If you are a mother, a lover of nature, someone who likes pretty pictures or inspiring quotes, aspiring cook, curious about frugal living and/or a non-materialistic individual who needs creative inspiration, you are going to love Lilolu’s blog. I was immediately interested, but was sold when I saw Lissie, Florence and the Machine, and Metric at the top of her playlist.
Here’s a sample of something interesting I learned on her blog. She participated in National TV Turn-off Week in April and gave her readers the following facts:
Interesting Facts
- Number of 30-second commercials seen in a year by average child: 20,000
- Number of minutes per week that parents spend in meaningful conversation with their children:38.5
- Number of minutes per week that the average child watches television: 1,680
- Percentage of children ages 6-17 who have TV’s in their bedrooms: 50
- Percentage of day care centers that use TV during a typical day: 70
- Hours per year the average American youth spends in school: 900 hours
- Hours per year the average American youth watches television: 1500
- Percentage of Americans that regularly watch television while eating dinner: 66
20 Things to do on National TV Turnoff Week:
- Read a book or magazine.
- Attend community concerts.
- Put together a puzzle.
- Visit the library.
- Listen to the radio.
- Plan a picnic.
- Go bird watching.
- Volunteer for a community organization or charity.
- Write a letter to a friend or relative.
- Learn to cook.
- Plant a garden.
- Go camping (even if it’s in your backyard).
- Learn to play a musical instrument.
- Start a journal.
- Go to a museum
- Take a nature hike.
- Learn to say simple phrases in a few different languages.
- Bake two batches of cookies; one for your family and one for a neighbor.
- Watch the night sky through binoculars; identify the different constellations. Observe the moon.
- Begin a family project.
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I personally don’t watch tv except for True Blood on Sunday nights (in 45 minutes, woot!) but have a hard time getting my family to turn it off as well. I was proud when my daughter’s first grade teacher (this was two years ago), “My mommy says tv will rot your brain.” She is obsessed with Wizards of Waverly Place anyway. :)
Remember, it doesn’t have to be a nation-wide effort designated to a certain week – you could do this with your family any time! I’m going to try to get my interested after I get them used to all the other household changes taking place. Let me know if you try it out!
When someone says "TMI!" I want to punch them in the face and not tell them why. 