DC at nursery put in front of a laptop watching Peppa Pig, AIBU?

I agree with having a bit of quiet time but watching TV no. The staff should be reading books with them or other calm activities. notthat anything is calm with toddlers.

Because they were in a room with sleeping babies. Watching Peppa gave the awake ones downtime and kept them quiet. I wpukd hope they'd been read a story too. Kids are at nursery 8+ hours a day, you cant expect them to be on the go all the time. When mine was at nursery they used to watch a bit of TV at the end of the day, whilst the clearing up was going on. No problem with that at all, dc was tired put by then.

So staff are expected to provide stimulating learning experiences everyday for 10/12 hours without any downtime just so the parents can feel better about putting the TV on in the morning and after nursery and not having to engage and interact themselves because they are too tired from working.

yes you are a keyboard warrior idiot

You try working in a nursery, it's a hard job, hard ratios to maintain, I am more surprised they don't use TV more, it works well

I’m twenty four. That makes sense!

Twenty years is pretty good going. I suppose children probably don’t notice if their shows go off the boil/get a bit dated or repetitive though!

It was a few minutes of Peppa, not like they were binging Bridgerton.

I find that parents that are this precious about screen time that isn’t under their watch are either parents who constantly need their poor child to be ‘doing something’ or they let their child do nothing but watch screens at home and trying to avert that guilt with the hope that nursery are keeping them fully occupied on their behalf. Either way, what possible harm is there in a few minutes of quiet cartoons when half the room is asleep anyway?

@RedHelenB Total over reaction

Why? There's literally hundreds of things they could or should be doing rather than watching Peppa Pig especially in a baby room. Even watching something else would be better, Peppa is pretty much trash. I'm a parent who relies on a bit of tv to make dinner etc and my DC can have some downtime after nursery. If she had already been watching TV during the day that quickly adds up to too much screen time IMO.

As long as it's not all day I don't see the issue.

I'm a 90s baby and one of my most vivid memories is being at nursery and watching an episode of the teletubbies 😂😂

OK, there's a few things here.

Personally I never worried about my daughter's "screen time" (within reason - I wanted her to enjoy a range of activities, and watching films/TV was among them) given that I was raised on quite a lot of TV, (its a common aspect of the culture I am from) and still managed to get my Oxford degree etc etc - I generally have never seen any persuasive evidence that watching some TV as a child harms your development in any way.

However. OP pays for a service, and she it sounds is pretty anti "screen time". She at least has the right to know how much "screen time" is happening, so that if she doesn't like it she can take her custom elsewhere. I do agree she should be told honestly about this.

OP, in your position I would write a calm, polite email to the manager requesting clear information about how often your child is exposed to TV/laptop etc at nursery, exactly what the content is, etc. Accept that they may need to generalise - ask them for an estimate of the average each day or week.....

And go from there..... Good luck!

I feel sorry for nursery staff and the ridiculous complaints they likely often get after reading this thread.

I’d ask the nursery to get the full picture. I think as a one off / for short periods in the day I’d be okay personally.

At my kids school I know the younger ones often watch an episode of Go Jetters or something at pick up time when they’re getting sorted and presumably paperwork and admin. I have no issues with that, I’m super happy with my kids school, they do a great job!

8-6 or more some of those people will be working. With babies and toddlers. You begrudge them 30 mins of TV time?

Oh I'm an idiot? I didn't suggest giving toddlers a bunch of instruments in a room with sleeping babies.
Pretty sure that's complaint worthy if it's your child sleeping!

It's been on since 2004. How old are you?

Hilarious isn’t it!! You’re prob one of those idiots who think it’s okay to put the children in front of a screen at nursery

I wouldn't be happy but I'd probably want to hear the nursery's side of the story to hear in what situations this happens.

My DC are 10 and 12 and their nursery would never have done this - they worked so hard to keep the little ones busy and happy - but I appreciate nurseries are going through tough times now and they may need to use screens for whatever reason. For that reason I'd go with an open mind.

Even when I was little 50 years ago we had Andy Pandy and The Herbs and Mary, Mungo and Midge. Pipkins though 😮

Dd's nursery used to put a DVD on sometimes at the end of the day and gather different age groups together. Some would be watching, some wouldn't. They always looked quite cosy though. I was happy that the staff and the kids had a bit of a chill. They did plenty of other things with them during the day.

If its quiet time and all the kids are napping then I'd have no issues with those who aren't asleep watching a cartoon.

Oh yeah, get instruments out on a room of sleeping babies! Great idea 😂

@SquawkerTexasRanger I’d be pretty annoyed that I’m paying them to look after my children but they’re letting them watch cartoons which I could do at home myself free of charge.

this makes no sense. They are still doing what you are paying them to do - looking after your children.
You could read to them, play with them, Vange nappies, feed them etc at home for free too. Point is, someone else is taking responsibility so you are free to do other things. So you're getting what you pay for.

There’s no way of knowing it was just a few minutes. And dumping them in front of the tv is not what they’re being paid for.

Nursery’s like to have a home environment feel, most parents let their 18month old watch 20mins of TV a day at home. it’s a quiet activity whilst two other children are asleep and it really won’t affect your child in the long term.

100% raise it. You aren’t paying for that service. Huddled around a laptop isn’t great for their eyes too. They should be absolutely telling you if screen time is a part of their day. Such a lazy attitude of staff - get a car mat out/instruments etc not stick them in front of a load of crap like peppa bloody pig!