Comments on: Can your family go a week without computers?

Inspired by TV-Turnoff Week, the organizers of PC-Turnoff Week are calling on families to shut off home computers and start bonding.

Of course.

"The program is available for download through their Web site for $39.95."

Well, it wouldn't be worthwhile if there weren't SOME kind of business tie-in.

Personally, I use my pc for so much day-to-day stuff that PCTurnoff Week would be stupid.
I go to classes online, I pay bills, I communicate with distant family members, I buy books, among a ton of other things (including some gaming).
This is just another veiled attempt at cross promotion.

"But what about the CHILDREN?"
Stop giving your fat kids a Supersized CardiacArrest burger, along with a side of 4 racks of bbq ribs, people! I'd say feed them healthy food and teach them about nutrition... but that wont happen. Nobody cooks decent meals anymore because we don't have any TIME.

BTW, if the organizer has a problem with his daughter being on IM all day, guess what, she'd be on the phone all day otherwise... she's a young girl.. they do that. Be glad your phone is freed up.

[Tex Murphy PI]

It's called PARENTING!

Let's recap what the roles of a PARENT are!
1) Raise the kids with love and care
2) Make decisions for the kids for their well-being

Deceptively simple? Actually, no, it isn't. It's just deceptively hard to IMPLEMENT and ENFORCE!

If you lack the self-discipline to regulate Pc usage to healthy levels, then a PC lockout software isn't what you need, it's counselling. Think about it, would you buy an after-market TV add-on to lock out your TV?

Get real, folks! The solution is called the POWER button! Also known as On / Off or 0/1 switch. AND IT'S FREE!

[kmguru]

Stop eating junk food

May be we should start a week without junk food before turning off computers or the electricity and go camping. Bond with nature...

Not all families use PC to avoid responsibility

Wow, this is a perfect example of taking something out of context. TV is easily and broadly categorized as a drain on family bonding and parental responsibility - I agree with TV turn-off week, even though I know I couldn't get members of family to turn off our little bit of TV for that week. However, if I had to turn of my PC for a week I would not be able to do my job (self-employed) and therefore would not be able to provide for my family. Trust me, my children appreciate the time I spend at my laptop, and they also know that they are more important than my PC. People who need to turn off their TV need to gain balance and a TV turn off week will help to that end, I believe. However, those who expect that anyone can go without their PC for a week if they have one in use enough for it register on some 'PC user meter' is like expecting people who rely on eating to sustain themselves to stop eating for a week. Come on folks, let's get some perspective....

[lilmikesf]

TV & PC Turn Off Week

The difference between TV & PC use is vast.

TV is a one way medium, in which no information is gleaned other than what the network sends, along with their 30% of content if not more being advertiser supplied & product placements masquerading as news.

An internet enabled PC is not merely an entertainment device...it's a tool for commmunication, economic growth, knowledge etc

with internet access...

ex. families can stay in touch affordably, across thousands of miles & time zones...

news retrivabale is searchable & customized...
job searches, e-bay and the likes make the PC an tool for economic enhancement

a PC without internet access is useless to me, I can go months without turning it on... the internet though is very valuable... and in today's age a true necessity...

a sad comment or not, but 5 days without internet access put me a month behind in various areas of my life...