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Old 12-10-2010, 10:37 PM   #125
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Originally Posted by ManosHandsOfFate View Post
Books can be mind-candy in the same way TV is. Your kid (or you) can read books that are the entertainment equivalent to watching an episode of Jersey Shore.

I will always encourage my kids to read but I do want to keep an eye on the entertainment they're consuming - book or otherwise.
But I think there's a BIG difference between brain-candy books and mindless tv (I say as a fan of brain candy books). When you read, you are still forced to visualize the scene, your brain is still working. Everything isn't handed to you like it is on tv. You are decoding, making sense, and imagining.
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