http://morecontrol.com/2009/09/who-controls-the-remote-in-my-house-everyone/ Everything remote control Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:36:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://morecontrol.com/2009/09/who-controls-the-remote-in-my-house-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Matt Eagar Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:22:39 +0000 http://morecontrol.com/?p=833#comment-43 The remote control as a parenting device - that's an interesting one. Wi-Fi makes it possible to turn off the family room TV from the kitchen when it's time to go to school, so that works. But whether it's a verbal argument or a remote control argument or an argument by text message, technology doesn't seem to eliminate parent-child conflict. The remote control as a parenting device – that’s an interesting one. Wi-Fi makes it possible to turn off the family room TV from the kitchen when it’s time to go to school, so that works. But whether it’s a verbal argument or a remote control argument or an argument by text message, technology doesn’t seem to eliminate parent-child conflict.

]]> http://morecontrol.com/2009/09/who-controls-the-remote-in-my-house-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Curtis Silver Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:07:51 +0000 http://morecontrol.com/?p=833#comment-41 Nice piece Matt, of course me being mentioned in it made it that much better! You made me think of something, what about a remote that the parent wields that would override the remotes that the children are using. That's right, a remote remote! Say a child won't stop flipping to "Wizards of Waverly Place" re-runs during College Football. Instead of flipping back, you could just command the child's remote to not be able to flip to that channel or flip at all. Of course, then they'd just turn the TV off on you until you take away the remote. But that would require getting up. Nice piece Matt, of course me being mentioned in it made it that much better! You made me think of something, what about a remote that the parent wields that would override the remotes that the children are using. That’s right, a remote remote! Say a child won’t stop flipping to “Wizards of Waverly Place” re-runs during College Football. Instead of flipping back, you could just command the child’s remote to not be able to flip to that channel or flip at all. Of course, then they’d just turn the TV off on you until you take away the remote. But that would require getting up.

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