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

[Robinrs]

My son also has a plasma my sister bought him. He's 15.

 

[PatsMom]

DD is 16 and has never been allowed to have a TV or computer in her room. We have two TVs in the house - one upstairs and one downstairs. It was pretty much the same in our old house. When she was younger, I watched with her - I love Disney movies and Nick cartoons! And I am more of a reader than a TV watcher anyhow so I used to read if I wasn't interested in her show or tape. (Barney comes to mind!). Now she pretty much has the downstairs den to herself but we can listen in or walk in anytime. She and I also share a computer in the same den. In the old house, the computer was near the TV in the downstairs den also. We've always been able to walk up behind her and see what she was doing. Now she is old enough and level headed enough that I would probably allow her to have a TV or computer in her room and she doesn't want one - there is no room. When she wants to hang out with her friends, they just use the downstairs den.

 

[kbkids]

so I dont have to watch alvin and the chipmunks over and over again downstairs?

Amen - I hear ya! I got tired of watching Hannah Montana non stop.

Like I said earlier, I've gone through and blocked all but about 10 channels on both of their TVs, so they are limited in what they can watch, but I left HGTV on both of theirs. When they asked why, I said, "because I want something to watch when I'm cleaning up your room and putting away laundry? Would you prefer I took it off and leave all of that to you?" They quickly said it was no problem with that station being on their TVs.

 

[solferino]

She has a tv/dvd combo in hers, not hooked up to satellite. I can't remember the last time it was even turned on, in the fall maybe?

 

[MareQ]

All 3 kids have TV's in their rooms but as of now they are only hooked up to DVD players.

 

[sassyat30]

Mine won't have a TV or computer in their rooms because there is no need for them.

If they want to watch TV, they can sit in the LR and watch with us...or they can go down in the basement and watch down there.

Just because they *want* to watch something doesn't mean they always get their way.

 

[paintnolish]

Ds (8) has one to watch movies. No cable and nothing comes in without it! We also limit the amount of time he watches.

 

[mgilmer]

Son
15
tv but only for video games and dvds - no cable or Directv in his room.

 

[We_Love_Disney]

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.

 

[GoofieRuthie]

Yes. DD15 and DD7 share a room and have a TV and a computer in the room. DD13 also has a TV and computer in her room. We also have satellite with all of the pay channels. The only thing that is blocked is the pay per view. DD7 purchased Willy Wonka on accident when we first got it, so DH blocked them and only he and I know the code to order.

I think I could remove every channel from their TV but Disney and Nick and they would never know. Although, DD15 is hooked on One Tree Hill now, so that is the only time it ever gets changed to a basic cable channel.

I don't monitor what they watch, listen to, or do on the computer. I trust them. Plus, Our house is tiny, I can literally stand in the hall and see into every room in the house as long as all of the doors are open.

 

[sassyat30]

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.

 

[jenrose66]

My son is 21 months and he has a TV/DVD in his room. It is for his baby einstein video's. He doesn't watch hours of TV it's just a small 13 inch and I like to put it on for diaper changes or if I need to shower...I can put him in the crib and he can watch a cartoon.

 

[HelenePA]

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.

not going to happen in my family. Sorry I need time away from them in my house, they dont like to spend every second of their homelife with me.
are all your toys in your living room? where do your kids play with toys?? mine are in a playroom and I can assure you everytime one of them go in there to play I dont go in there with them to monitor what they are doing behind closed doors.

 

[sassyat30]

not going to happen in my family. Sorry I need time away from them in my house, they dont like to spend every second of their homelife with me.
are all your toys in your living room? where do your kids play with toys?? mine are in a playroom and I can assure you everytime one of them go in there to play I dont go in there with them to monitor what they are doing behind closed doors.

Apples to oranges.

 

[Jaimee]

DS 10 does not have a TV in his bedroom. I was very against it when he was younger. He asked me for one recently, and I told him he could get one IF he gets rid on 80% of the toys in his room. He doesn't play with them, and there wouldn't be any room for a TV right now. He hasn't brought it up again though.

 

[Aidensmom]

Mine has one. It is mostly used at night, we let him watch TV or a DVD (yes, he's got a DVD player too) for an hour at bedtime while laying in bed. Other than that, he uses it if there is something he really wants to watch, and my husband wants to watch something else on the living room TV. He always asks before turning it on.

ETA: He has a laptop in his room too, with internet access, but he only knows how to get to disneychannel.com. When he gets older, I can just remove the external wireless card if I don't want him online without permission. I don't want him screwing up anything on my computer.

 

[We_Love_Disney]

My son is 21 months and he has a TV/DVD in his room. It is for his baby einstein video's. He doesn't watch hours of TV it's just a small 13 inch and I like to put it on for diaper changes or if I need to shower...I can put him in the crib and he can watch a cartoon.

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.

 

[N&B'smom]

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.

My DS8 has a very small TV in his room. Some nights he reads for an hour before bed, some nights he watches the Discovery/History Channel for an hour before bed. I do my job of monitoring what he is doing, and his door is left open. Just because a child has a TV in his/her room doesn't mean he/she spends endless hours in there watching it. It certainly doesn't interfere with his sleep, he shuts it off at bedtime and goes right to sleep. Somehow we still manage to spend a lot of time together as a family even though he has access to a TV in his room. It causes problems with family values? I don't get how that assumption can be made.

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

Shelby

 

[becka]

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.

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.

 

[HelenePA]

the tv in my kids rooms haven't been on all day... guess its still rotting their brains