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TV in Your Child's Room?
February 25, 2009 at 6:15 AM by Cafe Kierna - Comments (24)
If you've put a television in your child's room, you are certainly not alone. According to a Washington Post parenting blogger, forty-three percent of school-aged
children have a television in their rooms. That's a lot of remote-having kids.
Although it's commonplace, there are some possible negative effects to having a TV in a child's room. Several studies suggest that TV hampers kids academic skills (one even found that kids watching the most TV between 5-15 were least likely to graduate from high school or college by 26!)--and a television in the bedroom may even be a contributor to lost sleep at night.
If this sounds too alarmist and you would never consider removing your child's television from his or her room, be sure to monitor what they watch--and how much. Experts say that is crucial.
Do you think that having a TV in your kid's room may be having a negative effect on your child?
Comments:
I refuse to put a TV in their rooms. No kid needs one in there. I don't want them staying up wathing it, I don't want them watching things they shouldn't and I certainly don't want them spending all their time in front of it.
I will not have a TV in my child's room until she is at least 13...maybe older...maybe never. If/when it does happen though, it will be severely limited and monitored.
My kids each have a tv in their rooms (ages 6 and 3). TV's are not baby sitters. They play games on them, they watch dvd's, and listen to music cd's on them. None of our tv's in the house have cable or satellite so they watch what we allow them to watch, when we tell them they can, and they are responsible for taking care of their electronics, movies, etc. We have family TV time, game time, and so on but sometimes we all need to have time to ourselves and this allows that. Plus, it's a lot easier to clean the house on days they can't play outside while they are busy in their rooms. TV time is a privilege for them and it can be taken away quicker than it is given in our house so they respect our rules.
My kids have TV's in their rooms but they aren't hooked up to cable or satellite. They have DVD's players and are only allowed to watch movies with permission from me or my husband. I'd say they use the TV in their bedroom about once a month, if that!
My daughter has one in her room and I do moniter very closely what she watches (and how much) . I actually have everything but Noggin, PBS, and Sprout blocked, lol.
TV can definitely be a bad thing if a parent lets it be. Especially in school aged children. So when parents complain that their child watches too much TV and they don't do anything to stop it it really makes me wonder if its the TVs fault or the parents? I mean, really...
The twins do have a t.v in their room. They don't have cable or games. It's primarily used for watching DVDs, and on the rare occasion we want to watch something different then they do. I am always checking on them and they are only allowed about 2 hours of TV after dinner and homework.
So I think if not carefully monitored their is a potential for negitive affects but we are really careful with the T.V. so I don't see much effect on them.
There's a TV in my 8 year old's room, but she hardly ever watches it.
I don't think it's healthy for kids to be watching so much TV that they need one in their bedroom.
I am very Strongly ANTI -TV in our daughters bedroom...we have only 2 tvs..and neither are in her room..I was not sure I wanted one in my room..yet DH DID!
We limit our Daughters TV and we are trying to keep her from becoming veggies like us..:LOL
our parents were not as strict about TV as we are!
theres too much to do ..why do we even need one? sometimes i wish we just were able to watch movies w/o the stupid TV...:LOL
maybe we will some day..:)
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IF I DONT THEY ALL WANT MY TV LOL
FIVEHAPPYHEARTS Feb. 25, 2009 at 9:58 AM