We didn’t even HAVE a (working) TV in our house until after I went away to university. And my childhood was very good indeed. Who needs TV when you have a backyard skating rink, a two story playhouse, a stile over the fence into a “wild” area several sections in size, and a library pass? We played Sh(u)tes and Ladders, Hearts, Monotony, etc with each other… and my mother played the piano while we sang (and 10¢ when we memorized all the words to a hymn or Broadway song).
We didn’t even HAVE a (working) TV in our house until after I went away to university. And my childhood was very good indeed. Who needs TV when you have a backyard skating rink, a two story playhouse, a stile over the fence into a “wild” area several sections in size, and a library pass? We played Sh(u)tes and Ladders, Hearts, Monotony, etc with each other… and my mother played the piano while we sang (and 10¢ when we memorized all the words to a hymn or Broadway song).