The philosophy of Journey School is based upon an understanding
of the developing child. While television and other media can
serve as a source of information and entertainment for adults,
children do not operate in the same developmental stage as
adults. Educational research has shown that exposure to media
entertainment for young children may have a detrimental effect
upon their self- image, their ability to concentrate and develop
attention span, their relationship skills, values, reading
skills, physical skills, energy levels, psychological health,
creativity and social behavior. Because we believe that the
impact of the electronic media can have detrimental effects on a
child’s healthy growth and development, we encourage families to
incorporate our media free philosophy into their children’s
daily lives. To that end, we expect that our families
significantly reduce or eliminate the use of media (television,
videos, video games, computer games, i-pods, CD players, movies,
etc.) for their children. We ask