What about electronic media?

Why do Waldorf schools recommend eliminating/limiting of television, video and other electronic media?

A central aim of Waldorf Education is to stimulate the healthy development of the child's own imagination. Waldorf teachers are concerned that electronic media hampers the development of the child's imagination. They are concerned about the physical effects of the medium on the developing child as well as the content of much of the programming.

For an excellent article on this topic, please click on Parenting Articles and see the article Strangers in Our Home: TV and Our Children's Minds.

For more media information and book resources, please see GWS's Media Policy.