For thinking it's ok for DC to watch TV before school

I swear can tell what time it is by what is on CBeebies 🤣

if Peter Rabbit has come on we know we will be late!

Nothing wrong with watching tv if they have done what is needed and ready to go. TV is good not bad

Yea mine watch it as an incentive. If they are dressed in good time they get 10 minutes before school. If they take ages and aren't ready then no tv.

We would never have time for it in the morning? But personally I think it doesn't set them up for the day very well. After school whilst relaxing, fine.

No, of course it is not ok to let children watch TV before school. In fact, it is terrible parenting! You are sending out the wrong message by conveying that TV comes first before other things. Why don't you ask them to help out with the school bags or by tidying up their rooms?

I use it as a good gage of how times ticking without having to constantly look at my watch. If it's the 2nd Bluey we need to be brushing teeth!

My kids watch what they want in the mornings, why not?

Honestly mine were never able to regulate themselves enough to have tv on before school, until they started secondary.

Now they're responsible for getting to school on time by themselves they do have it on - but that's ok because I don't have to yell at them to get themselves sorted!

I’m a terrible parent compared to some on here 😂.

None of us are morning people - DD5 (reception age) comes in with us for a cuddle when she wakes up and we watch an episode of Sophia the first or whatever is in CBeebies while we have a coffee/shower and she has her breakfast in our bed.

She tootles off to get dressed in her room and comes back a watches a bit more while I do her hair, then we go downstairs, put shoes on and leave pretty much straightaway - no issues with turning it off etc.

We’ve always had quite a lot of tv but it’s interspersed with creative play, reading, playing in the garden etc - she’s doing brilliantly with school so I’ve no concerns.

Mine have woken up around 6am for many years now. Yes they get some screen time before school as there are hours to fill!

Oh I do, my daughter is autistic and if its not on she just runs riot, if the tv is on the morning runs a lot smoother is my house, wish it wasn't the case but it is

Mine are early risers, so TV is on from getting up until it's time to start getting ready for school. This allows me to drink coffee and make packed lunches in relative peace.

My five year old has a love of maths that was sparked by Number Blocks. I get random maths quizzes now and his Duplo gets made into "number blocks" to add/subtract.

TV before school, who cares. I have 3 kids, one with autism+severe learning disabilities - if I think that a favourite music video or Mr Tumble might get a bit more cooperation and let him perk up enough to eat breakfast (his poor sleep means he is hard to get going in the morning) then I bloody put it on.

Kids are all go at school, they can veg in front of the TV for a bit before and/or after sometimes without any harm.

We've never had the tv on before school. Prefer the radio and chatting, plus we've not got enough time.

This is what JRM does with his kids every morning , are we allowed to say this , only no fun allowed , must be serious only .

No tv in the morning at all, and only in the evening when all homework has been done.

I really can't tell if this is real or sarcastic tbh!

I know right! It's soooo sanctimonious!

Rule in our house is that screen time is ok after clothes on, breakfast done etc etc., i.e. they are ready to go.

Guess what. They haven't died. Eldest is expected to get between 95 and 100% on his SATs (based on all the practice papers he has done where he has mostly been getting 100% since September). Youngest is "exceeding age related expectations" in all areas assessed for. They walk to and from school, are involved in clubs and sports. Never in trouble at school. Rarely in trouble at home.

But still, I must be raising some delinquents right? Because not only do I let them have TV in the morning before school. I let them game as well. The horror!

We'd never have got out of the door with the TV on.

Far easier never to get in the habit of putting it on IMHO. Wake up, breakfast, wash, dressed, teeth, shoes, coat, out the door.

None here before school. Feel DD watches far too much tv as it is, obviously she does do other stuff but when she's at home it tends to be her default, so she needs some fixed times with no tv to do other things like reading and art - otherwise she'd rarely do them. She's also quite hard to communicate well with when staring at the tv so can imagine it would cause arguments and lateness.

Sometimes it’s on and sometimes not. My DD never makes a fuss if it’s on and we need to leave. I think the issue is total screen time not when it’s watched. And for the parents whose kids make a fuss about not wanting to turn it off this is about kids not listening and respecting what they’ve been told to do. If your kids turn it off when told to then it isn’t an issue for you.

We do but DD has to be fully dressed first. Then we tend to time the rest of the morning in “Blueys” (eg. “One Bluey and then its time to brush your teeth”)

It’s interesting how some say it affects their children’s behaviour. I haven’t found it makes any difference to behaviour when we watch TV in the mornings or we don’t.

No TV in the mornings here.
I think of it as a treat to look forward to, like “let’s get to nursery/school on time and with a good attitude, and then you can look forward to chilling out with a show when you get back.”

And she's never whinged about having it turned off when it's time to go.

If that became an issue we'd probably just stop the tv in the morning, but it's never happened.