Re: changing your TV watching habits
I try to limit the amount of television viewing i expose my children to. I prefer for them to be engaged in other activities for cognitive stimulation. Anyway, i try not to be too rigid with them and they have a tv in their playroom, which is limited to a couple of children's channels.
Whenever the children are around, we do not watch tv. We'll watch films together (Disney etc) but we don't watch our own preference of programmes (Family Guy, CSI etc) in front of them. We have Sky+ (like US TiVo) so i can record any programmes i want and watch them later in the wee hours of the night, the insomniac that i am. :)