Right now we don't have TIVO or a DV-R. I know this may seem shocking, but Mike and I aren't that addicted to TV shows. If we miss something we usually don't care. The only reason we have Direct TV in fact is so that Mike can get ESPN and watch his favorite sports teams. . The other weekend while we were visiting Mike's family I was reminded of why, when we start a family, that we will need to invest in a DV-R. Ethan (the second oldest nephew) was sitting at lunch when his mom opened a diet coke and poured it into her glass. As it bubbled and fizzed Ethan looked at it and said "mmm, drinkability!" (If you're not familiar - this would be the latest Budweiser commercial) I couldn't keep a straight face and all the adults began to laugh. Of course, this only encourages a 4 year old to keep repeating it. This whole thing was especially funny because Scott is looking for position as a Baptist pastor and so they don't drink alcohol. Ethan finally finished lunch by showing us that he knew what commercial it was from by saying the entire line "Budweiser... it's drinkability". At this point I told Megan that they might as well give up and break out the margaritas because everyone is going to think they're lushes anyway.
As funny as it was though it made me think about what children see and hear. From an academic standpoint I know this and have taught it in Child Development. It's something completely different to be reminded of it in real life though. Megan and Scott try to restrict what the children see on TV and if they think a violent or inappropriate commercial is coming on then they turn off the TV for a minute. It never occurred to them though to turn off the beer commercials during football. So that is something we'll need to remember in the future: if we don't want our children to be exposed to commercials then a DV-R will need to be ordered.
All of this reminded me of the kids I used to nanny for and the youngest one's interpretation of Easter, Christ's death and resurrection... but that's for another day.
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kids say the funniest things.....DVR is the only way we watch tv anymore...what is bad is when you find yourself wanting to pause or rewind the radio!
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