Tale from the naughty corner..
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Topic: Tale from the naughty corner..
Posted By: fattartsrock
Subject: Tale from the naughty corner..
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 11:49am
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While we are on the TV subject, I am writing a "column" for our Parents Centre newsletter called Tales from the naughty step" with real life stories form the battle front.
Heres my first.. Ok, so this motherhood lark is all about the guilt. We are constantly bombarded with messages, even pre conception, on what and what not to do to raise the brainiest, healthiest uber baby in the block. Eat this, drink that, don’t go near them, read this, watch that, or rather don’t watch that… So I’d like to put my hand up and say, I let my toddler watch TV. He doesn’t watch CSI, or Survivor, not interested in Home and Away. His tastes run a lot nosier and repetitive than that, he’s a fan of The Playhouse Disney Channel - Mickey Mouse and The Wiggles in particular. TV was one of “The Great Evils” to be avoided, when I was pregnant first time around. No TV for us, and I made sure he couldn’t even see it in his line of vision if I was watching it when he was a baby. I would position his play mat, with the baby genius flash cards and all the learning toys in front of our huge solid coffee table, so he got all brainy while I watched Dr Phil or Oprah. Then I had another baby. I often found it difficult to have a shower before tea time once we got past that sleep all day party all night newborn stage. So he was the grand old age of 22 months, and out of sheer desperation, I popped the Playhouse channel on to see what would happen…. It was the Wiggles, and he was hooked. Colourful, catchy (read annoying and loud) and unfailingly happy, Murray, Geoff, Anthony and Greg/Sam soon became welcome guests in my home. At a meeting I attended over the winter, we were talking about what we could do with the children over the v-e-r-y long wet days of winter, when one brave soul piped up that the Disney Channel had been a real lifesaver, and, after that (shock) admission, about 90% of the mums admitted to using the TV to get much needed time out (or showers and a hot cuppa), and it made me realise that even super mum sometimes needs 4 insanely smiling men in brightly coloured skivvies to help out with the kids! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
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Posted By: Mama2two
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 12:07pm
Love it ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Jay_R
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 12:09pm
Yup, loving it here too 
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 12:18pm
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Well done Annie! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 12:46pm
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Love it, Annie! ------------- Andie |
Posted By: pekemoemum
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 12:50pm
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very cool and very true!! great work!!! ------------- Gina, Reef 15/6/03, Tyde 12/2/07 http://www.pekemoe.co.nz - Peke Moe - Unique NZ Made Baby Sleeping bags for babies who get out of swaddle/wrap |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 1:38pm
 so true!!   Good one Annie! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 1:44pm
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Yep i'm one of those mums, Playhouse Disney Rocks. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 2:07pm
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yep well done james is in love with playhouse and so is his mummy ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 4:12pm
Nice work Annie! Maya loves her TV, has since she was about 18 months or so but I can't get the gremlins interested at all, they prefer to just play with the buttons on the TV 
On a similar subject, I'm writing an article on the power of advertising on preschoolers, sobering stuff! -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 4:44pm
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Love it. TV is a mum's helper.
That is scary Emma. Scares the hell out of me when kids that can't read recognise McDonalds and Coca-Cola, parents haven't got a prayer of beating their marketing budgets. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: mamawendz
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 5:04pm
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That was awesome! So honest and a great read.
Fleury - good luck on saturday!!! ------------- mama_wendz My Girls: Maddisyn Tylr & Layla-Mei Virginia
My Baby Boy: Noah Aotearoa
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 6:02pm
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Great!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: EmDee
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 7:41pm
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That's an awesome article! Love it too! ------------- DS 8 DD 6 DS 4 DD 2 |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 8:20pm
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Thanks, Ladies!!! Got a few more in reserves as well, for future columns! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: aussiegirl
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 8:42pm
very well-written! Well done  ------------- Mum to Hayley **30.6.08
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 8:54pm
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Welld one Annie - a very very true!! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 9:00pm
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Wanna borrow some/all of my kids Annie, they'll give you plenty to write about, and I won't even ask for them back... ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 9:00pm
My Maya could recognise The Warehouse by the time she was 2  ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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fleury wrote:Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 9:09pm
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Same as Jake, I am sure red shop was among his first sentences, lol...
He knows what EVERYTHING is, even though he does NOT at all watch tv 1, 2, 3 etc, so misses the advertising? ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 6:39am
| yeah, jake has been to mcdonalds twice in his life (both times with my dad - i can't stand it), doesn't watch regular tv so misses the adverts, and yet knows that big yellow M "look it's old macdonalds mum!" |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 7:56am
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Joey doesn't know what it's called, he just yells out CHICKEN! when we drive past ROFL - and that's because on the rare occasion we go there he gets chicken nuggets NOT because he thinks it's a chicken... my child's a genius you know!!
He can sing along to the Warehouse ad though "where everyone gets a Bargain!" but my DH (German - spoke hardly a word of English when we moved here 3 years ago) knew that ad first too! Must be catchy. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 10:03am
| Jack knows mcdonalds too whenever we go to get in the car he asks for donalds. The good thing about it is that he doesn't actually know the difference between mcdonalds and his sammies so I just give him sammies and call them mcdonalds. |
Posted By: The_Stuarts
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 10:10am
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Love the article Annie. It's great to see people publicly admitting that their kids watch tv (and their brains haven't fizzled as a result!).
Michaela doesn't recognise Mc'Ds or anything like that yet (I can't eat most takeaways so my family doesn't get to either) but everytime we walk or drive past a park, or anything that looks remotely like it might be a park (grass reserve, cemetry - whatever), she yells out PA-PARK!! Love the sammies idea rachandjack. ------------- http://lilypie.com">   http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 1:11pm
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT IS AWESOME!!!!! i'm lovin' it (!) ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |