Any tips on how to stop my daughter watching so much tv?
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I don;t want to sound too frank, but for goodness sake, turn the darned thing off. A 7 year old can only watch TV if you let her. Don't "try" to get her to do something else, make her! I mean this in a positive way.get yourself involved in an activity with her like a craft, baking, facials, nailpainting, quilting. If she is given fun options with parent time built into it, I can almost guarantee she will choose to be with you, especially if you will soon be tied down to a baby. If she still opts for the TV as opposed to fun mother/daughter time, simply tell her No TV means No TV and then turn it off. If she cries for an hour, so be it. I used to be a lenient Mom, but it lead to more problems than it solved...took me a while to see it, but it is true. I am now a firm ground rules Mom and guess what, we have no spanking and no screaming. The kids have learned the rules are the rules because they are enforced. Empower yourself as a loving parent and turn off the TV.
Use the Power button...switch it to off
Restrict how much TV she can watch eg only 1 hour/day during the week. That's what my parents did to me. But then in my day there weren't so many computer games and I was playing out with my friends all the time. Get her involved in some after school activity.
She watches it because you let her. Stop letting her and set a schedule for when she CAN watch it. If she goes behind your back then punish her.
You can buy 'tv limiters' which only allow the tv to be on for a set number of hours
Put the TV in a room where she isn't able to get in.
Use it as a special treat
Make her do more activities like coloring, walking running or stuff like that.
Take her to the park, and put her to bed early
that way she will forget about the TV Little by Little.
It may be hard but if you dont try..it can get worse
good luck
if you take the tv away and notmake it an option then she will have other things to do. make a play date with one of her friends and see what happens. they should go off and play with makeup
Why has she got to this stage in the first place? OK you can't smack your kids these days but it shouldn't stop you disciplining them otherwise. Put a lock on the sitting room door - lock it when you go to bed and only unlock it when you are happy for her to watch TV.
well u will have to learn how to say no
before she can stop
and put a time limit on how much tv she can watch
no tv before school
an hour or two afterschool
and maybe one hour after dinner
tell her to follow the rules or there will be no tv at all
or get her involved with something
like: swimming, dance class, gymnastics, ice skating
go to the park or library
take the fuse out of the plug and tell her its broke and don't put it back in until she's used to doing other activities
Yes. Aside from an off and on button, there is a plug. Yank it out. You need to be WAY more strict from her, and if you say no tv, she should be listening to you. You have to restrict her viewing, because it is indeed an idiot box - and you don't want a zombie little girl. Restrict her to an hour a day at this age! Maybe a bit more on weekends because of cartoons. Don't use the tv as a babysitting device to make things easier for you. You and your husband need to do other activities WITH her, not just tell her to do other stuff. She's only seven, and she needs you to lead her.
tell her if she watchings to much tv them she will melt!
or just ground her
So everytime she wants her TV back on do you just give in and let her watch?
Your child shouldn't rule you, seeing as your pregnant you can do lots of things together to get ready for the baby. Include her in decorating the nursery, picking clothes. Teach her about what things will be like when the baby comes (make her feel like she will have some responsibiltiy at her age she will want to be the little mum).
You need to give her a time limit.
Of course left to their own devices.. they will do what they want. IMHO TV is good at times but shouldn't be a babysitter.
You will just have to put your foot down and say "At a certain time the TV is going off.. " and that's final. Trust me.. I let my toddler watch too much tv and when I snapped out of my funk, I just turned off the TV telling her that's enough for now. She has since learned to play with her toys and use her imagination.. so there you go.
Good luck! be firm!
Don't be your daughter's friend, be her parent. It's the TV now, what will it be next? smoking, taking your car without permission, money from your wallet? Parenting is a JOB - not a cruise. Step up to the plate, set some boundaries and FOLLOW THROUGH. Make a chore chart - let her watch TV after she completes her chores. Make a list of other activities. After she completes those she can watch TV. Make her read a book and write a little report, then she can watch TV. Every kid tries this stuff - it's normal, but if you let her get away with this, she's just going to keep pushing the boundaries and once that little baby comes and you are tired, she's really going to push the limits and then you won't have the energy to deal with it and she may relate the change to the baby, not her behavior. You can probably have this situation resolved in a week or less if you put your foot down.
Turn the TV off. You're the parent. If you have to, consider unplugging it and putting it away for a while.
Consider letting her earn "screen time" by reading. Every 30 mins she reads gets her 30 mins of screen time.
Limit her usage to "X" minutes per day. Ask her what her very favorite shows are and limit her to one or two per day.
Find other things to entertain her. Craft projects, board games, playing outside, etc.
This really isn't that hard. You just have to decide how much TV you are comfortable letting her watch, and then shut it off when she has reached the limit. Make sure she knows how much time she gets. It might be easier to tell her how many shows she can watch, so she can pick her favorites, instead of just sitting there for two hours. Keep in mind, it's not your job to entertain her. Playing games and drawing with her are great, but a little boredom is a great way to kick-start her imagination. You should expect some whining at first, but you need to remain calm and firm. Eventually, she will realize that the whining isn't going to get her anywhere, and she will stop. Good luck!
Get her into sports and turn off that darn tv!!!!
unplug it and tell her it is broken
You are the mom. Turn off the TV. Unplug it if you have to. Just tell your daughter that she does not have permission to turn the television on. If she wants to watch TV she has to ask you or dad to turn it on for her. I know that sometimes kids disobey, but I also think that if you tell her she is not allowed to turn on the TV she won't do it. If she does then there needs to be consequences for her bad behavior.
First off you should only have one t.v in the house. I have seven kids and they may only watch ONE programme a day unless they are home sick or watching a movie. A child of seven should not be watching any more than one hour of t.v per day.
Tell her that is hjer limit put a timer in the room and once te hour is up tell her no more t.v.remember it does not have to all be in the one sitting include the morning t.v in the hour.
She is 7 if she is bored now with other things she will be in real trouble as she gets older.
Maybe have her friends over to play at least once a week and as she learns to play with them she will enjoy playing thses games alone too.things like dress up, barbies board games.
It may sound harsh but you will have to make it a family rule and let her know that there are consequences if she watches more t.v than you allow her per day..threaten to take the t.v away altogether.
It is important than while she is awake you show her that you and her daddy will not watch anymore than one hour of t.v either.
Good Luck
Yeah turn it off!
Throw out the TV
or
Turn off the Cable.
When I was growing up in the frozen north when it got dark at 4:00pm, we had cable tv. But around March, when there was a bit of sun still after school, we magically lost cable (and where we lived we got 1 TV channel without cable), and we kids went outside to play. then around October, the Cable started working and we would watch again. Those few months were never enough to become addicted, and other than Saturday morning cartoons, we prefered to do something other than watch TV.
These days, my kids complain about nothing to watch with 117 channels. However we have used the "no electronics" as a punishment. My son gets a speeding ticket, and it's "no electronics" for a month. and its the most joyful month of the year. He becomes a human again, actually eats supper with us, and. dare I say it. actually speaks to us!!
In hindsight, if my oldest was 7, I would disconnect the electronic babysitter (aka. TV), connect it during a couple of months during the summer (cuz now I live where its nice in the winter but HOT in the summer), and live the rest of my life TV FREE!
You could try what my parents did with me and my brother when we started watching too much TV. They bought a timer and set it up on the TV where she could only watch during certain hours. After that, the TV would shut off and would NOT come back on unless you program it to do so. Go to Best Buy or Circuit City and ask a sales rep about it. They will prob be able to show you more advanced ways to get what you want for your daughter and your TV.
Have her earn her TV time. Remove it from her room, and only have one in the house. It will not hurt everyone in the house to play trouble, sorry, jenge, or another family game. Sequence is a good game for everyone to play as well. Besides you can have great bonding moments that you all will cherrish for the rest of their lives! Making memories with your child(ren) are something that are the best gift.
They can make good grades for an hour of TV or clean the kitchen for a 30 minutes of TV. Maybe clean the restroom for a movie. Join a sports team...Every practice they get an hour of practice they get 30 minutes of TV time. Good Luck...let me know how it goes..merjb
Say NO! And distract her with something else, if she doesn't want to do it and just wants tele on, stick by your guns, she'll soon learn that doing your activity is better than doing nothing at all!
Do stuff with her - even getting out of the house to get away from the box would be good. (Go wander around the mall or the park or something.) Sign her up for dance or karate classes or tennis lessons or something to get her out of the house - if there's no TV, she can't put it on to watch. If there's a TV in her room - get it out of there!!
Your the mom. You need to let her choose what her favorite programs are. One in the morning and one in the afternoon. After that she needs to find something else to occupy her time. Play games dolls color crafts or have a friend over. Put a limit on the TV, un plug it if you have to. Your the boss..
why don't you just switch it off!! shes 7, don't let her rule you, you are her parent! my 7 year old watches tv 20 minutes before school and 1 hour at tea time, it gets switched off 1 hour before bedtime. i've done this from an early age so she accepts it. why don't you find activities for your daughter to do like drawing or playing board games with her to take the tv off her mind.
Unplug the TV and take it away...
Your daughter is 7 years old, she is not old enough to be telling you what she wants. If you don't want her to watch the TV, then put the remote out of her reach and tell her that she is not allowed to watch it. Who rules the roost in your house - Her or You !!
Take away TV privileges. But replace the TV with other activities- gymnastics, soccer, ballet, swimming, brownie/girl scouts, tennis, karate. All are great activities. She will probably resist at first but don't give in. keep trying until she finds something she likes. Also don.t overload her with activities either. Kids need time for them selves too.
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