I respect that.
If you had to go to from one extreme to another, I believe if you are raising kids it would be better not to have a TV in the house. But if you do there should be strict limitations. It should only be on to view specific previously approved and planned out programs. None of this perpetual 24 hour a day TV blasting. People have it on even when they are not watching it. They just like the mindless chatter. TV, MTV, has really been one of the causes for the down fall of our culture. Not only do people, especially kids, not read books. They are simply unable to because their attention span and ability to focus and concentrate has been so compromised by TV.
I'm not saying it's all bad. Rarely are things all bad. But I believe it has been mostly bad. Do families even sit at the dinner table anymore? Unless it's Thanksgiving seems like everyone eats in front of the TV.
While our kids were growing up, we had dinner every night together around the dinner table. Now that our kids are grown, my wife and I watch Jeopardy while eating dinner. We eat in the living room off TV trays. Our daughter often has dinner with her son at the kitchen table. We try to all have dinner together a couple of times a week, but with our grandson's soccer practice and other high school activities, they are on the go a lot. Last month, our son, his wife and kids were here visiting. They live in Germany. Our son-in-law was also here on leave. We had ten at the dinner table most nights. Fortunately, we have a large dining room with a large table that will seat up to twelve people. It was fun, all of us being together around the dinner table. It would have even been better if we would have hired someone to cook and do the dishes for us. LOL! My wife, daughter and daughter-in-law are all good cooks though. It just a lot of work putting together a dinner for ten folks.
