TV Turn Off Week

Alternative Activities to watching TV:

• Play games
• Encourage conversation at meals
• Do art projects, visit this website Amazing Moms, it features bright ideas for busy families.
• Bake & cook together
• Hike, bike, walk, swim, bowl
• Turn up the music and dance around the house
• Go to bed on time
• Read books together and talk about them afterward

Keep a journal on what activities you do and the differences you see in your family. After your week is over, consider devoting 1 day a week to no TV and do things as a family.

Benefits of Turning off the television:

• You and your family will have more quality time together. It will give you a chance to do more interactive activities.
• Most kids watch between 15-20 hours a week. For this one week, you will be gaining these hours to exercise, read, play , use your imagination, bake, etc.
• Kids won’t be exposed to commercials, violence, negative language, etc.