Not enough families eat together. We eat in front of the TV while we're absorbed in a program.
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I think that we can often be eating and not even really acknowledging that we are putting something about our mouths. I think there is lot to be said about eating dinner and not having the distraction of the TV.
I think, with TV, you create kind of a family to work with.
The average family spends 30 hours in front of a television, and they say they don't have the time to have a balanced, integrated life.
I still think it's essential for a parent to cook with their children. Weighing out the ingredients and learning where the food comes from is educational, but it also helps to place meal times at the heart of family life. We never had dinner in front of the TV.
The Food Network and the Cooking Channel have so many viewers. And, because there's no violence, some of that audience is children. So, I think we have a responsibility to educate parents how to produce healthy meals for their families.
People are lazy, and they want their fast food via the television.
I feed my kids organic food and milk, but I've also been known to buy the odd Lunchable. My kids are not allowed to watch TV during the week, but on weekends even the 2-year-old veges out to 'The Simpsons.'
While television is a good servant, it's a bad master. It can swallow up huge quantities of our lives without much happiness bang for the buck.
After working for TV, you realise that the majority of the population still wonders where their next meal is coming from.
When I grew up, we didn't have a TV, and I think more families today have ambitions of getting out of their environment, such as sending their children to university.