Back seat television

Written by Fermin Washington

I have never had a desire to have a television in my car. When I was a kid, I used to think it might be fun, but how fun could it actually be? They are usually in suburbia-mobiles aka the mini-van, don’t get Direct TV, and can only show one program at a time. I can imagine that only being able to watch one movie at a time on a back-seat television could lead to arguments between siblings. If kids fight today anything like my siblings and I fought, having a television in the car could possibly be a huge highway risk. I could understand if you were traveling with kids on long trips often, back seat televisions could be helpful. If you are just tooling around town and toting the kids to soccer practice on a daily basis, I don’t see the need for back-seat television. Unless of course mom wants to catch a flick while she is waiting for the kiddies in the carpool line. It could cause her be bothered by the other moms who are dying of boredom in the line and want to watch the movie too!