We do not have cable television in our home; we canceled cable a year ago. We only get local channels, so rarely do we watch the popular cable TV shows. Besides, it is a “waste of time.” As Elder Uchtdorf said, “The nonessential things that take up time should be discarded, bad habits changed.”
After having a family home evening on the influence the media can have on our spirits, you can serve ice cream for desert. In each bowl of ice cream, place something disgusting. It’s easy to find dead bugs lying around; just plop one of those spiders, flies, crickets, etc in with the ice cream.
As you watch the horrifying expressions, you can say, “There’s just a small bad part, just eat around it.” It really emphasizes the point.
However, there are alternatives. We watch all of our movies after they have come out on DVD, and then we order the edited version of the movie. Family Edited DVDs has a huge selection edited movies. They are clean. It’s like watching a movie without all the gross bugs in the ice cream.
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