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NEW YORK, September 29, 2005 – Nielsen Media Research reported today that the average American home watched more television the past TV season vs. any previous season. During the 2004-05 TV season (which started September 20, 2004 and just ended September 18, 2005), the average household in the U.S. tuned into television an average of 8 hours and 11 minutes per day. This is 2.7% higher than the previous season, 12.5% higher than 10 years ago, and the highest levels ever reported since television viewing as first measured by Nielsen Media Research in the 1950’s. During the Sept 2004-Sept 2005 season, the average person watched television 4 hours and 32 minutes each day, the highest level in 15 years.
UPDATE: In 2006 that figure climbed even higher! The average is now 4 hrs. 35 min. every day. |
How can you expect to:
Build a healthy body when you are watching television for 4½ hours each and every day?
Create a happy, healthy family when you are watching television for 4½ hours each and every day?
Start a new business or new career when you are watching television for 4½ hours each and every day?
Help create a better world when you are watching television for 4½ hours each and every day?
Learn a new skill or pursue any life-enhancing goal when you are watching television for 4½ hours each and every day?
Dear Friend,
Watching television takes up a huge percentage of people's time! That 4½ hours a day adds up to nearly 32 hours per week--a virtual part time job. With the time factor alone, the television set is sabotaging the dreams of millions of average Americans every day. If you are one of those "average Americans," and you have been trying to accomplish your goals without getting your TV habit under control, you have been setting yourself up for disappointment.
Unfortunately, the time factor is only the beginning of the awful truth about television. The problems with TV span a much wider variety of issues than most people realize. The breadth and scope of the problems are astounding.
Consider the following facts:
People who watch 3 hours of television per day are twice as likely to be obese than people who 1 hour of television per day or less. Remember the average American watches 4½ hours per day.
Parents spend an average of 38 minutes per week in meaningful conversation with their children, compared with watching 31½ hours of TV.
Children watch an estimated 18,000 murders on TV by the time they turn 18 and over 200,000 acts of violence. (Actually, researchers may need to revise those numbers upwards because over the past couple years television viewing has gone up AND the sex and violence content on television has gotten worse.)
According to a long-term study, watching large amounts of television violence at age 8 was the strongest predictor of aggression 22 years later--stronger even than exhibiting violent behavior as children.
Sexual references on TV have DOUBLED since 1998. This includes programs most popular among teenagers. Among the top 20 watched shows by teens, which include Desperate Housewives, The O.C., and One Tree Hill, 70 percent include discussions and depictions of sexual behavior.
A RAND study showed that teens who watched large amounts of television with sexual content were more likely to experiment sexually in the following year.
Conversely, according to a recent study, couples who had a television set in their bedrooms had intercourse half as often as couples who had no TV in their bedrooms.
Marketers deliberately target young children for their advertising campaigns encouraging them to NAG their parents for products. The lovely term for this is the “Nag Factor.”
The “Nag Factor” was responsible for an estimated $300 billion in sales in 2001.
(You may wish to take a break. . .there’s more)
According to a recent trio of studies, excessive TV watching affects reading, schoolwork, and long-term success in life.
Television programs exploit the “orienting response” in order to compel you to look at your TV.
Researchers in Australia found that the left-brain "sort of went to sleep" once TV was switched on.
According to Scientific American, watching television is addictive.
Television causes ADHD symptoms in young children.
The more TV people watch, the less they are involved in civic and community activities, undermining democracy.
Only FIVE corporations control most of the US media: Disney, Time Warner, Bertelsmann of Germany, Murdoch's News Corporation, and Viacom (formerly CBS).
News programs are contaminated with fake news. Governments and corporations produce propaganda pieces disguised as real news. They are called VNR's, or Video News Releases.
To make matters worse, many doctors and well-meaning pundits have added to the problem with finger-wagging exhortations for viewers to “turn it off” or “watch less TV” without providing any tools to help viewers change their habit. When viewers can't, they accuse the hapless viewers of being "couch potatoes."
The sad truth is that many people who have tried to control their viewing have found it difficult, and ended up feeling guilty. The majority of people who try to give up TV cannot, because TV IS ADDICTIVE. TV programming is also designed to keep your attention glued to the screen. If you do not understand how this works, it can be very difficult to control your viewing!
What hope is there for a person who wants
to get in control of their TV watching
and pursue their dreams?
What hope is there for a parents who want
their children to get in control of their TV watching
and pursue their dreams?
The TV-FREE System provides a way out of a dead-end couch potato lifestyle into a life-affirming TV-FREE lifestyle. I had discovered myself the benefits of a TV-FREE life accidentally in 2001. You can read more about that story here.
The Awful Truth About Television, the first e-book you will receive when you purchase this system, shows you in stark black and white what the research shows about TV. If you have any doubts about the costs of your TV habit, this will dispel them. Once you and your family read this book, you will never look at your TV the same way again.
Then the workbook will bring your family together as you embark on your TV-FREE journey. (Singles may purchase the special edition for individuals). You will fill out many of the fun pages together as a group.
WARNING! The workbook is comprehensive. Many of the negative effects that you read about in The Awful Truth About Television will come to life in the course of your activities. The workbook will accommodate the most serious couch potatoes, but is flexible enough for anyone who wants to cut back on their TV viewing, whether they want to cut back a little or a lot.
This is not some dry, scientific tome. The workbook is a result of both research and the practical experience of getting three kids and myself away from the TV set. It shows you what no study can--what your TV is doing to YOU and YOUR FAMILY. Those are the people that matter most, whatever the studies say. Many of the practical and fun activities will help you and your family develop a new life TOGETHER. Here is a sample of the activities:
You and your family will document how much TV everyone is actually watching every week. Most people underestimate the amount they watch.
You and your family take pictures to discover in harsh detail how you really look when you are watching TV.
You will carefully examine your reactions to TV programs, and MORE.
Then, you and your family will create a plan to both get your viewing under control AND pursue the life of everyone’s dreams. You customize this unique e-workbook to fit your dreams. You will:
Choose your most important goals, whether the goal is to have a perfect body, to build a business empire, to win an Olympic Gold Metal, or just to have a happy, healthy family.
Brainstorm 100 or more fun activities to enjoy in place of watching the television.
Plan rewards for achieving your goals on every step of the way towards your new life, and MORE.
There is even a section to help you and your family maintain your goal once you achieve it, to make sure no one backslides back into the old "couch potato" ways.
Life is way too short to waste in front of the television set!
Marilyn Jenett is an inspiring example of what one can accomplish when they stop watching TV. At the time, she was so focused on her success that it took her 20 years to appreciate the significance of her choice to get rid of her TV:
Over 20 years ago…I created a renowned business almost "overnight". Concentrating on applying the principles, within 6 weeks I was on the cover of the Los Angeles Times with my new business, syndicated around the world and on numerous TV shows.
…Then in August of 2003, I asked myself. What did I do 20 years ago when I created that striking success?... What did I do to allow the inner voice to speak to me and guide me to success? AND THEN IT HIT ME! One significant memory popped into my head. I GAVE AWAY MY TV!”
-Marilyn Jenett
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Marilyn and I chose to get rid of our TV sets to get our viewing under control. Maybe you will choose to do the same. But with The TV-FREE Workbook, you can also decide to keep your TV and watch a little television every week. The TV-FREE System informs and empowers you to watch only the amount of TV that you choose to watch. The revolutionary system just makes sure that your TV watching does not interfere with your other life-affirming goals.
Singer/actress Madonna only allows her family to watch a movie once a week. You could emulate her example, if you choose. Whatever else you may think of Madonna, she is certainly a person who turns her dreams into realities. Watching one movie per week would still leave time to turn many dreams into realities.
“My kids don't watch TV. …We have televisions but they're not hooked up to anything but movies. TV is trash. I was raised without it, I didn't miss anything. TV is poison.”-Madonna. |
You could also watch an hour or two per day. The benefits would not be nearly as great, but you would still get 2-3 extra hours per day on average. Two to three hours per day would be enough time to build a better body, start a small business, spend time with your family, or learn a new skill.
When you turn off the TV, you literally get that time handed to you on a silver platter. Trying to accomplish these goals without taking the time away from watching TV could lead to you to sacrifice sleep time, work time, or family time. You don’t want to sacrifice other important things in life to follow your dreams!
One of the biggest casualties of a TV habit is family time. The TV displaces quality family time with dire consequences. Plus, as many parents will attest, children do often not behave well after they watch a significant amount of television.
[M]y family got into some bad habits when I become pregnant with my second child. I was so very sick and caring for a very active toddler. I would often lie on the couch and put a video in for him so I could get some rest. To this day, the music of Pinocchio brings on waves of nausea! I noticed that my child would become hyper and start misbehaving the moment the set was turned off. This really concerned me so I became determined to strictly limit the TV time.
…I've noticed that my kids are able to entertain themselves better without television in their daily lives, and they also get along better with one another.”- Carrie Lauth
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Even children's programming can be dark and filled with suspense. Fear appears to be the key, and this is the main reason we chose to do without television entirely many years ago. We are consistant in our vigilance. We will not enter a restaurant or public place that has a television operating. I have often covered the screen in an aircraft, where movies filled with graphic violence are regularly placed unavoidably in front of every passenger in the plane, including children who would not be allowed by law to see those movies on the ground. My children are aged 2-10. These movies are Pg13. Need I say more? We decided the only way around this was to get a private aircraft, as we could never by sure what would be shown to our children on commercial aircraft these days. I know this would be a difficult choice for many, but we have made it an easy choice for us, and we have not looked back. Our children are fearless, creative, and communicative and they spend all their spare time creating together, reading, and playing. Our home is full of harmony. They lack nothing being without a TV. For us, it has meant that we have had time to focus on our goals and dreams and realize the success that we have today. Martin Thomas
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The good news is with The TV-FREE System, you may end up with more free time than you know what to do with! But that’s ok, because The TV-FREE Workbook and The Family Fun Finder, the third part of this one-of-a-kind system, will help you fill that time, whether it’s with evening strolls, strenuous work-outs, or family pillow fights.
The Family Fun Finder is a convenient little program that sits on your computer and randomly selects fun activities for family members. There are over 150 randomly generated activities! Try it out here:
| Family Fun Finder! |
Click on the button below to randomly select a fun activity to do. |
Finally, you will be able to sign up for a membership with Trash Your TV! and receive convenient weekly newsletters to your email with tips about a TV-FREE life, news, and developments. You will be eligible to participate in the Trash Your TV! forum and you will receive your own blog to chart your path to TV-FREEDOM.
Because the e-book is downloadable, you can order it right here on this web page from anywhere in the world and get started TODAY. Thanks to technology and the Internet, just minutes from now, with a couple of mouse clicks, you can be one step closer to a TV-FREE life, including the body, the family, the business, the dreams—the REAL life that you have always wanted. Once you create your own TV-FREE life, you will never want to go back to your old "couch potato" ways.
Download The Complete TV-FREE System Today:
The Awful Truth About Television, The TV-FREE Workbook,
The Family Fun Finder, and the Trash Your TV membership for only $11.95!
What The TV-FREE System won’t do:
The TV-FREE System will not tell you how much TV to watch. You will reap the greatest benefits if you get rid of your TV entirely, but that decision is up to you. The TV-FREE System explains the risks and consequences of watching TV. You will make an informed and empowered decision how much TV you and your family truly want to watch.
The TV-FREE System will not tell you which life affirming goals to pursue. The way I see it, your TV has been telling you what to think and do for the most of your life—until now. This system empowers you to choose a new life independent of your television set. The system just creates a structure for you to pursue the goals that YOU want.
The TV-FREE System will not accomplish your goals for you. Most of the fun is in getting there anyway. The TV-FREE System simply gives you the TIME (remember: 4½ hours each and every day!) to accomplish your goals.
Because everything in the system is downloadable, you can order it right here on this web page from anywhere in the world and get started TODAY. Thanks to technology and the Internet, just minutes from now, with a couple of mouse clicks, you can be one step closer to a TV-FREE life, including the body, the family, the business, the dreams—the REAL life that you have always wanted. Once you create your own TV-FREE life, you will never want to go back to your old "couch potato" ways.
Download The Complete TV-FREE System Today:
The Awful Truth About Television, The TV-FREE Workbook,
The Family Fun Finder, and the Trash Your TV membership for only $11.95!
For much less than the cost of a month’s worth of cable (maybe even a weeks worth of cable for some), you can now learn the secret that the self-help gurus missed: how to get in control of your life by FIRST getting in control of the amount of television you and your family watch.
Look at it this way: The money you invest in this program is a drop in the bucket compared to the amount of money you've probably wasted so far on cable or satellite. It's even less than one trip to the movies for the average family.
The best news of all is that the cost of this system is absolutely nothing unless the program works wonders for you because you get...
A 6-MONTH, NO-RISK, UNCONDITIONAL
100% MONEY BACK GUARANTEE!
Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Scrutinize the e-books closely. Examine them. Test The TV-FREE System for up to 6 months. Use the system to the max. If you're not thrilled with your results, then I want you to simply write and tell me, and I'll send you a prompt and courteous, no hassles, no questions asked, 100% refund.
On the other hand, if The TV-FREE System helps you to create the life you’ve always wanted, then I want you to e-mail me your success story or testimonial to tell me about the results you achieved - and tell all your friends about it too.
Wishing you and your family a wondrous journey,
Katherine Westphal
P.S. If you're tired of letting all your dreams and goals get sucked into the vortex of your television set, if you're ready to take the steps necessary to get in control of your television watching, and if you're ready to begin your new TV-FREE life and follow your dreams, then don't put this off! Make a decision that could improve your life today! As motivational guru Anthony Robbins says,
"It's in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped."
Right now, if you don't decide to take the first step towards a better family, a better life, and a better you, then you're deciding to keep looking and feeling the same as you've always have.
P.P.S. Remember, with the "no questions asked" total refund guarantee, there's no risk on your part. You have nothing to lose by at least trying the TV-FREE system, and you need to act quickly to get in on this offer before the price goes up, so click on the link below to order today! You can begin today to create the life you’ve always wanted.
“I prefer to ‘create MY own life, and create MY own entertainment’ rather than watching someone else live their life, that is strictly a fictional life. As a business owner, I have found that I simply do not have the time to spend on watching poor entertainment, however would rather ‘create my own entertainment’”.-Michael Iwasaki
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NOTE: The Awful Truth About Television and The TV-FREE Workbook are downloadable e-books. The Family Fun Finder is a small computer program. No physical products will be shipped. After you order, you will get INSTANT ACCESS to download the e-book and all the bonuses onto your computer. The e-book format is adobe acrobat PDF, which can be viewed on Mac or PC. You will be able to print out the worksheets that you need from the workbook. The average family will print out 200 worksheets. You may wish to acquire a binder or folder to store your family's worksheets.