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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 22 month old knows all of her letters and numbers by sight, colors and shapes etc, is playing with complex puzzles. She also watches probably 2-4 hours of tv depending on the day. My husband grew up as a latchkey kid watching tv for hours and hours every day and graduated from an Ivy League law school. I think 95% of how kids turn out is genetic. Unless you're really ignoring them there's not much you can do to stunt their potential. [/quote]

I agree completely. My single mother had schizophrenia and was an alcoholic. I watched TV non-stop when I wasn't in school. I graduated from a good university and an Ivy League law school.[/quote]

So attending an Ivy is the be all and end all of life?  As a fellow Ivy alum (and not Cornell) I know you know that isn’t true.

You can’t prove a negative.  You can’t say how much better you would have been without so much TV.

So you’re saying you couldn’t be more creative, more imaginative, more athletic, more engaged, happier or more secure?

I let my kids watch TV, btw.  I just loathe faulty logic and false justifications.[/quote]

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