Comments on: Watch Them Watching TV

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:40:00 +0000

I know this is a little late, and I came across your blog by searching for something else but I’m reading through it anyway, since you seem to have an interesting outlook on things. Also to qualify things I don’t have any kids but do interact with them almost every day (unless I have a day off work).

There have been studies done that show that the baby einstein videos overstimulate children when they are young, and as their brains develop they are expecting that same amount of stimulation but they are capable of taking more in with advanced development within their noggins, so they end up having problems such as ADD or ADHT, I’m not saying that if you show your baby one of those tapes they are going to have those problems, I’m just relaying what I’ve read.

By: Bricker

Bricker — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 06:22:00 +0000

Well, let’s wrap this up–a quick video of me watching Mrs. Davis’ kid be bored by the Internet (+ my kids + jim + some babies).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr8B_f44FyY

For the record, I’m listening to Fountains of Wayne which totally rocks. I’m thinking it might be OK for the kids…

Finally (?), a meta post on the meta posting meta:

http://jimbernard.net/2007/09/30/523/

By: Mrs. Davis

Mrs. Davis — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 22:25:00 +0000

I thought my kid would really like watching a video of another kid watching another kid watch a video of some old guy watch a video of a baby watching tv. I was mistaken.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUGJ0sm3Ydk

By: Bricker

Bricker — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:34:00 +0000

Funny thing, my kids really love to watch videos of adults watching TV. My son was so taken with the video of Jim that I had to grab the camera and capture him…It is so CUTE! Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d2uQM45U8I

The video caught my daughter’s attention and she was really taken with it. She spent about 30 minutes just watching Jake watching Jim. I know, it’s kind of meta but again SO CUTE! I just had to get a camera and put that video up on the Interweb as well! Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLst72v3IzA

I don’t know what it is about those Jim videos, but the kids sure love ‘em….

By: Bitsy Parker

Bitsy Parker — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:31:00 +0000

Jim,

You must have taken 30 minutes out of your day to make that clip. Too funny.

Perhaps there are a 13,000 former Pink Floyd out there who prefer to eat a few mushrooms and watch babies watching tv.