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Dh and I have had this on-going battle about step-d's tv in her room. She just turned 10 and she would spend most of the day in her room watching tv/playing video games. She would never go to bed on time and would never turn the tv off at 9pm like she was supposed to. I got fed up and made dh take the tv out. Now she interacts with the family more, etc. But dh says we're just punishing her because she has excellent grades. I told him that she could be watching god knows what at all hours of the night because once he goes to bed, she turned the tv back on. And now he tells me that I'm being over-protective. I wouldn't mind a tv without cable access with a dvd player, but if the tv goes back in so does the cable and video games. Does your child have a tv in their room? And how do you manage it?
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by oimel00 on Oct. 11, 2008 at 1:08 AMno, but Marley is only 4 months, she loves plasma tv's though, normal tv's she could care less about, lol. Hey My name is Olivia too! |
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by ebbierowe on Oct. 11, 2008 at 1:08 AMI would never see them.....lol |
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by KairisMama on Oct. 11, 2008 at 1:09 AMMy DD is only 2, so no. I do not plan on allowing a TV in her room until she is a teenager.
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by Georgia-Girl on Oct. 11, 2008 at 1:09 AMMy 16 yr old - yes my 18 yr old- yes my 9 yr old- yes my 1 yr old- no |
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by MissAndrea125 on Oct. 11, 2008 at 1:10 AM |
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by hunterbugsmomma on Oct. 11, 2008 at 1:11 AMGo ahead and bash me but this worked for us! We were having a hard time getting our son to sleep in his own bed in his own room, he likes tv and loves elmo and has one elmo movie he loves. So at bedtime after bath and book i turn it on and hes straight in his bed and stays there all night. If this is what we had to do then we did it, WE had tried everything there was but now ill say lets go night night and he asks for elmo then he goes in bed and we dont see him till morning.
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by Jezzabelle718 on Oct. 11, 2008 at 1:11 AM |
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by krazynellie on Oct. 11, 2008 at 1:11 AM |
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by LuckyStars3 on Oct. 11, 2008 at 1:16 AMNo, im sure they would LOVE to have one in there but I dont think kids should have tv's in there room. If mine had one in there room they would be up all night watching tv and nothing would get done.
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by ebbierowe on Oct. 11, 2008 at 1:20 AMwell if someone does bash you that is just silly....I don't see a thing wrong with what you did :-) Quoting hunterbugsmomma: |
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