Tomorrow is the Beginning

The annual Screen Free Week, an effort put forth through the Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood, starts tomorrow.  Are you ready? 

Here's a post from mom and TV editor of Common Sense Media about her approach to turning off the electronic entertainment and turning on the efforts to engage in life. 

Turn It Off for a Week - The Challenge

This upcoming week is Screen-Free Week.  That means from April 18^th – 24^th, the Campaign for Commercial Free Childhood is challenging families to turn off the screen whether it be TV, video games, Youtube, Hulu.com or wherever else you get your screen entertainment from and turn on something else; like your creative, Turn-It-On light bulbs. 

A Balancing Act

For a minute, people didn't want to admit ADHD was even a legitimate disorder so TV watching hours were ignored and kids with behavior issues were just dismissed as "bad kids." But whether ADHD is legitimate or not; whether TV watching, internet surfing and video games are consumed in large quantities or not; whether your kid is just a "bad kid" or not, children need balance in their lives.