The Obsessive Mother's Guide to Parenting

As parents, it's our duty to control what images and messages our children are exposed to.  Unsupervised television watching is an absolute FAIL in parenting.  These three are the top of the Obsessive list for allowing your children t.v. time. 

1) With a digital antenna properly placed in your home, the television channel can be kept on PBS.  Kid shows play from early morning till 5:00pm max when the BBC news comes on.  Every show is educational by some means for the kids.  PBS has very few commercials (only for things like The Little Gym) and with the antenna, it's a FREE signal.  (P.S. - Downton Abby is awesome.)

2) Connecting through your Wii (and other devices) Netflix has a kids section and will tattle on your kids.  "Recently watched" is something they can't tamper with or delete and you can see what shows your kids have been viewing.  You can choose the shows in the Instant Queue and Netflix has NO commercials.

3) Hulu Plus, while not commercial free, does have some great shows as well.  You can catch your favorite sitcoms: The Middle, Modern Family... with minimal advertorial messages.  Many Food Network shows are on Hulu Plus and fun family favorites like America's Funniest Videos and Wipeout.  

Incredible, to have access to so many shows and movies with a minimal investment of the antenna and converter box, and then a couple of subscriptions that are less that $20 / month each.  Think of the money you'll save!  Think of the positive messages you can keep your children on, as opposed to a free-for-all with cable channels.  

It will be an adjustment for the family, but within a few weeks they won't care.  Take this Obsessive step and protect what goes into their little minds.

Sincerely,

The Obsessive Mother's Guide to Parenting