We don’t watch much primetime TV in this house. If the kids are lucky, they might catch an episode of Little House on the Prairie or The Brady Bunch on PBS, but we rarely have the TV on after dinner. We typically have just one exception during the week. It was Wipeout during the summer and for the past few months it has been The Amazing Race. We love watching it as a family. It is fun to see all of the challenges they do and to see different countries and cultures (and Elise loves seeing her name in the credits every week). It has also been a surprisingly effective springboard for talking to the kids about character and values. The show has led to conversations about hard work, courage, patience, teamwork, sportsmanship, integrity, the golden rule, etc. – all along the lines of “what kind of person do you want to be when you grow up?” We were bummed when the Globetrotters got eliminated, but we were all happy last night when Meghan and Cheyne won instead of the whining, lying, bickering, cheating, taxi-cab-stealing, crybaby brothers.
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I just might have to watch it sometime, especially after what you said yesterday, i am curious. It is good that you can use these examples to teach your children.
Amen to that! The brothers were very annoying. I really don't like the race until it gets down to the last 5 or 6 teams. It is all too confusing.
Maybe we need to start letting our kids watch it with us so we can do those lessons. You guys make me laugh how you can turn anything in to a teaching moment.
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