Print off this snazzy poster and challenge your friends and workmates to get out more. This year's TV Turnoff Week is dedicated to freeing children from their bedrooms. Put a poster up in school!
A new study from Cornell University shows that television is responsible for the developed world's rising rates of autism in children. If this is true, can parents and governments have any choice but to stop children watching it?
This summer White Dot ran two of our Zocalo events. We asked peoplein a neighbourhood of Brighton to put chairs outside their front doors and sit together for an evening instead of watching television. One family pulled out their entire sofa. The drinking wasn't our idea, but it seemed to work..
White Dot is compiling an archive of memories and advice from the last generations to grow up without television. They have a complete set of social and parenting skills we are about to lose forever.
Help us pick their brains!
As two ad executives launch a round-the-clock TV channel aimed at babies, White Dot challenges the British regulator OFCOM to cancel this "24 hour infomercial for attention deficit disorder"
Where would kids today be without the TV sets in their rooms? Andi Mindel talks to Violet and Maggie who were there. Shocking tales of kids making up their own childhoods!
The American Academy of Pediatrics has made the connection no one else will: TV makes kids fat. In their May issue of the journal Pediatrics, they urge doctors to ask patients how much time they or their children spend watching television. Again they advise that children under two should watch none at all.
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Looking for fun, excitement and companionship? Well look no further! Dive into White Dot's virtual reality pages! They're so exciting, you'll forget all about those boring people you know. You're in control with White Dot's state of the art technology! It's what all your friends are doing right now! Don't go away! Don't miss out, or they'll make fun of you. Blow-Yer-Head-Off action!
Childhood pastimes are increasingly moving indoors Fishing, biking and sports giving way to video games says USA Today (the newspaper sold in a box that looks like TV set) Well researched article with good interviews.
A third of British adults and a fifth of all children will be obese by 2010 according to figures released by the Department of Health. Everyone wants kids to eat better and do more exercise, yet why is no one willing to come out and blame television?

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