I have a love hate relationship with my computer! I am so grateful for modern technology and the fact that I can find research articles in on click and i don't have to go to the library and dig through journals to find them. I love that i can order things and do all sorts of things....but I get the biggest headache from being on it to long. I have to write 3 long papers this weekend and boy am I hating looking at that white screen, but what would i do with out it???

It was so interesting to me how yesterday in class we talked about media violence and then when my family was having our family home evening, my husband gave the lesson and gave it on that exact topic. He read from the new for the strength of youth, and we had a great discussion on media violence. It made me step back and think about how violent all the shows I've watched in my life. Media violence is scary to me and I'm grateful to know all the stats now from our lecture to help support me in my decisions of what I watch and let my family watch.

My husband and I have really gotten into the Cosby show. I grew up without tv and had never watched this, but my parents having been giving us the seasons for our birthdays and I love it! This show is such a positive use of the media. Bill Cosby created this show to give positive examples of parents and their interactions with their children and it is so funny. There have been several parenting tips and examples that i have taken from this show! This is one form of media that i can see how it can be such a positive influence in my life. I hope that I can introduce shows like this to my kids, so they too can see the positive parts of the media.