T.V.

Have you ever heard of a child that doesn't watch T.V. on his/her own accord? Me either, until I gave birth to one. Now I'm not saying that parents should use the television as a means of supervision, nor should children use the television in place of physical activity, you know playing. But sometimes it would just be so nice to have them sit for a half hour and not destroy anything, not disappear, and not yell at the top of their lungs. So in order to achieve this "gift", I have tried everything, old cartoons, new cartoons, PBS, Disney, Nickelodeon, Maury, Jerry, CSI and even sporting events. Nothing. He has absolutely no interest in television, most good parents would say this is a good thing. Not me, this is awful, all I want is the measly half hour, that I can put my parenting on auto-pilot, but I guess such is not my life!! Maybe in a few years I can get him hooked on video games!