Pete and Pete

If you haven't seen it.......poop on you.

I was just thinking of my childhood, as I usually do when playing with Tyler. And I got to thinking of television and the silly "good parent TV limits" that are so popular today. My brother and I weren't given tv limits. But I don't remember prefering to stay in and watch it over going outside and playing. How did kids' TV habits go from saturday morning and a few miscelaneous hours after school to needing parents to set limits on what is on and when TV is watched. And most importantly if TV is limited to 30 minutes or an hour per day, how do the children get to see their favorite Sox players win in the 13th inning (also applies to bedtimes).

On a side note, I have fond memories of watching TV with my brother. From Wile E Coyote vs Road Runner, Buggs, and Marvin saturday mornings to Inspector Gadget weekend afternoons at the grandparents to after school Pete and Pete, we watched and learned valuable life lessons in these TV sessions. I mean really how else are kids supposed to learn where Mr. Frosty (the ice cream truck driver) goes in the off season, or hear how Arnie The Strongest Man In The World wins his battles with the bees, or how if you don't get that delicious frozen summer drink "Soon you will be like Cheese Boy: melty, melty, melty!"