Evidently my post disappeared in transit so here goes again:

Little Hawk, your dissertation requires a disclaimer to the effect that you did NOT spend most of your young years in Canada but in the US.

I would further note that a kid without television at home most usually watches it at friends' homes, especially when "every other kid in my school classes did watch" it. In fact, I know several adults without television at home are glued to tv screens at other people's homes.

Are you intimating that at such an early age you totally agreed with your parents' rules and reasons on the subject? That you were already so self-disciplined that you resisted any such exposure? Goodness gracious.