To hate but still be guilt tripped by stuff like this..

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We are having a couple of TV days as I have been ill and then I see this picture on Facebook

Aibu to hate it but still feel the guilt...

Pfft. Some of my fondest memories are spending days parked in front of the TV with my best friend, playing Spyro or whatever else on PlayStation. It was so simple. No responsibilities. Cosy. Great food.

Not to mention the sleepovers we had. We'd pull a mattress into the living room and "camp" there, watching movies etc.

Bollocks. As a kid I watched Trumpton, the Banana Splits, Batman, Flash Gordon etc. I loved it when the Banana Splits reran in the mid 90's at 6am. I could watch it eating my breakfast before work when in my 20's.

All tv and nothing else is awful. Dd (9) loves the occasional pyjama day where we watch films and eat popcorn.

I don't feel guilty about them watching TV but I do feel guilty that they are off in their own rooms doing it and not down stairs altogether.

The Flashing Blade, Zorro and Champion the Wonderhorse are some of my happiest memories from the school holidays.

I think you're all kidding yourselves for being lazy parents....

JUST JOKING!! I used to watch a fuck-ton of TV and so many memories of my late mum involve TV and Saturday nights. I used to get out of going out with my cool friends as a teenager to stay in with my parents and watch TV.

My kids also get their fair share. And some other peoples' too.

Some of fondest memories of my lovely Grandad (now deceased) were watching The Bill together (it was our show) and the 1990 World Cup

A conversation I had with my 6 year old this week: -
Me - Oh dear, the forecast is for a lot of rain today.
Him - So we can have an INSIDE day? I can play Lego Star wars and Minecraft then watch Transformers ALL DAY?

I give up. His memories of times outside will be of him being grumpy as he doesn't want to do outside things! Our last trip to a National Trust property was punctured by "I want to go home!" every ten minutes.

TV can be great for introducing new concepts as well. DD's goldfish died recently and I wasn't quite sure how to explain it to her. She'd already seen an episode of Charlie and Lola where their pet mouse died, though, so poor Goldie dying didn't confuse or upset her too much.

This is crap. I used to play loads of computer games as a kid, they're still a big part of my life now and it's a good conversation starter. I have really fond memories of the first Tomb Raider. Me and the bestie often talk about the time we were playing it in the dark and it scared the crap out of us (we were playing in the pyramids at the time and a mummy jumped out at us - we screamed!) That was probably way too much detail lol. But just wanted to say, don't feel bad! TV programmes and computer games are shared interests with others. I've connected with people over favourite TV series and computer games!

Facebook is a pile of wank.

Practically all of British culture is based on in jokes from shoddy tv programs. As a furriner it's quite awkward when people make obscure references to Rainbow and then laugh and laugh. In fact I just had to ask dh if it's rainbow or something rainbow and he's just regaled me with what I assume is the theme song.

Seriously though if they're on Facebook they aren't making memories with the kids are they?

A lot of my 70s programmes like Blue Peter was actually quite educational. There wasnt any other screens though!

My best TV memories are of Thunderbirds. I used to watch it round at my godmother's because my mum said it was "stupid". Odd, that because she had no objection to Fireball XL5 or Stingray. I remember the very first episode of Thunderbirds – it was called "Trapped in the Sky" and was about a nuclear powered passenger plane which couldn't land because there was a bomb in the undercarriage. International rescue saved the day with three ingenious "elevator cars" which took the weight of the plane so it could land. When it was time to go home for tea I had temporarily forgotten that my mother Wasn't Talking to Me. So I bounced in, full of this wonderful programme and got "SHADDUP." Par for the course and it did not spoil my enjoyment of Gerry Anderson's wonderful creation. I still watch it from time to time ( in colour this time! ) and marvel at how good it was – I almost forgot they were puppets. Pity my horrible ma wasn't a puppet – I could have cut her strings or something. We did watch Doctor Who together as she liked that so it wasn't all bad.

Whoever made that meme never watched Blue Peter or Quantum Leap.

Absolute dross, who doesn't love a tv day?

I'm not saying it's ok to sit them in front of it morning til night every day of the week but I do honestly think that kids don't get enough 'down time' compared to when we were young!!

My ex had to have a week off school when Angel died in home & away 🤣