How much TV for kids? A Charlie and the Chocolate Factory-inspired question.

Over the weekend, I read Roald Dahl's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' with my second daughter (who can read, but slowly, so we still read longer books for her). I'd read it as a child (have not seen the Johnny Depp movie), and remember liking it back then. As an adult, I think it is one of the best books ever. Actually, every parent with children aged 2 should read it. Without giving away too much, the main theme for a parent is how your actions (or reactions) influence the behavior of your child. It's simply delicious.

One of the children watches TV all of the time. My question today is: how much TV should children watch? With 'TV', I also include any youtube-clips or DVDs. Anything where children passively watch a screen. How much do your children watch each day, or over a week? Do you ration differently for your sons, in terms of time and what they watch? Do they watch alone, or with you? Who chooses what they watch?

F...ing Nuts

The New Yorker recently posted a rather amusing article online: New Parenting Study Released. In the spirit of Ape manure, what makes you go "f...ing nuts" as a parent? I'm assuming we all want to climb walls now and then ;)