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What age do kids have a TV in their bedrooms?

202 replies

Lovingmylife · 26/12/2020 19:31

Just that really.

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mowglika · 27/12/2020 10:33

Never!

shamus2020 · 27/12/2020 10:34

@Ginfordinner you've lost me. I literally have not got the faintest idea what your on about. Just to clarify. I don't own a laptop and don't have a tv in my room atm?

HopeYourHighHorseBucks · 27/12/2020 10:35

shamus there is no difference IMO. As in it is still screen time, some object to a TV in the room as it rots the brain bla bla but pointless then letting the children watch their tablets, phones etc. Its all the same thing really.

Saying that most people I know who do not allow TVs also dont allow tech upstairs. I think once you are at the stage where your child takes their tablet to bed for half hour before sleeping, then TV is no different.

Aebj · 27/12/2020 10:36

Mine don’t have one and don’t want one. They are 15 and 17. We don’t have one in our room either

pinkcattydude · 27/12/2020 10:40

10 for the Xbox

Ginfordinner · 27/12/2020 10:55

@shamus2020 I think we are talking at cross purposes. I was talking generally about screen and sound quality in a laptop vs TV, not about screens in bedrooms.

DD is currently watching something on her laptop in her bedroom in between watching university lectures. Given the choice she prefers to watch TV over her laptop because there is a huge difference in quality.

bluebluezoo · 27/12/2020 12:00

Maybe you have a better quality laptop than I do. You undoubtedly have better eysight and hearing than I do

I also have a hearing issue, and am mildly short sighted. I find it better/more comfortable to watch tv on a device as headphones/earphones provide closer sound, and also block out ambient noise which makes it harder for me to hear. Watching on a device also means I can use subtitles, or read lips more easily, and without having to find my glasses.

In laws have a massive tv and speaker system as they are hard if hearing. It’s got to the point where you can’t have a conversation with them as the tv is so loud in the background.

Different things suit different people and catering for different abilities suits different people.

wishthiswasreallife · 27/12/2020 12:02

I have read some replies and will probably get flamed for this but my DD has a large tv with sky Q in her room...if it gets me 5 minutes I'm all in for it!

Mamagotskills · 27/12/2020 12:03

Never in my house, we don’t have one either

wishthiswasreallife · 27/12/2020 12:05

I have read the replies I'm now putting my hard hat on Xmas Blush

Squiffany · 27/12/2020 12:05

Mine never have and we don’t either, but then I really dislike TVs in bedrooms.

Dogsaresomucheasier · 27/12/2020 12:12

Never! Own laptop at 14/15 when gcse courses start.

SuperbGorgonzola · 27/12/2020 12:15

With the arrival of tablets, I most likely won't bother.

Our DS 3 uses a guided access locked tablet for either iplayer kids or YouTube kids which he uses when he first wakes up, and now and then if he's needing some down time.

I think when we get to console territory I'd rather that was downstairs, likewise anything internet enabled once he's old enough to choose his own apps.

Remmy123 · 27/12/2020 12:20

I had tv in my room from a young age - I loved it!! No harm whatsoever

Tenyearsgone · 27/12/2020 12:25

At the same time as they got games consoles, so about 10.

I love my TV in my bedroom. Lying in bed watching TV is one of lifes great pleasures.

Ginfordinner · 27/12/2020 13:49

@bluebluezoo

Maybe you have a better quality laptop than I do. You undoubtedly have better eysight and hearing than I do

I also have a hearing issue, and am mildly short sighted. I find it better/more comfortable to watch tv on a device as headphones/earphones provide closer sound, and also block out ambient noise which makes it harder for me to hear. Watching on a device also means I can use subtitles, or read lips more easily, and without having to find my glasses.

In laws have a massive tv and speaker system as they are hard if hearing. It’s got to the point where you can’t have a conversation with them as the tv is so loud in the background.

Different things suit different people and catering for different abilities suits different people.

I often put the subtitles on when watching TV, especially if the actors are speaking with an accent I am unfamiliar with or if the sound quality is poor.
ShinyGreenElephant · 28/12/2020 09:28

@shamus2020 fair enough, the kids I would even consider having a TV would not be put off by lack of remote. Dd would just have a spare one delivered and keep it hidden Grin I also hate TV on in the background one of the little ones has a speech delay so I'm very particular about TV or radio being on rambling away to distract her from communicating. We do watch TV obviously, including the 2yo, but we put it on to watch something we want to see then it goes back off. Sounds like we just have very different feelings on TV in general!

ShinyGreenElephant · 28/12/2020 09:30

Out of interest though, how have you coped with home learning with no laptops or computers in the house?

hiredandsqueak · 28/12/2020 09:44

Dd 17 has one in her bedroom, it was her older sister's who left it when she moved out. Dd1 loved the TV, dd2 has never switched it on and it's not even plugged in. I keep saying I will take it out and put it in the spare room, it's another job I keep meaning to do. I have a TV in my room as well but can't remember the last time I watched it. I sleep really badly so I'm conscious not to put it on at bedtime and I can't remember the last time I wanted to watch something that I couldn't put on downstairs.

SaltyAF · 28/12/2020 09:45

@ShinyGreenElephant

Out of interest though, how have you coped with home learning with no laptops or computers in the house?
I would hope not by blaming school for providing adequate work. I think parents who don't live in poverty have a responsibility to provide sufficient tech for their DCs to keep up with school work.
MissDollyMix · 28/12/2020 09:47

Haven’t rtft but I don’t know anyone whose child has a tv in their bedroom. My kids will be allowed one when they finish their a-levels! That said, these days they have laptops and tablets and take those in their bedrooms so it’s not really the same as it was when I was younger. I doubt they even want a tv in their bedrooms!

Pipandmum · 28/12/2020 09:51

When they move out. No TVs in any bedrooms here, though my daughter has a computer and an ipad - so she is watching shows. My son has a phone and watches stuff on that. We have one TV in the livingroom and my son has a screen in the study he plays games on (and I think he can watch stuff too).

ShinyGreenElephant · 28/12/2020 12:58

@SaltyAF I tend to agree - while everyone's situation is different I think if you can afford a TV in every room then you can surely get hold of a laptop for the kids to share during isolation periods?

LST · 28/12/2020 13:00

Ds 1 was 7ish. But it only gets used for dvds when him and ds2 have a 'sleepover' in his room

HailFairy · 28/12/2020 13:04

Never in our house. Tech stays downstairs too.

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