Quotes to Ponder

I looked over some biographical info about Maria Montessori this weekend and came across the following quotes to ponder:

“Television . . .Is an anti-experience and an anti-knowledge machine because it separates individuals from themselves and from the environment and makes them believe they are living while they are only observing passively what other people decide to make them see.” - Dr. Silvana Montanaro, MD, Psychiatrist, Montessori Teacher-Trainer

“The primary danger of the television screen lies not so much in the behavior it produces as the behavior it prevents… Turning on the television set can turn off the process that transforms children into adults.” - Urie Bronfenbrenner, Professor of Human Development, Cornell University

And what did I watch as a child? Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, Jaques Cousteau specials, and Wild Kingdom

My eldest son? Barney (shudder) and Star Trek

My daughter? Zaboomafoo and other PBS Childrens’ programming.

Our toddler? Postman Pat

Everything in moderation I suppose.

“C is for cookie, that’s good enough for me…”
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