{"id":2001,"date":"2009-07-27T07:00:55","date_gmt":"2009-07-27T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=2001"},"modified":"2011-11-07T08:47:20","modified_gmt":"2011-11-07T14:47:20","slug":"blast-away-boredom-with-television-yes-it-is-okay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/blast-away-boredom-with-television-yes-it-is-okay\/","title":{"rendered":"Blast away Boredom with Television (Yes, it is okay.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/category\/blast-away-boredom\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/boredombanner.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Check back every Monday through Thursday for ideas to have more fun all summer long.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Need more ideas? Try <a href=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/01\/blast-away-bor\u2026th-momstoolboxblast-away-boredom-with-momstoolbox\/\" target=\"_self\">this one<\/a> to get you set for anytime boredom sets in&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On with today&#8217;s idea&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Scheduled\/\u00a0 intentional television<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Television can be a mind-numbing escape route or a well-used tool.<\/p>\n<p>Find shows your family enjoys and schedule downtime to watch.<\/p>\n<p>Often I get caught too caught up in not allowing TV that I forget the benefits. There are quality programs out there and relaxing in front of the TV can be a good thing. Figure out what you might want to watch and when your kids might need a bit of downtime and make it work for you.<\/p>\n<p>What shows does your family enjoy?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check back every Monday through Thursday for ideas to have more fun all summer long. Need more ideas? Try this one to get you set for anytime boredom sets in&#8230; On with today&#8217;s idea&#8230; Scheduled\/\u00a0 intentional television Television can be a mind-numbing escape route or a well-used tool. Find shows your family enjoys and schedule [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[384],"tags":[279],"class_list":["post-2001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activities-for-kids","tag-boredom-buster"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2001"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9754,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001\/revisions\/9754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}