>34—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 19,1984 Turn off the tube for family fun As six-year-old Judy and her little brother Greg fought all af ternoon, their mother began to question the wisdom of restricting their TV viewing to half an hour a day. Too much television isn’t good for children, she and her husband agreed. But the past few days she’d yearned for the peace and quiet she used to have while the children watched their afternoon cartoons. According to Joan Lamberson, Extension Home Economist, Judy and Greg’s parents are not alone in their dilemma. Like many parents who decide to control TV viewing, they just don’t know how to channel their children’s activities when the TV is off. "The average American wat ches televsion somewhere be tween 20 and 30 hours each week,” says James E. Van Horn, Ex tension family sociologist at Penn State. "Watch is the word, because little thought and no physical Get The Products You Need From The K.C. 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