> My guess would be that parents spend far more time talking to
> children age 0-4
>than they do to children age 4-13, and that thereafter the conversation
>drops through a black hole, because it now depends wholly on the child,
>who isn't interested.
>
>Carrol
I know what you mean. But I don't know about the "wholly on the child" part.
>2.58 hours watching the fucking TV
>- it is insane!
>
>Wojtek
Not all tv watching is bad. I've had experiences with my daughter that could even be described as an introduction to critical thinking through the conversations we have about the program.