I seldom watch TV in Bangkok as I don’t have the time for it. However, I relied a lot on the idiot box to watch over my kids when I was busy. I know it’s bad, ok? But in order to keep them occupied without monkeying around for at least 30 minutes, watching Barney, Tom and Jerry, Barbie, and other cartoons sounded like a good option.

However, we have started a No TV Policy during weekdays, so they can only watch TV on Saturdays and Sundays. I’m not sure if I should set the time for their favorite DVDs yet, but we will see how to arrange that this weekend. Justin and Isabelle have not been watching a single program for 5 days, and they are doing well. Surprisingly, I didn’t expect them to behave so well without TV. I thought that they will ask or cry for Tom and Jerry, but they didn’t. They saw me buying some new Mickey Mouse and Disney cartoons yesterday, and they didn’t fuss about it. I said they will have to wait until the weekend, and they cleverly obeyed.

They play and read more these days. Actually, I’m having a slight sore throat after reading load so much to them. LOL! Hubby went for night golf and I handled the kids all by myself last night. They practically wanted me to read more than 8 books, and gosh, some of them are so thick!!! Besides that, they had fun playing and doing some coloring, and we could do so much until bedtime.

Of course, this policy doesn’t apply to hubby and me. LOL! We can only watch the TV after the kids are asleep. Hubby said he missed so many Olympic games, but no choice la, the “No TV Policy” rules.