...but my daughter loves it almost more than anything else, these days.
I don't want to get worried. She does actually learn a lot by watching (we only have one channel where there are no commercials and the programmes are just for kids and most of the quite nice) but I feel that she is not DOING anything. She is passive and doesn't use her creativity. She doesn't play, doesn't use her hands, doesn't move her body.
I have never been a telly-person. I remember watching a bit as a kid. I had some favourite programmes but then... I could already read at Ayla's age and I loved books and I loved music and I was always a very creative person. Maybe that is the reason why I get worried when she watches 1, 2 or even 3 hours a day...I can't really relate to it and I don't know what she is getting from it and if she will be okay in her development...if she will maybe become lazy and passive...or if it is just a phase...
I hear from other parents that their kids have phases when they are watching telly all day and then they have periods of time where they don't watch at all.
I think deep down I want her to be creative and musical and artistical and imaginative because that is what I am like and what I love. I have to accept that she is a different person with different interests, talents and preferences.
With this in mind: I will pick up my violin now to practice. ;-D | 