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OHGrandma,
My guys LOVE the Simpsons, too (guess that makes me Bad Mama). However, there are a hundred examples of how much they have learned from it (some good, some not). DS 6 will say something amazingly insightful, I'll ask him how he came up with it, and he'll explain the Simpsons episode that addressed the topic. I'm convinced that some day someone will write the book, "Everything I Know I Learned from The Simpsons". Maybe DS 6. Or DS 9, or DS 11, etc.
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We had to cancel our satellite TV because the kids would watch it all the time when left alone, and then WOULD COMPLAIN TO US that TV takes too much of their time. They just could not control it. The household rule is no TV on weekdays, unless one of them is home sick or it is a no school day. They both ADORE The Simpsons and still get to watch it on weekends, if we happen to be home. Other than that, daughter will occasionally watch NOVA on Tuesday evenings (exception to the rule).
We watch a lot of movies together though !
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OHGrandma,
My guys LOVE the Simpsons, too (guess that makes me Bad Mama). However, there are a hundred examples of how much they have learned from it (some good, some not). DS 6 will say something amazingly insightful, I'll ask him how he came up with it, and he'll explain the Simpsons episode that addressed the topic. I'm convinced that some day someone will write the book, "Everything I Know I Learned from The Simpsons". Maybe DS 6. Or DS 9, or DS 11, etc. Hahaha, there is The Gospel According to the Simpsons!
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Another alternative to TV is a good movie. Don't limit yourself to recent releases. DS8 recently laughed his butt off watching A Night At The Opera with the Marx Brothers.
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I gotta put my plug in for Bill Nye the Science Guy. They're reruns, but they're good! DS5 loves them.
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My kids watch Bill Nye at school whenever they have a substitute--they love him.
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For DD9, she used to enjoy anything Animal Planet (and still does) around Kindergarten age. We also have School House Rock DVDs, which DH used to watch growing up. She also watched Zoom on PBS and Bill Nye the Science Guy.
Now she is still is into Animal Planet and a new one is Nova on PBS. I have to preview to topic though, just to be sure it's not too graphic for her.
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Much of what I know I learned from Schoolhouse Rock!  A fond memory: in 8th grade, we had to memorize the preamble to the Constitution. The teacher's one rule: no humming the Schoolhouse Rock song out loud! Hilarious!
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I can't say the preamble without hearing the music in my head. Schoolhouse Rock rocks!
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I loved schoolhouse rock! I didn't know they were around on DVD! Thanks for the tip. I can still hear the preamble song ...
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