TV and children I am just curious to see how many YT's w/small children (under the age of 10) have TV's in their bedrooms? My daughter is almost 8 and she has been asking us for a TV for her room for a while now. I keep telling her to come back and talk to us after she is 10. The other day she came home telling me that "EVERYONE" has a TV in their room except for her (you know how the woes me goes w/these girls) now in know way am I feeling bad by this because I know that is not true. I actually have been considering getting her a tv for her birthday. She is a really good girl, always helpful w/great grades and I know she would not abuse it. (unlike my son - he will be 40 before he gets one if it is up to me. He is a tv junky) Do you think she is to young to have a tv or is it really not a big deal and I should get it for her? Thanks for the opinions! Amie |
I am curious what people have to say about this myself. My two are too young at 2 and 3.5 years old but I am sure it will be something that we will hear ourselves one day. Tammy |
i have a 12 year old and a 4 yr old. NO TV'S IN THE BEDROOM. i honestly feel they see too much tv. also, if they are in their bedrooms watching tv, they are not with me and my husband as a family. |
I bought a TV for my son's 13th birthday many years ago. It ended us watching shows together. He was a great student also, so homework was always 1st. After he had one in his room, he hardly ever came out to watch with me. Plus back then they didn't have to where you could block stations. I caught him watching shows he shouldn't at that young age. My son bought one for his daughter at 3, but they don't have it hooked up to cable. She can only watch Barney & Dora videos. My sister still won't let her teenagers have one in their rooms. She said it would end family night. She took their PC's out of their rooms also, because they were abusing them on myspace. I think it depends on how good the child is & how well they can be trusted not to abuse it. |
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growing up i was NEVER allowed a phone or Tv in my room... and yes... i said that EVERYONE had it.. however i know now (being 23) that i would have never left my room. I was being "forced" to watch tv with my parents and they were ALWAYS aware of WHAT i was watching. It wasn't until my second year of university that i got a TV in my room and BOY was i excited! i really think that age it too young. Especially with adolescence coming, you don't want her in her room ALL the time, you want her to be around so you can talk to her and know what is going on. that's just my opinion... she'll get over it.. i promise :) |
I dont have any kids. But i was never allowed to have a tv or phone in my room. Still to this day TV in the bedroom is distracting. I had to take it out of my room so i will go to sleep at a decent hour:) |
My daughter is 6 and has a tv but she never watches it she watches the one downstairs |
My daughter is 13 and has had a tv in her room for years (can't remember when we bought her one). BUT she rarely watches it....she is always downstairs w/ us....unless we were wanting to watch Survivor and she wanted to watch Ugly Betty....then for that hour, she would be up there, but then come down to watch tv with us again after her show was off. Now, when friends come over and they don't feel like doing anything else, they will put in a movie up there and watch. We don't have parental controls on our tv's....I guess because we seldom watch tv to begin w/ (we are an outdoorsy family) and then we don't have cable or satelitte, so the five channels we get, are pretty easy to control what is on and not on. My daughter has friends and we have to approve what they watch when they come over...their parents make sure they know what they are watching. They are 13 and are still watching little kids movies (which my daughter still does sometimes, but there are some good preteen movies out there, some not so good, but still). I kind of feel sorry for them because what is going to happen when they are in a situation (not a bad one, but an every day teen situation) and have never seen or dealt w/ it before??!! One of her friends said....her mom will let her watch whatever as long as she doesn't do any of it. The same w/ my daughter, we "kind of" pay attention to what she watches, but not really because we know how we have raised her and knows that she will learn from what she sees and she knows the difference between an actor getting paid for this and real life. |
I grew up having a tv in my bedroom and my little sister who is 8 has a tv in her bedroom, not just any tv, she has a high definition tv, and a dvd player, her playstation, all that. I guess she is spoiled, I don't live with her, she lives with my dad but the thing is they teach her never to act spoiled, so even though she has all this she shares with everyone and is very sweet. She doesn't act spoiled at all. So I guess it all depends on how you teach your children and she certainly doesn't abuse it. When her mom says its time for bed she goes to sleep. So in my opinion I think it's ok to put a tv in your child's bedroom, unless She does start to abuse it. If you think it's ok then there's no problem IMO. :) |
all three of mykids have tvs in their room 2 share a room but the twins are 2 and they have tvs but they seem to never watch it, the only time i see it on is in the morning they like to watch caliou and then they turn it off and play toys or they come in my room and then they get ready to go to the baby sitters and then we all go to work, school day care, etc. but during the day they dont seem to want to watch or have interest in it and then at night cetain nights a week we have family movie night and we will all pile in the living room with pillows and blankets etc and watch the movie and then go to bed, you know even my seven year old doesnt seem to really watch alot either he has his big tv and his dvd/vcr and his playstation in there and he really doesnt watch it. but same with us we as adults dont really watch tv. i dont know but i do have friends with kids and all thiers so is stay in front of the tv and then she will bring their kids over to myhouse and the little girl begs for me to turn on the tv so she can watch it and i tell her no to go play with my kids and she cries and screams to watch a show and she is 3 so maybe some of its the kids and some if its the parents, cause this lady tells her girl to go and watch your show in your room sit down and watch dora etc and i think she has put that in her head to go and watch a show instead of go and play |
I don't really think it's a big deal. All 4 of my kids have Tv's in the bedrooms. They always have. My Fiance and I both grew up with Tv's in our rooms. They boys have certain channels blocked and the girls only have PG rating. They can only watch certain shows. The girl's TV automatically turns off at 8:30 (bedtime) We have the boys programmed to 9:30. With technology now a days, you have so many options. We both have the numeric codes to the Tv's. So if there was anything they wanted to change they could'nt. Just my opinion. |
OK your all going to think i am terrible but my boys have a tv in there room and it is hooked up to the satillite but i edit the channeks they can see. my boys are 7 and 2 and to be honest it has been a life saver sometimes. there are nights when i am just so tired and they are tired but want to watch tv so i put them to bed and they keep quiet and just go to sleep. also i watch cartoons all day and it's nice to send them up to watch them on there tv so i can get a little soap opera in lol. i see no problem with it as long as it is controlled and they don't become hermoits in there lol |
I had a TV in my room when I was 5. I'm an only child, but was always responsible, had the good grades, never spoiled, etc. I prefered being outside myself, but I watched a lot of movies and cartoons when the weather was bad. I never abused it either. Even when I was in trouble and not allowed to watch TV, I never went behind my parent's back. It all just depends on the child really. If you feel that you can trust your daughter, then I'd say do it, but maybe warn her that if she abuses it, it will come out of her room. I'm 19 now and not scarred for life. I'm sure she'll be okay :-) |
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