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naturelle25
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TV in LO's room?
naturelle25
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I was on another board and honestly was shocked to see that someone had a tv in their LO's room (kid under 2). I am definitely not anti tv but am I the only one who thinks this is insanity?
And I know their will be more than one person to say "eh, I dont judge others or care what they do," because this is pretty typical reply on here. Im not asking if you care what she is doing but I am asking if you would consider it?
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Re: TV in LO's room?
No way. Our kids won't have a TV in their bedroom. My husband would do it but I feel really strongly about it so it's a no-go.
Same policy for computers.
No way. There will be no tvs, computers or video games in our kids' rooms
We don't have a tv in our bedroom either and we never will
DS 3.12.08
DD 7.11.09
DD 8.01.13
Nope. We're pretty insistent on only having one TV in the house, and it doesn't even have cable.
But, I'm still guilty of letting DD watch stuff on my laptop in other rooms occasionally. Netflix streaming is a wonderful invention.
NOPE! We have one TV and it has no tv channels. We do have Netflix though. One of the best things DH and I did IMO was make the rule that we will never have TV in our bedroom. When we first moved in together it really set a nice tone I think. I just don't like the idea of it inj DS's bedroom eather.
Honestly I don't want it in bedrooms at all...I'll never say never I guess...I mean who knows if I will change my mind by teenage years. But even then I really would like to live in a house where we never have more then one TV and am really striving for that.
My BIL has a TV in every room. My nephews are 6 and 18 months old and both has TV in their rooms. I think my 18 month old nephew had one since he was born! And yes they always have the TV's all on. His wife says they often spend evenings "relaxing" and each watching what they want separately, she will even have the baby watching his own TV. They are a big TV family needless to say..none of my buissness but when I saw a TV is my nephews room at 3 months and she told me she would die without it I was a bit confused.
The thing is I will occasionally turn on something from Netflix for DS. Not a lot but it does happen on crazy days. I'm not 100% against TV, I just don't think it needs to be a huge part of life...just like anything else. like that. One TV in the house is enough for us.
No! And welcome!
We have a tv in our bedroom - doesn't mean Daniel is getting one. Parents get to do lots of things children don't. lol
This.
No, our children will not have a TV in their room unless they get a job and buy it themselves. I did have a TV in my room when I was in college(went to local school and lived at home).
I was a nanny for a family that had a 18 month old and a 3 month old who shared a room. They had a TV in their room because "the 18 month old would not go to sleep without it." They started letting him watch TV on the couch to go to sleep then moving him to his bed at night. Then they decided they wanted to put him to bed and be able to watch what they wanted so they put a tv in his room. I NEVER turned the TV on in his room even for nap time and he slept fine for me.
Guess I'm in the minority here but I would put a TV in LO's room. I had one growing up, we have one in our bedroom (we have 3 TV's currently hooked up all with their own cable boxes). I would put one in his room with limited access to watching it but I see nothing wrong with watching a program in the evening then reading a book, saying prayers, and going to bed (at school age). Or even watching a show in the morning when he wakes up (again, school age child). I'm also going to be putting together his playroom and will put a TV in there so he can play video games (when he's older) or watch shows in there.
I would allow his own computer too if I could figure out a way to monitor it.
However, I'm not in a hurry to put one in his bedroom any time soon though.
I have time to figure this all out as he's only 8 months - nothing is set in stone.
No. When they are older (teens), I probably won't care about them having a television. No computers in the bedroom, though.
We don't have a TV in our bedroom but there has been one or two times when I have wanted one - i.e. When DH hurt his back last Summer, it would have been nice for him to have had one. When he and I got the stomach flu last winter, would have been nice to have one. But those rare occasions haven't been enough yet to prompt me to get one.
We used to have a TV in our bedroom and it never affected our love life, which is a major concern for a lot of people, I think. I digress - No for the kids, especially those younger than the teen years!
We have a tv in our living room, and just bought a new one for our bedroom a few months ago (we didn't have one in there for about 3 years).
We moved our older tv (in an armoire) into the playroom, we don't even have it hooked up right now, but we will probably hook it up eventually for princess movies, and possibly video games down the road.
We really like having a tv in our bedroom. DH likes to stay up later than I do, and this way I can still snuggle him around 10pm, and he can stay up until 1am or so watching tv. I hate going to bed alone.
My DD won't have a tv in her bedroom until she's a teenager, at least.
Exactly the same for us as well. When we built our house last year, we specifically didn't put a cable jack in the "kids" bedrooms.
DD #2 - 03.13
Not a mum yet but will be a sahm when I am. I do not plan on having a tv in my kids bedroom. like pp said I want to be able to monitor screen time. I don't even want one in my our bedroom. Once in a while we will have a lazy day and watch a movie on the laptop in bed but that is once in a great while!
Not at that age, no.
When they get older I don't mind. I had a TV in my room as a preteen. I never was one of those kids who sat at home parked in front of the TV though, so it wasnt an issue.
DD has one. My mom was getting rid of a tv, so we stuck it in her room. No cable or box to get channels - there's a dvd player hooked up so she can watch caillou or barney or whatever.
No TV's until teenagers...and please parents remember that if you have HBO, Showtime, etc. so does your kid! I had a TV in my room when I was a teen and saw some stuff I should not have! Needless to say we do not and will not have those channels.
And NEVER a computer for the kids in the bedrooms - this is just asking for trouble in today's world.
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Only shot is IVF (ICSI)
5/31/2012 - HSG: all clear
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