TV upstairs

I’m no Luddite. The bairn has an Amazon kids tablet and she can watch shows on it if she wants.

I just think that the a kids bedroom should be free of gadgets. I refuse to have a tv in my own bedroom. Bedroom is for sleeping in.

I find this philosophy a touch strange. Kids need time to themselves to be themselves. They need to form their own opinion about what they like and need time for this to develop. As long as the parent manages this time correctly, it’s of benefit to the child.
I’m not advocating allowing them to just watch tv all day either.
 


In moderation it's perfectly fine especially during school holiday time. I fully admit to guiding my 4yo to his tablet when I can see he's ready for a bit winding down time. I have Amazon kids on his so have it set to age apropiate stuff for him so I haven't got to watch over his shoulder to make sure he's not watching out he shouldn't. Unrealistic to expect anyone to keep up play time for hour after hour all day long.
Good post.
 
She’s got YouTube and Netflix already via the smart tv, but she wants normal telly now.
If you've got Sky downstairs, good solution would be to grab a cheap second hand PS3 or Xbox360 and add Sky Go+ onto your sky account and you can turn the console pretty much into a Sky box with the app
 
We only have 1 TV that has channels on, and that's in the living room, and only goes on really when my parents visit. Youngest has an Xbox and a 4K TV for it, never tuned it for TV channels, plus his iPad, eldest has a laptop and his phone, I have a laptop and iPad. When we're all together when I'm home, we just don't watch TV at all. That said, I'm debating wether to put one in the kitchen we're having done. It's an open plan Island type kitchen with bi-fold door to the patio, I can probably can see me having some beers in the garden while watching some sport.
 
The difference is that playing with toys engages their imagination and hand eye coordination etc
They aren't being barraged by adverts

Not all night though

There should be some parenting going on

Fair point regarding the toys, but that's not what I was getting at....

He said he had a TV in the playroom, but wouldn't allow one in the bedroom as they will disappear into their bedrooms all night.....surely they will do the same in the playroom......
 
I'd class a tv in the bedroom as a basic human right tbh. Can't believe there's people depriving their kids of such a standard thing. I'm assuming they cant play with a tablet or anything in their room either then or what's the point? It was a pretty normal thing to have in the 90's. Why not now?
This.
 
I'd class a tv in the bedroom as a basic human right tbh. Can't believe there's people depriving their kids of such a standard thing. I'm assuming they cant play with a tablet or anything in their room either then or what's the point? It was a pretty normal thing to have in the 90's. Why not now?

Agreed

"Wouldn't dream of having a TV in the bedroom"

Eh :)

Some people man
 
Was just thinking back to when I was a kid mate. I'd be gutted if I had to settle down to watch Coronation street with my mam on an evening. Much rather be playing on my computer up in my room or watching summit more my level or whatever. Don't see the problem if done in moderation. Quite impressive if yous are all gadget free and sitting down watching telly/conversing/playing games together most nights like.

In the 90s kids were restricted to a choice of limited live tv hours, or recorded material on dvd or video. Parents could control what they watched and when. These days with 24/7 services and easy access to porn I would never allow a child a bedroom tv.

I would also recommend a central point downstairs for recharging phones and tablets overnight so that the child doesn’t get used to having them by them 24/7.

Children today are often less confident, less happy and much more influenced by outside of the family sources. More of them self harm or attempt suicide. A lot of the blame for this can be directly attributed to the 24/7 nature of their interactions with other children. That’s before you even get to the effect on schoolwork of having sat up all night watching tv.

Give over man. :lol:

Could just make them turn it off when it's bed time like. You can have that advice for free mate. ;)

Im guessing that you’ve got no kids!
 
In the 90s kids were restricted to a choice of limited live tv hours, or recorded material on dvd or video. Parents could control what they watched and when. These days with 24/7 services and easy access to porn I would never allow a child a bedroom tv.

I would also recommend a central point downstairs for recharging phones and tablets overnight so that the child doesn’t get used to having them by them 24/7.

Children today are often less confident, less happy and much more influenced by outside of the family sources. More of them self harm or attempt suicide. A lot of the blame for this can be directly attributed to the 24/7 nature of their interactions with other children. That’s before you even get to the effect on schoolwork of having sat up all night watching tv.
You are mental tbf tho.
 
When i was a bairn i had a 14" Ferguson portable telly in my room.
I didnt have an outside aerial though...just one of those plug in ones that you had to climb all over your room with to try and get a half decent picture.

A TV in their room is a godsend tbh.
 
I’m no Luddite. The bairn has an Amazon kids tablet and she can watch shows on it if she wants.

I just think that the a kids bedroom should be free of gadgets. I refuse to have a tv in my own bedroom. Bedroom is for sleeping in.
We have a big TV in the sitting room but no TV or gadgets in the bedrooms, my bairn reads for a bit in bed and he's happy with that. He basically sees his room as just somewhere to sleep, he has a room full of toys but never plays with them (unless his little mates pop round).
 

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