stream videos for hours every night or some equivalent of watching movies/shows. Unless you're watching Italian arthouse cinema how is one morally superior to the other? From what I hear most binge-watching goes takes place on Netflix.Rachel Federmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00954446214849444639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89009055828422416.post-18970223860142338252014-03-04T20:32:03.103-05:002014-03-04T20:32:03.103-05:00It isn't so much an issue of when he watches (...It isn't so much an issue of when he watches (he watches netflix and hulu all the time), it just was ridiculously expensive when we hardly watch tv. In 8th grade he asked to watch south park and it was a connection to other people. I think he might like to see things on the night they air- he came home from school saying they were all talking about something, but I don't think he minds that much.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01295371732256129611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89009055828422416.post-18690436597513656422014-03-04T14:00:44.330-05:002014-03-04T14:00:44.330-05:00Thanks for the encouragement Rhonda...I've fin...Thanks for the encouragement Rhonda...I've finally started to really feel this and I so enjoy our afternoons of singing, dancing, stuffed-animal exercise class etc. It's so obvious to me, too, how much happier and more himself he is the less we have going on especially on school afternoons. <br /><br />Jenny - I never knew that. It's funny that elementary friends asked you that on FB but I can say I very clearly remember one friend of Dara's who didn't have a TV at home and clamored for Degrassi Junior High marathons whenever she came to ours. I agree- it does seem like a bigger now than in the past to be out of the loop. Wally keeps mentioning how "all the boys" play ninjas at recess and he doesn't even know what those are. (I think he's finally caught on, but he's never seen any show/movie/game with them.) I like the compromise you have for Max. Seems sensible.Rachel Federmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00954446214849444639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89009055828422416.post-28281748220607772262014-03-04T11:37:55.154-05:002014-03-04T11:37:55.154-05:00We were those kids who didn't have a tv. I was...We were those kids who didn't have a tv. I was surprised when I reconnected with people from elementary school (on facebook) that they asked me if I had a tv- that was apparently what they remembered about me. I think it is a much bigger deal than it used to be- to be out of the loop. We just disconnected the cable, but have hulu and netflix. In high school they seem to discuss shows- Max can watch them, but not on the night they air.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01295371732256129611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89009055828422416.post-15788033242981207052014-03-04T11:35:04.566-05:002014-03-04T11:35:04.566-05:00We were the ones without a tv- and I think it is a...We were the ones without a tv- and I think it is a much bigger deal than when we were little. When my boys were young they would talk with friends about watching pokemon or power rangers. We just disconnected the cable, but have hulu plus and netflix.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01295371732256129611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89009055828422416.post-47343253915094823452014-02-15T16:32:34.549-05:002014-02-15T16:32:34.549-05:00"How long can I keep this going, where he doe..."How long can I keep this going, where he doesn't have activities during the week while everyone around him is schlepping around to Karate and Mandarin and Gymnastics and Ballet? I don't think he needs any more structured activity outside school and I want to spend the time with him, but will I turn him into one of those kids who is totally out of touch?"<br /><br />You know what he needs, you know what you need, you should feel guilty for neither. Who cares what everyone else thinks or does or has? You won't turn him into anything, he already is. Believe in yourself :)<br /><br />- rhondaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com