This little ditty was inspired by a post from Nathan Tutas about media focusing on negative news. Just a little love link in the rain to Nathan Tutas for a great post.
The sky is falling, the sky is falling .......Most of us fondly remember those famous words uttered by chicken little as he / she frantically warned her feathered friends of the looming danger. Chicken little's irrational fear of a perceived threat (that did not exist at all, as you recall it was an acorn falling on her head that precipitated the need to warn Henny Penny, Loosey Goosey, Lurkey Turkey and the whole gullible barnyard gang.) endangered her and her friends. The unintended consequences of Chicken little's actions had the entire crew Lured by Foxy woxy to almost becoming a delicious meal.
It seems like our media has become the proverbial "acorn" Perhaps negative sells because it's easier to look at our situation and not feel as bad about our own predicaments.
Our family has become sick of the bad advertising, "quality entertainment" and the 10 second sound bites anticipating the collapse of our society at large. "Breaking news The FDA has issued a warning that an everyday house hold appliance can kill you. As we speak it is being pulled from all shelves in all stores across the nation. Tune it at 11 to find out what it is and how you might save yourself, children, and sisters cousins penguin from impending doom."
My wife has spoken .... Enough is enough.
THERE WILL BE NO MORE TV DURING THE SCHOOL WEEK. That's right none, nada, El Zero, yes, you heard me right new rule, NO TV FOR ANYONE!
Now as you can imagine this was not too popular at first with four girls and one large mammal (Especially hard on the large mammal....That's right, you guessed right it I'm the large Mammal) No, news, sports, advertising and reality TV. Instead we have opted for our own reality, putting up the Christmas tree, listening to music, and sharing our own days drama.
Three weeks in to spending more "quality time" together as a family not in front of the boob tube has been a great experiment so far...Life is good, more laughing, smiling and no negative emotions about the "The sky potentially falling full story at 11" before we say goodnight.
What do you think?
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