The Great TV Debate

My wife and I have always differed over spanking.

She says hitting a child is wrong under any and all circumstances.

I say you cannot fully reason with children because until they reach puberty and the hormones kick-in, children do not have the capacity for abstract thought. When all else has failed, spanking becomes an unfortunate but necessary means of communication. NOT punishment. We do not spank to punish - we spank to reinforce communication. If spanking my child is the only way to ensure that they will never run out into the street again, I am willing to be the heavy.

Annabelle does not seem to have any feeling below the waist - so that solves that (I know, off-color, poor taste, REALITY).

Having reached a cease-fire on the spanking question, we turn to the TV question.

Fortunately, we are in agreement: NO TVS IN THE BEDROOMS. In fact, we are happy with one TV and one alone (except for the intsy one I dream of having in the kitchen to watch while I am cooking).

In fact, most days I wish we didn't have a TV at all - did I mention that we haven't had cable in over a year??

I understand that other people differ on the subject and I have no strong feelings about that - live and let live, I say. Goodness knows we spend our fair share of time watching Netflixs.

But I think that we can all agree that this is JUST PLAIN WRONG:

Exemplary Mom Builds 98-Inch Screen Inside Kid's Bedroom Ceiling

Not only does this kid have a digital sewer emptying into his bedroom, he doesn't even have to get out of bed to suck it all in.

I will now restrain myself from the rest of the comments brewing in my brain . . . see me restraining? SEE ME RESTRAINING!?

arrrrrrrgggghhhhhhh . . . . . . .