I’ve often said that I wouldn’t be the person I am today without cable television. I felt bad for all the kids without Nickelodeon who didn’t get to watch The World of David the Gnome (the guy got to ride around on a fox named Swift! How cool is that?), or get so into episodes of Double Dare that they’d start running around the house with their sister, making up “physical challenges” for one another. (This may or may not have led to the destruction of a few decorative pieces in the house- I’ll never tell.) But for all the shows I loved, my parents had me into a heap of other activities.

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TV and Your Kids


