Just Read a Book!

Yesterday, no joke, it seemed as though every vehicle I stopped behind at a stop light had a DVD playing for whom ever was in the backseat. Seriously, I saw Nemo, Sponge Bob, Dora, Home Alone, and several other screens with shows or movies I can't remember. IT WAS CRAZY. My question: Is there anything wrong with looking out the window? Can kids not look out the window? Are parents not wanting to talk to their kids? What is the deal? Roald Dahl said along time ago in his novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory that the TV was going to turn kid's brain's to mush. If you don't believe me go read it. Its in the part where Mike Teevee has shrunk and the umpla lumpas sing about it. Read a book. Kids are having trouble in school because they don't know how to think, because their entire life (including trips to town) are in front of a screen. READ. That is the key. Reading. Whether it be comic books, cereal boxes, war and peace, or the signs on the side of the road. Just Read.