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EmmieB

1) What are you definitely going to let your kids watch?

 

2) What are you definitely NOT going to let your kids watch?

EmmieB

1) I really like Veggie Tales, even though we're not religious. I think the lessons are good ones and I have to admit that one of my shower songs is the Hairbrush Song. (link here in case you've missed this greatness)

I also *really* like Sesame Street. I haven't seen Bob The Builder, but since Mommy is the one who gets excited about power tools, I have feeling I'm gonna like Bob.

 

2) We don't have reception, much less cable, so whatever our kids watch will be either on dvd, the interwebs, or the theatre (or the grandparents car....you have no idea how *thrilled* I am that they bought a minivan with a dvd player so their grandkids can be entertained whenever they're in the car. What happened to conversation?) At any rate, the amount of time will be limited, and we'll cross the content bridge when we get to it. I figure as long as we can have discussion about which behavior is appropriate, and then as they get older talk about motivations, etc, I'll let them watch anything we own as long as they're able to understand things like "we don't blow up an entire city just because we're cranky."

 

silliestbunny

At this point, I don't have a list but I do want to limit television as much as possible. 

ColoRxGirl

I think Sesame Street is a definite go.  Other than that, I am blissfully ignorant of the current programming available to kids.  We have about 1000 channels on DirecTV, so I'd like to think some of the content is appropriate.

Overall, though, I just don't want my kid vegging in front of the idiot box.  I have a friend that uses the TV to entertain her kids and manage their behavior - and I just don't want it to turn into a way to distract my kids rather than dealing with how bad they are acting.

I did see a little bit of a show called "Ni Hao, Kai-lan" that was on one time.  It's about this little Chinese girl and her monkey (or something like that) teaching kids little life lessons.  At one point, (I could not make this up) she starts working two turntables like a DJ and they are all singing this techno/anime-type stuff.  It was so odd.  Made me wonder what other cartoons were like nowadays. . .

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Baby Einstein DVD's and various other short, educational videos while they're small.  Pat the Bunny, Kipper, Veggie Tales, etc.

We probably won't let them watch any TV, even children's TV, as we really want to pre-watch everything.  The little girls I was a nanny for had pretty much the same regimen -- although they also watched a tiny bit of TV.  The Wiggles when they were really small and then graduated to Blue's Clues.  They were limited to 30 minutes of TV a day and a video before naps and bedtime.  The Baby Einstein videos were very good at soothing and we had a couple that we would watch and they knew that meant it was time to snuggle and be still/quiet and get ready for naptime/bedtime.

come*on*baby

1) What are you definitely going to let your kids watch?

 We have a list of approved shows (that WE decided on) that they are allowed to watch - Dora the Explorer (we encourage a little Spanish learning), Little Einsteins, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and The Backyardigans - sometimes Yo Gabba Gabba!

For the 9 year old - Hannah Montana, iCarly and Suite Life of Zack and Cody

2) What are you definitely NOT going to let your kids watch?

SpongeBob Squarepants, Max and Ruby and WonderPets (this show has a kid with a lisp and I feel like they are making fun of it).

For the 9 year old - she's not allowed to watch SpongeBob or any cartoon that is not age appropriate. 

 

**I also add that they only get 30 minutes right before lunch and 30 minutes right before dinner. And that's not every day. They are very limited on their television. 

LadyRed7

we honestly haven't talked that much about it, but i have always limited tv use when i was a nanny, so i would think it will be the same with our kids.