Discuss these questions with a partner after reading the article.
1. Have you ever imagined your life without a TV? What would you do without it?
2. Have you ever been addicted to TV or a particular TV program?
3. Why did the person in the article decide not to get the TV fixed?
4. What is not right about the way TV affects the family?
a. Kids are asked to watch TV when they get noisy.
b. Social gatherings are planned around a favorite TV show.
c. Children behave very badly while watching TV.
d. Conversations stop when a favorite TV shows starts.
e. The writer guesses that the children¡¯s bad behavior is due to imitating attitudes they see on TV.
5. How did the children react to their first day without the TV? How did the mother feel about what they did?
6. After a broken TV, where does the family get their daily news, and movies?
7. What do they talk about more now?