10
Reasons to
Trash Your TV
by Katherine Westphal
1 Heavy
TV watchers are twice as likely to be obese.
2 Average
US parent spends only 38 min/week in meaningful conversation with
children.
3 TV
viewing in young children associated with ADHD symptoms later on.
4 TV
violence single strongest predictor of aggression later in life,
according to 32-year-study.
5 Children
witness 16,000 TV murders by age 18.
6 Viewers
exposed to 40,000 commercials per year on average.
7 Commercials
influence in an estimated $300 Billion/year in sales.
8 Students
who watched an hour/day or less scored the best on achievement tests.
9 TV
is addictive.
10 Average person watches
four hours of TV per day. There is so much else to do in life.
Turn off your TV: The
simple way to begin a happier, healthier, and more enjoyable life.
A series of unfortunate
events led my family and I on a remarkable journey which ended with a
surprising discovery. Not only could we survive without TV, we were
better off without it.
I invite you to start
your own journey. The time factor alone is reason enough to get rid of
your TV. Four hours per day, the US average,
is just too much. Just think of all that you can accomplish with four
extra hours a day to devote to your family, your health, your dreams,
and your community.
Katherine Westphal is the
founder of a daring new website TrashYourTV.com,
that makes it fun and easy for people to get control of their TV set.
Are you addicted to TV? Take our TV Addiction Quiz and find out!
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