Yet another day to realize that watching TV is plain bad for kids. My son watched TV at a friend’s house for 2 hours today, and for the rest of the day he was incredibly cranky. I told him, “You’re cranky because you watched too much TV and it’s bad for your brain.” (Keep things really simple for the kiddos.) He replied, “No, Mom, I’m cranky because I want to watch MORE TV.” … I think we’re probably both right. But for sure, I am going to try all the more to keep the TV as far from my kids as possible.