Tv Turnoff Week: Day Four

Some thoughts about television viewing in our country “You watch television to turn your brain off and you work on your computer when you want to turn your brain on.” – Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Computer and Pixar, in Macworld Magazine, February 2004  ”American children and adolescents spend 22 to 28 hours per week [...]

TV Turnoff Week: Day Three

I cheated, I am just going to admit it right up front. I couldn’t stand the temptation and I watched Glee last night. And it was great. I don’t think I would even feel guilty – except that my kindergartner caught me. I thought she was asleep, and I kept the TV turned down low, [...]

Stress as a Status Symbol, Part 2

In my previous post I talked about how many of us have gotten caught up in bragging about the amount of stress we are under as a way to impress people.  We count the number of hours we spend in the car, on the laundry, at our kids’ schools, at our desk, and paying our [...]