My children have grown up with not only television, but VCRs and DVDs. Television has increased the speed at which news travels and it can bring situations and images into our homes that previous generations would not have had the opportunity or regret to witness. Things like the Vietnam war, the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, the L.A. riots and 2000 presidential election coverage. Both good and bad information, things we want to see and others we would rather do without. The catch is that, good or bad, taking this information in takes time.
Time is like money.
It is precious, especially to my children when I finally get home from work or have a day off. Like our money, we need to budget the way we use our time. That budget needs to be based on our values and priorities. If we spend our time on things that aren't important to us and don't further our individual and family's progress, we are going to miss out on the things that we really want to attain. TV, good or bad, can be a robber of time.