On reality shows...

This is what I read:

On reality shows...


This is what my initial comments were on the above blog:

I'm not a TV fan at all. I do even think I would not keep a TV in my house when I have kids(don't know how much feasible that would be).

But to your point i think the reality shows are ok for adults as they are responsible for what they do, unlike kids. Kids do what parents want them to do without even fully understanding what they are doing.

All this gave a thought to my mind. Are these reality shows for kids any less than child labor? Comparing the stress, mental agony and embarrassment they have to go thru.


And this is what inspired me to put it in my blog:

I was in Scarborough, Canada this weekend visting a good friend of mine. We have worked together for almost 5 years but now he has moved into another project and that is why he is in Canada. My friend has two kids, a 7 year old boy V and 3 year old cute little doll S.

I spent 2 days with the family and now I have very mixed feelings about the subject. V likes to watch TV especially kids movies. While we were driving to the African Lion Safari V was able to relate things with his movies and remember them.

I was more surprised when we were driving through Safari. V could recognize almost all the animals. This made me wonder if used properly TV could be good medium for education.

S is a very bright gal. She is only 3 but she could immitate anything/everything she sees. She would also sit with her bro and watch movies. Both are very o-operative to each other and I guess that makes learning much more fun for S.

So at the end of it i don't know what I'll do with my kids. May be I would just go with the flow or let my wife drive it :)

Happy teaching!!!!