My kids are 7 and 6, is that too young for tvs in their bedrooms?
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I'm sorry but SOME of these answers you got.are just WRONG! I hate when I see people tell you HOW you should raise your children...My son has had a tv in his room since about birth~He's almost 6 yrs old...(tv was in there BEFORE He was!!) the sound of it was the white noise he needed to sleep through the night...we use a fan! BUT I found it easier to have the tv in his room with a VCR or DVD player...he has TONS of DIsney Movies and Power Ranger ones..that he LOVES to watch! I'm just glad that I can turn on the tv and KNOW I can watch the news or something that I want to...cause my toddler watches Dora the Explorer and I can't take the sounds from THAT show anymore!(Having the tv in their rooms...makes it easier to shut the door and let them have their 30 minutes of THEIR TIME! SO I'm not walking around all day singning Dora the Explorer show tunes!
you have to monitor it, but why, i wouldnt do it, its not only a brain hazard but fire hazard
YES! they dont need at TV in their room at that age.
They should get a tv when they have a job and can pay for their own.
No I honestly don't think so. My son is 15 mths and he watches tv. I guess it all depends on what you want to do and how you raise your children.
it is not bad to have a tv in their room. it is a great way to teach self controle. you do need to have them on a schedule. be watchfull of possible sleep issues. if a child stops having good nights sleep it can because the bedroom has become to much of an activity place instead of a sleep place.
I have kids the same age and I regulate what they watch and how much. I have made a schedule on what tv shows they watch. I put in cartoons and shows that teach them things. Like animal planet and discovery channel! MAKE sure you use your parental control option!! Good luck!!
I feel it is. They should still sit in the family room w.u & watch tv.
My 7-year-old daughter has a TV in her bedroom, but it is not connected to cable because I want to control what she watches. She has a DVD player and plays movies that we approve. We try to watch TV as a family, but there are times we want to watch something that isn't appropriate for her or something she doesn't like.
I would say yes. I have a 6 year old and now all she do is watch t.v and at this age they know how to change channels and if we dont supervise them then who will? but even if oyu have your tv set to parental. the thing is they will watch tv all the time and forget to do homework or chores, I would wait til they are old enough to know what is important and not to watch tv all the time..before they may be couch potatoes...
Children should NEVER have televisions in their bedrooms. Television is not conducive to a good night's sleep, and is one of the causes kids wind up with sleep problems when they get older. Besides television viewing should be limited at this age, there are far more creative things to do other than vegetate in front of the "idiot" box for hours on end. Your kids should be outside playing, getting exercise or reading and exercising their imaginations, which in turn will boost their intelligence, television ROBS them of their imagination as well as depletes their intelligence WHY on earth would any parent want to do that?
I think so. My family let me watch TV since I was 6 anytime I wanted to. I had to wear glasses since 8. Also, there're a lot of inappropriate shows that you don't want the kids to turn it on and watch especially without you. I really recommend only DVD like cartoons allowed for kids this young. Or a bookshelves will be even better!
yup.
My two year old little boy has his on t.v. in his room already.
It only play dvds. I have had my on t.v. in my room for as long as I could remember.
My husband has a 10 year old, and she has her own t.v. with Directv. We have a very strict parental level on her t.v.
I don't think she can watch a pg-13 rating on hers.
Any TV in anyone's bedroom is a bad scene.
Including yours.
They produce dangerously high amounts of positive ionic energy which affects and alters your sleep patterns.
no i think not because they have there own room there 4 they need they own tv an my child at that age hade his own an he he 8 yrs old an nothing wrong
Yes. TV watching should be regulated by a responsible parent, and you can't do that very well if the kids have a TV in their rooms. You shouldn't allow your child to watch as much TV as he/she wants, just as you wouldn't allow him/her to eat nothing but candy. Give them a time limit, such as one or two hours a day. Try to have family game time instead, or reading time, or toss them a ball in the yard -- anything other than sitting like zombies in front of the TV. They will be much better off if you do this, they will be better students, and your family will be a closer family with happy kids.
That is really up to you, but if it were me i would monitor it.
It really does depend on you, your children, how much tv they already watch, etc.
My daughter has had a tv in her room since she was about 4. It was because we thought the tv was going bad on the big old console we had in the family room so we put it in her room and bought a new tv for the family room. Surprise, the new tv still had tons of snow on the picture like the old one. Come to find out our cable box under the house was half way under water. So we just left the old console in her room and she watched videos on it.
As she got older we got a newer tv since the console did finally die. My daughter is now 13 and the thing with her is she doesn't sit there and stare at the tv 24/7 like some of her friends do. She mainly watcheds tv in the family room and once in a while she'll go in her room to watch a video or dvd. Some of her friends don't have tv's in their room because their parents have said that the kid just sits in front of the tv totally clueless to what is going on and they know it would be worse if there was a tv in their room - they'd never see their child. But my daughter is very good about it and I've always monitored what she watched, and like I said she mostly watched tv in the family room as she likes to be around people and not cooped up in her room by herself.
It's really a judgement call that you need to make. If you set the rules at the very beginning you may not have any problems. But remember, if you do, you need to be stern about taking away tv priviliges in the bedroom.
Hope this helps! Good luck in your decision!
It makes it a lot hard to monitor what they are watching and make sure that it is appropriate for them. Have you ever read any articles on sleep disorders and how to deal with them? An article on webmd.com about how to get a good night's sleep says: "Keep your bedroom for s** and sleeping. If you can't sleep or if you wake up in the middle of the night, go into another room and read a book or watch television until you feel sleepy. " This is something for all ages. Think about whether putting a tv in their room at all is setting them up for bad sleeping habits.
yep. too young. let 'em be kids and play with simple toys and let their minds grow quietly.
(and kill your t.v.!)(before it kills you!)
Yes. They are growing and with TV content it enter things into their mind they don't need yet.
my 7 year old son is answering the qustions tonite and he says they should
YES, they say that TVs dont belong in the bedrooms at all even in adult rooms bedrooms are ment for sleeping and changing in.
kids belong outside and not inside playing all day playing videogames or watching TV
I wouldn't do it, my kids are a little older than yours and they won't be getting a tv in their room until they are teens.
I think it is... At that age kids are really starting to develop their imaginations and that part of their mind that helps them think outside the box to solve problems. TV impedes that ability, and the growth of that part of the mind. If they spend all day watching TV their minds and their bodies will atrophy. It will become customary for them to get bored an decide they need a television to entertain them and keep themselves occupied. At that point in life you should restrict the amount of TV they're allowed to watch so they can maximize their own potential. Give them fun puzzles and hands on activities, that make them work together and individually so they can begin to understand the value of working together and the values of being a close knit family unit. It will stimulate their intellect, and get them used to healthy physical activity and turn them off to sitting around and doing nothing simply because there is nothing that needs immediate attention. It will make them happier and more mentally stable and increase their comprehensive skills. Keep them away from the TV as much as you can. Try to instill the mindset that television is only supposed to be a last resort for entertainment, 'cuz if you try to make it so they think it's only a special privilege for when you are good, they will associate watching television with things that are good and should be done more often, neither of which is true.
Yes! In my opinion (and the American Academy of Pediatrics agrees) kids should NEVER have TVs in their bedrooms. Even with teenagers you might think they are "old enough" but that's when they could really start watching bad stuff or watching all the time or whatever.
My 7 year old says no and my 10 year old says he doesn't know.
My kids had a trial time with a t.v. in their room. Bad mistake. Not only were they preoccupied with it, but while playing, one of them accidentally knocked it on the floor. Its not only a danger to the mind, but a potential danger to your child's physical wellbeing.
Yes! What is the use of a TV in someone's room? They can watch it elsewhere! The bedroom is for sleeping and reading in!
WOW! I gotta say, I'm totally suprised how many people say no. My kids have always had t.v. in their rooms. When they were lil they would turn on a cartoon channel (like Barney, sesame st. etc.) U just have to limit the time they r watching andif ur sure they can't watch things that they shouldn't be. My kids always get 1/2 hr. at night in bed to watch then have to go to sleep.
No. I have 6 children. My youngest children are twins, only 5 months old and they watch t.v. just monitor what they watch because a lot of weird things are on TV these days. email me and put me on ur IM list
email:leonnalover18@yahoo.com
far to young. try 14...
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