TV in child’s bedroom???

Yes they did as teens, mostly for Xbox but could watch netflix/now tv on them as well.

DS has just got one in his room to use as a monitor for the X box he had for Christmas. It isn't linked to sky and Internet can only be accessed through the X box which has tight parental controls on it. I'm conscious that at his age he wants to have some privacy and a place to hang out with friends, and as I control it I'm fine with it. Phones not allowed upstairs at night, and I don't think he's even been on the iPad in years.
I don't have a TV in my bedroom but am coming round to the idea, especially on cold nights!

Hmm, there's one in our 2yo's room but it was already in there. He can't work it yet. It sometimes goes on for nappy changes. We are relaxed about TV time, although no tablets or phones. But I guess I win the award for youngest bedroom-TV-haver?

Those who all say it’s bad for sleep

dont you /they watch tv Downstairs before going to bed?

so what’s the difference

dd doesn’t usually watch hers before her bedtime but odd time she does and goes to sleep /turns it’s off when I tell her

and goes to sleep

she would never turn it on if I said no /turn it off

as with anything it’s boundaries

Righto. Didn't occur to you I might not be entirely serious?

Don't have TV in my children room at all.

Mine are 13, 15 and 17 and no screens at all in bedroom including phones.
We have one tv in the living room and have to agree on what to watch.

We ended up with two TVs, because I used to use one as a monitor for work (lg hybrid thing) , that one then ended up in our bedroom e when I changed jobs. I went to turn it on recently and it doesn't work, when we were trying to track back to last time it had worked it was almost a year prior when I'd had surgery and was pretty bed bound for a couple of days. So we won't be replacing it, and ds is 6 and I see no reason for him to have any screens of his own.

No, the 16 yo mainly watches on her laptop in her room
the 12 yo doesn't really watch any tv, prefers to play switch or watch youtube on her laptop (not in her room)
we have a tv in the living room (main floor) and recently got a tv for the basement family room (so we all have another space we can watch in or the teens can use with friends etc).
We have our old tv in our room and actually never watch it.

Road to hell 😂

Don't be such a drama queen. I had a telly in my room as a child and I'm a perfectly functioning human being.

I think that's part of the problem with this judgy lot.

We hear so much about social media and it getting into the heads of our young people. Online bullying, mean friendship groups, no escape.

You can't do that on a bedroom TV, essentially it is a much safer device than a tablet or phone for a young person.

Only if you allow them in their bedroom. Its still optional not to allow them

Yes, age 10, 13, 17, 20. They use them mainly for their consoles, only occasionally for Netflix/Disney+.

@ChocolateTea 😂, now 18 year, serious A level revision AAA predicted but it's been in there since GCSE year. Clearly addicted to the TV. I had an email earlier - it has cost me £3.49 for the film they've chosen tonight.

I think I was doing worse at 18 too!

Nope. I don't think it's necessary. Kids can watch TV in the living/family room.

I know. We have not had any issues with our kids having TVs in their rooms, if we had, I’d have removed them. I’m sure it wouldn’t work for some children but it’s been fine in our family.

TVs in bedrooms are a bit 1990s arn't they?
No kid really watches stuff on 'TV' these days do they?
It's tablets and phones in the bedroom which are the modern equivalent, and that's what you need to keep on top of!
If your kid has a tablet, then guess what - they have a "TV in their bedroom"!

I was 18 when I got a big box TV in my room at my parents.😆🙌🏻

😂 at the pub comment!

at 15 I was not watching inappropriate things on a tv in my room. I was drinking at the pub and doing inappropriate things I shouldn’t have been doing at 15. TV watching a Netflix series or Disney plus at the age of 15 is not an issue.

and I’d have known if they were watching it late. Very small house and thin walls!

No way no tv in bedrooms
no phones etc even laptops
17 plus
we wonder why all teens are stuffering with anxiety and a raft of other problems
constant bombarding of of media is not ok
for young minds

I thought this was a joke too 😂

My kids and their friends use TVs for Netflix, prime etc but even then, they don’t watch many series and they don’t watch live tv. They use iPads or PCs for youtube, that just seems to be what they do. I can’t think of anything my teens have watched on iPlayer, they don’t watch bbc, itv etc, it’s all Netflix, prime, YouTube and then gaming.

No TV in any of the bedrooms. I genuinely don't see the need for it.

Nope we have 2 family rooms downstairs with TVs so DS can watch what he wants on of them and her has a gaming one in the spare room but no TVs in anyone's bedroom. My cousin has one and used to stay up watching inappropriate programmes on hers late at night, she ended up terrifying herself with some horror film so much she had nightmares for weeks and had to tell her parents she'd been watching it. We don't have a TV in our bedroom either

@PlayedOurFavouriteSong , DC2 watches films. I know they don't watch TV much because their door is always open unless they've got the TV on (like tonight).

They have literally been revising all day and have just gone up to watch a film. Maybe I should suggest that they go to the pub and get trashed instead of choosing to watch a film in bed. 😶

Such a judgy lot!