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  How One Week Without Television Changed Us We recognized our children as television tyrants when we walked into the house, and one of them would automatically turn the television on. It wasn't necessarily that someone was "watching" it, but it had to be "on". It was on through dinner, causing heads to turn from the table and food to hit the floor. They'd barter bedtime with "on the next commercial" or "after this show". It was out of control. So we started a project. No TV for one week. The first day was absolutely a nightmare. The children screamed. They couldn't "function" without the television. It was too cold to venture outside, so they had to rely on, dare I say it..."imagination". There were endless cries of  "I'm BORED!" I was standing on the cliff's edge, prepared to jump by the end of Day One. By Day Two there were still withdrawals, but dinner time was a time of the conversation. We e...

 As you all know, I'm an Ambassador through RepNation for the Fishful Thinking Program. One week ago, I made a fleece Goldfish and explained to my family that we needed a name for our new "fish"...everyone contributed and then we voted and the winning name was "Cheddar". Everyone wanted to know why Cheddar had been created, and I shared with my family that I had read an article from the Fishful Thinking website on Pausing for the Positive, and it inspired me to create an activity for our family. "Starting tonight Cheddar will be looking for positive things he can help you do. Maybe William left his matchbox cars in the middle of the floor, whomever has Cheddar might want to pick up the cars for William secretly and leave Cheddar on top of his car case. Then William and Cheddar will start their adventure by finding something positive to do for someone else. Then, at each day's end, we'll talk about Cheddar's Good Deeds. We'll talk about what ...