s/o tv watching: tv in kiddo's bedroom

KittyCatBio

one of the replies below said there is only one tv in the house, and there are no tvs in the bedroom.  i have always been a no tv in the bedroom person, but i'm wondering what i'll do for kat once she's older.  i will want to be able to watch MY shows, or actually not be forced to watch hers.  (story: my niece was addicted to full house re-runs.  they were on all the time at their house.  my sister almost had a nervous breakdown.  got kid her own tv in her room.  no more full house for the whole family). 

i "think" i will either have "kids stuff" only on the downstairs tv.  but i'm not sure. or make upstairs tv only "interesting" stuff, like discovery, no disney channel.   i'll probably cave and put a tv in her room, or else become addicted to something like "suite life" myself.   or maybe she'll just be a bookworm like me.  *crosses fingers*

Amrice78

I won't put a tv in his room.  If he wants to watch something we aren't watching, he can go into my room or the office and use that tv.

Tess12

Absolutely no tv in the bedrooms.  Also, I'm definitely of the mindset that tv should be enjoyed in moderation.  We don't have the tv on all the time now and we won't have it on all the time when the kids are older.  In fact, I am a bit of a tv addict myself, so I limit my own watching.  I don't have a tv in my room for that very reason.  Maybe when we get a bigger house, we'll have two TVs in common areas, but that's it.

rlthomas7

Absolutely not. We don't have one in our bedroom either. We have plenty of TVs in the house - living room, kitchen, guest room and family room. And he can watch TV or play video games on another one.

ETA: Dh's nephew had a tv, phone, FRIDGE and more in his room from a very early age. I thought that was bonkers. It's amazing he ever came out of his room!

MsTammy

We will have TV's in the bedrooms.

jenifairies

Amrice78:

I won't put a tv in his room.  If he wants to watch something we aren't watching, he can go into my room or the office and use that tv.

ditto. we have a tv in our room. she can go in there or we can. i think that with a tv in the bedroom it would be on a LOT more.

EMR11

My kid will never have a tv in his bedroom, not even in high school is my plan (but that may change)

armywife7205

We have one TV in the house... we may end up putting a TV in her playroom. But she will not have a TV in her room until she is in college. 

carefreebride1

Amrice78:

I won't put a tv in his room.  If he wants to watch something we aren't watching, he can go into my room or the office and use that tv.

I LOVE tv but I have scaled back quite a bit since my LO has gotten older and more "aware".  We actually don't even turn it on in most cases until he is asleep.  We do have some Baby Einstein videos that we sometimes use during our nighttime routine (he has excema and needs like eight different creams, this is the best way to keep him to sit still while we lather him up).

When he gets older and has a "show" he likes, I can have him watch it in another room if I want to watch something else...but with my DVR, I don't care if I watch my show later or not.

A TV in my LO is not an option for me, I think it's problem waiting to happen.

joecubed

We will not have tvs in the bedroom.  We currently have one tv in the living room, but we might add a smaller tv in the kitchen.  If there are conflicts between shows, we will DVR one and watch the other. 

Sawyerplus1

As long as they live in my house there will be no TVs in bedrooms, not even ours. I think it's a terrible idea when they're young and older. DH and I try to limit out tv intake and when we have more room (like a house not an apartment) we'll keep the tv out of the main common room.

schnappycat

After the basement is finished, we will have 7 TVs in the house, including my bedroom and the guest room. However, I am not planning to put a TV in DS's room ever at this point.?

Luckystar2

When she's much older, maybe. I grew up with one in my room starting around 12 or so I think.  I liked having that freedome when I was in my moody teenage years.

But as a kid, I don't see the need.  We rarely watch much tv now anyways. I used to be a tv addict, but not since DD was born.  I figure that any of the stuff we do watch is primetime stuff and DD will likely be in bed.  I'd really like to do other things besides us watching tv anyways, so I'm not sure how much we will have it on when DD is awake. 

gatogrrl

Well, the apartment we're living in now is definitely a one-TV-only kind of place.  If we move to a larger home someday, I might consider having a second TV in a basement den.  But no TVs/computers ever in the bedrooms, until my kid is old enough to have a job and wants to pay for them herself.

1MusicMaker

I know people always say "oh, never say never!" but I can say this definitively: 

DS will never have a tv in his bedroom.

MrsTotty

I didn't have a tv in my room until I moved out and went to college.  If we wanted to watch something else, my parents had one in their bedroom and we would watch whatever in there.  I seriously doubt my kids will have their own tvs, and I KNOW they won't have computers in their own rooms. 

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We have a TV in our room but we are moving it into our new "workout" room.

We don't want DS to have a TV in his room, we will have one in the playroom. DH doesn't want DS to have a TV, phone, video games, etc. in his room because he says when you tell DS to go to his room, it's not a punsihment if everything is in there!

Faith1318

I think we're going to be a no-TV-in-the-bedroom family too. We will get a second TV at some point when the kids are older, whether in a play room, office, etc. but not in the bedrooms.

punkfiction

sigh.

C Bear E

I think I would avoid a TV in ds's bedroom. However, this is something dh and I haven't discussed yet (we already disagreed about computer in the bedroom).

aidansmama~

I'm wondering what age you consider older?  I mean when he's in his mid teens then I could see letting him "earn" a tv, but certainly not earlier than that.

kelly&marty

I'll never put a tv in his room. We're strongly against that. We don't have one in our bedroom either and never will.

anna7602

No TV in the bedroom. I don't see the need. At this point, we barely watch any TV at all, but I imagine that even when she's older, I'll be happy to spend time on the couch with her as a family, even if it means watching something she's interested in instead of something I'm interested in. I happily remember watching "Beverly Hills 90210" with my mom all the way through high school.

tobeMrs.Wagner

We will not have a tv in the kids bedrooms until much much later - like maybe high school if ever.   We have two right now - one in the living room, one in the master bedroom.  

happilyhis

No TV's or computers in bedrooms at my house. Ever.

I remember sleeping over at a friend's house when I was about 10. She had a TV in her room with all the cable channels. We stayed up watching soft porn on Showtime til 3:00 in the morning.