TV in LOs room?

AmandaP678 · May 2012

Does anyone have a TV in LO's room? If no, when do you plan on allowing LO to get a TV?

Right now, neither of my boys have a TV in their room. I don't think it's necessary. I'm not against TV by any means, but I dont think thye need one until they are older.

lucylea · May 2012

This is something DH and I can't agree on. I didn't have a TV in my room until I went to college and had a super small one in my dorm room. We also only had one TV in the house growing up so I either watched what my parents were watching or didn't watch. He had one from the time he can remember, including whatever video game console was "in" at the time. I say not until they are teenagers at least, but its a discussion that is ongoing and will probably be made somewhat on the fly.

PinupMomma08 · May 2012

Probably not util middle school or hs. Tv with no cable, just dvd player seems fine to me. A few of my friends with older kids have that set up and its nice for when they want to watch the Barbie movie AGAIN. Granted, shes

PinupMomma08 · May 2012

going to be 10.

swimiz500 · May 2012

I think I got a TV in my room when I was around 10. My grandparents got them for us for Christmas. So, if I was 10, my brother would have been about 6 or 7. I think 10 is probably reasonable, if DD really begged for it. I don't know, I spent a lot of time in my room reading as a kid. I would obviously prefer her do that, but with all the technology, I know that is just not going to be the case.

pettycrocker · May 2012

No, and hopefully never. I don't want it to ever cause a problem with her sleep. I remember being a kid, and constantly sneaking out of bed to turn the tv on all night long.

I don't know for sure, I'll definitely have to see what type of kid she is. I don't want her to be constantly watching tv.

LyndseyLC · May 2012

probably never. although I grew up with TV in my room gosh probably since 1st grade maybe..

sometimes I really wish we had a TV in our bedroom but DH is against it. but maybe its for the best

Timshel17 · May 2012

I hope never as well. Growing up, there were more TVs in our house than people. When I go back there, the one in the living room is always on, sometimes more than that. It's a huge distraction and I don't want our house to be that way. We don't have cable anyway and don't plan on ever getting it. My parents bought me a TV probably before I was ten. It was white and everyone thought it was a computer, haha!

clineak · May 2012

Nope. She can have one in college.

Mason&Mama · May 2012

Not for a long time. I don't want to say never, but I also am thinking at least not until age 10 /middle school. I don't have a TV in my bedroom, and I really don't see the point.

katie4253 · May 2012

No, and no.

We are doing a no technology in the bedroom (except a radio or iPod dock).

damabo80 · May 2012

Dh and I don't even have a tv in our room.

There is one in the family room, in the basement (man cave), and I'll put one in the kids' playroom. That's more than enough tvs for one household.

jesstellina · May 2012

Nope, no tv's in bedrooms at our house. Bad for sleep hygiene, and we don't like tv anyway. Our tv doesn't have any channels; it's hooked up through an HDMI port to a computer. We watch maybe 1 episode of something on netflix a day, and other than that we use it to look at pictures, surf online, or play Pandora. I don't want tv to be any big part of DD's life.

mainemommy · May 2012

No tv for any of them until high school at least, if I had to choose though Id give them one in middle school over a cell phone. We only have 2 tvs hooked up right now, Id consider one in the basement for a playroom area though.

lisamoe · May 2012

I don't see the need anytime soon. We have TVs in the living room, our room (which rarely gets used) and the rec room in the basement.

I figure until he is older, he definitely will not have the need to have one in his room.

dairygirl19 · May 2012

Nope.

Never if I have my way.

We're just not big tv watchers by nature (I have nothing against it all..mainly boils down to the fact H and I have no attention span at all...lol). I hope my kids are the same way.

We have 3 tvs in the house (upstairs LR, basement family room and our room). The LR one is on at night for a bit, the basement one, when I'm on the treadmill or we have guests (it's right off both guest rooms) and the one in our room for the news before I get dressed for work.

Although..right now I'm at the point I wish LO was remotely interested in tv..lol. Somedays I need her to like 20 minutes of Sesame Street.

maiken1027 · May 2012

Most likely never. We only have two in the house. 1 in the Living room, one in the family room that is pretty much only used for exercise videos. My brother just made a playroom for his DS (2.5) and they put a TV in there . . . now all he does is lay on the floor and watch TV :-( I'm not completely against TV, but I think we've become too dependent on it.

IlliniQT · May 2012

I got a 13" TV for my 13th birthday (my parents were cheesy, guess what I got for my 10th birthday -- a 10 speed bike). But I didn't have cable in my room, just the basic cable channels.

My nephew got one at 8, so he could have quiet movie time in his room since there's a 2 year old all up in his business all day, but it's very limited. I guess I could see that.

Out plan is to have LO spending time outside playing or playing period than watching TV. That's how DH and I were both raised that way (outside after breakfast, and inside when the streetlights came on!).

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