We threw out our TV 4 years ago. Haven't looked back. After Katrina, we lived with my parents in Texas, who had just moved into their new house. We convinced them to not turn on the TV, just because we were sick of the news. And then we decided it was good for our daughter. My dad finally broke down a few months later and started watching the History Channel. My daughter immediately sat down and we didn't notice any bad behavior. Until the TV was turned off. When she became a holy terror. We repeated that experiment every day for 3 years, and finally I came home from school one day and my wife put the TV out on the curb.<p>I'm convinced TV content and especially the heavily commericalized product on the airwaves, activates a huge amount of sympathetic tone. Thus the bizarre ability to stare at it intently, then the almost freakish let down experience when the tube goes off.<p>Life has been steadily getting better since. We eat healthier, spend more time with the kids, the kids do more, I've lost 30 lbs, etc, etc.<p>Throw away your TV.