The hole left by the TV

Our children have never had a television. I haven't lived with a television for about 15 years! Around then I visited a couple with young children who had no TV and I was amazed - this family had something I wanted for my children, whenever they arrived.

And so it is. What on earth do they do when they wake up early in the morning? Well, they don't wake me anymore. The 8 year old puts his nose in a book for as long as he can - an hour or two is nothing to him. The 5 year old creates, and I never know what to expect when I emerge: