As I’ve said before this month we’ve been on a revised working schedule due to the YOG (today’s the last day – thank God!), so I’ve been watching some television in the mornings after DH and the kids leave home and I am done with my chores. You must understand that this is something of a treat for me as in the evenings I rarely get to watch what I want because at that time P & D also stake their claim to the television to watch their favorite shows like Scooby Doo, Tom & Jerry, Casper. I too like some of them like Tom & Jerry, The Flintstones, The Jetsons etc as they brings back so many memories of my childhood.

Anyway, I was digressing. So in the mornings I usually watch the lifestyle channels on my cable tv network. I like watching food shows, home makeover shows and in the past few days have caught a few reality shows also.

While I have no issues with people who are willing to put their whole lives for the vicarious entertainment of others, I always wonder about the children there. Some of the shows have multiple seasons and I would assume the kids there would have actually grown up on tv. They would find life with a camera trailing behind them 24/7 as normal. So what happens when the cameras get shut off or the show goes off air? Has anyone thought of this or even done some studies? If someone grows up with the notion that they mean something only when they are on front of a camera or that unless something is scripted, it is not real (did you actually think ‘Reality Television’ was…umm well ‘Real’?). I feel sorry for these children and their future. Hopefully they’ll realize soon that life is not a tv script and that contrary to what they’ve been taught, most people find a camera following them everywhere (except to the powder room I guess) is intrusive.

I typed this post on the way to work. When you have something to say, isn’t it amazing that words just fly from your fingers (in this case thumbs as I was typing on my phone)! Time to get off the bus and so time to post this entry.

The weekend’s almost on us. D&P have math test on Monday so my weekend will be filled with teaching them. What’s your plan for the weekend?