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to not want my nearly 6 year old to have a TV in his bedroom?

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saxony · 26/07/2011 19:40

How many on here have TVs in their children's bedroom. I don't agree with it while he so young but I don't want to be mean either. He asked me today as he has been with his 2 cousins and they have a TV in their room and watch cartoons before bed. Me and my son read books before bed, which would mean that that would get sidelined too perhaps.

Just curious about the general consensus.Thanks....

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Chundle · 26/07/2011 21:05

My dd is 7 an wants one but we won't let her. For the simple reason that she thinks that we will all sit up there and watch it with her so it will be a waste of money plus she spends a lot of time reading making things and doing sports so I don't want that side tracked just yet. Maybe for her 10th bday

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 26/07/2011 21:10

We don't have tv's in any bedroom, there are enough downstairs.

squeakytoy · 26/07/2011 21:13

We save a fortune by having a tv in our bedroom. Come winter we decamp to our bedroom and watch tv there rather than have the fire on downstairs... the only arguments we have is whose turn is it to go and get the beers in.

doesntfitin · 26/07/2011 21:19

we do that too, squeaky toy

VitaEstBonus · 26/07/2011 21:22

Wouldn't dream of it. Would you really want him in his room watching TV?

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 26/07/2011 21:23

Hmmm... it does seem there are benefits to it... does a quick count to see how many are needed...

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saxony · 26/07/2011 21:27

No Vita that's true, and he really does get grumpy when he hasn't had enough sleep so I really do believe that for my son, it would be a bad move!

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NorfolkBroad · 26/07/2011 22:27

I don't let my dd have one in her room. We have one TV and that is plenty.

vividgingerchilli · 26/07/2011 22:33

My 12 year old has one, but can only watch DVDs on it. He is not interested in television at all and only uses it for sleepovers. He got it when he was 8, but he would not have got it if he was going to want to use it excessively. His younger brother will not have one when he is 8, he'd want to do nothing other than watch television.

Sharney · 26/07/2011 23:01

First thing to remember is it's your house and your child so..... your rules. Go with your instinct. Personally, I don't have a t.v in my room and no way my dc will either.

whackamole · 26/07/2011 23:07

I didn't till I was 18. Didn't really want one. My sister did though and was 10 when she got one.

It's really up to you, don't let your 6 year old guilt you into getting him one!

SE13Mummy · 26/07/2011 23:48

DD1 (aged 6-and-a very-important-half) asked DH and I if she could have a TV in her room... we said no because a) her bedroom is tiny, b) not everything that is on TV is suitable for children of her age and we like to know what she's watching and c) her bedroom is immediately adjacent to the living room and we don't want to spend our evenings listening to her TV (we live in a flat).

She has one friend (aged 8) who has a TV in her bedroom, hence the question. Helpfully for us, this friend's bedroom is 4 times the size of DD1's thus reinforcing reason a).

trumphy · 28/08/2012 16:41

My kids have a tv in their bedroom but it is not connected to the aerial, they can only watch their dvd's and obviously I buy those for them and have to put them on for them so I control when, what and how much they watch.

Mama1980 · 28/08/2012 16:43

I never had one and neither do or will my ds 4 or dd 14. Each to their own but I don't like them in bedrooms, we only have one in the house.

DuelingFanjo · 28/08/2012 16:49

Zombie thread!

Mrbojangles1 · 28/08/2012 17:04

My nephew has a tv in his room my sister found out two weeks ago he had been watching the good sex guide on channel 5 he is 7 btw

Also i do belive its also bevaomes a issue when time to go to bed op man up and just say no go with your gut
My sister thankfully demomstrates on most accastions why i dont allow such things

cinnamonnut · 28/08/2012 17:10

I'm 17 and I've never had one. Not necessary (fine, if they're older then that's your choice, but a nearly 6 year old? Ridiculous.)

fuzzpig · 28/08/2012 17:17

Too young IMO. We just have one tv in the house. When we lived with my parents (preDC) we had one in our bedroom as we had very different tastes to them, but now I enjoy having a bedroom that's mostly for sleep! :o

I guess we will use the rule that my DCs can have one when they can pay for it themselves (so I guess 16 when they can get a job, unless they somehow saved up for ages). It's a long way off and my DCs wouldn't even know it's an option yet - once bath time begins they know there's no tv. (they do watch too much in the day though ). I'd like to think we will still insist on eating meals together etc so they don't disappear into their tv-filled room forever!

missymoomoomee · 28/08/2012 17:19

MY girls (8 and 4) have a tv in their room its only tuned into the dvd player though, and mainly because if I have to watch Barney the fucking Dinosaur singing about pumpernickle bread one more time there may well be carnage. My nearly 11 yo has just got tivo put into his room but I have blocked all the channels but the sports and childrens channels, thats only because he watches wwe and I don't like the girls watching that kind of thing yet.

GnocchiNineDoors · 28/08/2012 17:19

I was told as a child I would not have a tv in my room.til I was 16. I knew not to beg as parents are pretty firm.on their decisions.

Now, as an adult I dont have one, and DD will not be getting one til.16.

EndoplasmicReticulum · 28/08/2012 17:22

Not got them here. (Boys 7 and 6). Don't have one in our bedroom either. I think when they are of the age where they want to watch different stuff to us in the evening, then it would be fair enough, given that we don't have a second living room / playroom.

MrsTerryPratchett · 28/08/2012 17:46

There have been studies on this with adults. People with TVs in their bedrooms get less sex and less sleep. The two things that bedrooms are actually for... Obviously the sex doesn't apply here! However, the sleep does.

Hulababy · 28/08/2012 17:49

DD is 10y and we have no plans for her to have a TV in her bedroom. DH and myself don't have one either. We have a TV in the living room which we all share. DD also has access to my iPad or her computer to watch DVDs if appropriate.

DD goes to bed and reads for up to an hour before lights out.

PiratesKnittingTreasure · 28/08/2012 17:56

Genuine question to those who have tvs with aerials in their kids' rooms - how do u monitor what they're watching?

I ask because as an ex Y6 teacher I was genuinely horrified by what kids were watching on their bedroom tvs while their parents were asleep.

funkybuddah · 28/08/2012 17:56

No YANBU, dc1 is 10 and doesnt have one. He will in a couple of years but not now.

But people who do have the ANBU either, horses for courses

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