Does your child/children have a TV in their bedroom?

[Aidensmom]

For generations there was no television. Parents had the children
-help with dinner - so much fun
-play with the animals
-read to siblings
-read the newspaper
-play with toys

My child does all of that despite having a TV (though he has no siblings, he does read to the cat ). Having a TV doesn't mean that a child will lose interest in everything else.

 

[N&B'smom]

I get it!

TV in bedroom = ignoring children and their interests

Um, okay.

Shelby

 

[Charlotte ~08]

You beat me to it - very well said.

Remember, your view is YOUR opinion and others will decide for themselves what is okay for their children.

Shelby

I never expected this thread to go downhill, there really is no need.

 

[jenrose66]

Wow, you are creating a television dependant child. At 21 months he should be able to be changed without a tv on, and be okay while you shower. Talk to him while you are changing his diaper. Give him books to look at while you take a shower. If he doesn't have the chance to entertain himself, he will never learn how.

No child needs baby einstein. They need interactive parents.

Televisions are not a replacement for time with you.

If your child wants to watch hannah montana for the 17th time, just say NO! Grab a book and read with them. Pull out a game and play with them. Color, play dollhouse, trucks. Oh my, the list is so long it is amazing.

For generations there was no television. Parents had the children
-help with dinner - so much fun
-play with the animals
-read to siblings
-read the newspaper
-play with toys

What a sorry state of affairs it is when we desire to ignore our children and their interests. So soon they will be grown and moved away. Never again will they want to spend time just with you in that same way again. I for one am going to indulge in all the DD time I can get.

Video games, Wii, computers, DVDs, television are all remarkable things. But like everything else, best when used in moderation. Children should be with the family, learn to get along and compromise. Sure there will be fights over the remote controll, but they will eventually learn how to work things out.

I talk to my child, I read to my child, I play outside with my child. I work evenings so I can spend the majority of my child's waking hours with him. We do plenty of reading and playing. When he was younger talking and singing worked with diaper changes, now it does not. I hardly believe my child is becoming dependant on TV for a 5 minute diaper change and a 20 minute shower.

 

[Cass]

For generations there was no television. Parents had the children
-help with dinner - so much fun
-play with the animals
-read to siblings
-read the newspaper
-play with toys

You let your kids read the newspaper with those awful full page CIALIS & KOTEX ads?

 

[Robinrs]

Television does NOT belong in the child's bedroom. It interferes with sleep. Interferes with family time, family values, and the art of negotiating.

In the bedroom should be the BED, dresser, alarm clock, and other personal items. No computers, no DVD players, no video games, no televisions. All those things should be in the family areas of the home. It is a parents job to monitor what a child is doing, and they can't do that from behind a closed door.

Television shows today are way way too graphic and contain much to much adult content for anyone under say 50 to watch. The advertisements have gone too far ie viagra, douches, tampons, drugs.....it makes me cringe. Kids should not be exposed to such things without a parent nearby to talk to them.

Too many parents use the television as a replacement from interaction and as a babysitter. I am appalled at how many have DVDs in their cars! Criminy, some of my best memories of childhood are of the 8 of us in the car on roadtrips. What are the children of today going to remember - what movie they watched?

Interact with your kids, you will be suprised what they know and what they want to know. You can never recapture their youth, once it is gone, it is gone.

TV doesn't belong in YOUR children's rooms... you can't make such a sweeping judgement for all families.

My son is 15 and only likes 60s, 70s and 80s sitcoms and Christian programs. He made those choices on his own based on the way we run our lives away from the TV. It is only me and him, I am a single parent. I take him to school and bring him home, we spend every moment together with quality, TV doesn't interrupt or disturb, much less obliterate that.

I grew up in a MAJOR TV family. I also was skipped in the 2nd grade, graduated with honors from high school at 16 and graduated from college at 20 with 2 degrees. My Mom and Dad, my HEROES, died 5 years ago after 63 years of marriage. They were TV junkies, just like me, but we spoke EVERY day, I travelled 125 miles every weekend to be with them and they lived and died in the home I bought them. Unlike lots of people I know, we had fun with TV, not using it for an excuse to not interact.

Values are built in the heart... then they are reflected in what you watch on TV and what you read in private. If those values are so ingrained, they can be let loose to make decisions.

I'm glad you're proud of your choices, but they are YOURS. My way of living may not work with every child, but it worked with me and it works with mine.

Books, the internet, TV... they ALL can be used for bad or good. Building your ideals from the inside out makes the difference in which one you choose.

 

[Robinrs]

You beat me to it - very well said.


I never expected this thread to go downhill, there really is no need.

You're kidding right??? Did you check the channel... this is the DIS!!

 

[L107ANGEL]

Why did you have children then? Seriously? As a status symbol? Obviously you don't really want them. Do they get on your nerves? Is that why you put on the television and have a closed room for them to play in?

As a matter of fact all the toys were in the living room.


With that attitude " I dont go in there with them to monitor what they are doing behind closed doors" you will never know who or what your children are doing. It is your loss, what's more it is their loss. They will find what they need in terms of love and attention somewhere, and if not from you, from somewhere and someone.

Holy crap!!! I think you need to take a deep breath here!

 

[Charlotte ~08]

I haven't been posting here that long. Just seems a strange topic to get heated over, well to me, it is!

You're kidding right??? Did you check the channel... this is the DIS!!

 

[becka]

Why did you have children then? Seriously? As a status symbol? Obviously you don't really want them. Do they get on your nerves? Is that why you put on the television and have a closed room for them to play in?

As a matter of fact all the toys were in the living room.


With that attitude " I dont go in there with them to monitor what they are doing behind closed doors" you will never know who or what your children are doing. It is your loss, what's more it is their loss. They will find what they need in terms of love and attention somewhere, and if not from you, from somewhere and someone.

Wow you really are even worse than I thought. I hope you don't get altitude sickness because you sure have placed your pedestal quite high.

 

[L107ANGEL]

You're kidding right??? Did you check the channel... this is the DIS!!

now thats funny!

 

[We_Love_Disney]

Judgmental, much?

We all make our own parenting decisions and what is right for MY family may not be what is best for another family. Why others cannot seem to understand that fairly simple concept astounds me.

It takes a village to raise a child. Too often though it is the village idiot that takes the short cut and puts his or her kid in front of some electronic thing to do the raising for him or her.

 

[HelenePA]

Why did you have children then? Seriously? As a status symbol? Obviously you don't really want them. Do they get on your nerves? Is that why you put on the television and have a closed room for them to play in?

As a matter of fact all the toys were in the living room.


With that attitude " I dont go in there with them to monitor what they are doing behind closed doors" you will never know who or what your children are doing. It is your loss, what's more it is their loss. They will find what they need in terms of love and attention somewhere, and if not from you, from somewhere and someone.

yes they are my status symbol. That's why I'm having another. Gotta get a new model every few years ya know Love and attention someplace else because they go off into their bedroom for an hour to watch a show... Okay Okay I get it that's why they wanna go back to Disney to find the love and attention they are seeking from me with Mickey Mouse.

 

[N&B'smom]

Why did you have children then? Seriously? As a status symbol? Obviously you don't really want them.

What a rude thing to say.

Shelby

 

[L107ANGEL]

It takes a village to raise a child. Too often though it is the village idiot that takes the short cut and puts his or her kid in front of some electronic thing to do the raising for him or her.

Whoa!!!!! How dare you to be so judgemental!?

 

[Charlotte ~08]

Must not post - dont want to get banned!!!!!

 

[MoniqueU]

I could of sworn I replied to this thread but can't seem to find my post.

All 3 of my kids have tv's in their rooms. Only 1 watches though the other two have it on the music channel all the time.

In our old house i never had cable installed because I saw tv as being evil. When we moved here I laxed up and went ahead and hooked the kids up to it.

I don't know if it is the ages they are now or the fact that there is less forbidde fruit but they watch less tv now then they did before.

We keep them pretty active in sports and they all like to read alot so it works for us.

Plus the HDTV is downstairs and my kids are too spoiled to watch the old style big screen upstairs. When I got that thing it was top of the line now unless I let them have the remote downstairs they pretty much don't watch tv.

 

[L107ANGEL]

Must not post - dont want to get banned!!!!!

to the dis, next up, breastfeeding or no.

 

[Robinrs]

Must not post - dont want to get banned!!!!!

Smart, she's obviously trying to stir the pot... it's time to pull the plug on this trainwreck...

 

[floridalaurie]

My DD's had a tv in their room a few years ago when they shared a room. Since they got their own rooms, we didn't put a tv in either room. No need for them spending all their spare time hiding out with the tv. They are 15 and 9 and although they ask about it alot, it's not something we'll give in to.