@gryffindorable girl: i definitely hear that, as i have similar memories. but i also remember watching way too much tv and being way too invested in an imaginary world.
as a young mother, i see even more now that kids are numbed and
invested in videos, even kosher ones. i also hear mothers talk about how much pesach cleaning they’ve done, for eg, and when i ask how they do it with small kids, the answer is always either a dvd, or an electronic game, etc.
for my own kids, i’ve debated ad nauseum with my father-in-law trying to convince him not to put uncle moishy dvds for my kids. the cds are great but i don’t find any valuable content in the dvds (“say hi to the plumber for me!!!”), and i wont enter it to my own house because i am too scared of falling in to the rabbit-hole: i’m often tired after work, have so much to do on sundays, etc, i don’t want the all too available crutch of sitting my kids down in front of uncle moishy’s dancing elephants to “free” myself.