To not allow LO (7yo) to watch TV during the school week...?

[Sugarbeach]

...even after she's finished her homework and reading?

What is everyone else's policy on TV watching during the week days?

I allow it. It's just tv and the homework is done. They only really have an hour or so between getting in and dinner anyway.

I dont have restrictions either

No TV or electronic games Monday morning to Friday teatime here either!

I dont have restrictions during the week....only because if I didnt let DS watch tv sometime I would have to be entertaining him :)

Just out of interest OP why dont your let your DD watch tv after she has done homework/reading......does she object or is she fine with it?

I'd encourage her to play out in the street but if she doesn't want to, there's nothing wrong with TV once her homework's done.

I allow it. They enjoy abit of down time. Do you watch TV?

If they've worked hard at school all day, and if they help clear up after tea then I do not have any issue with them watching TV or playing games. We often play a family game on the Wii during the week as well.

I don't want week days to ever become the boring bit in between weekends.

They do get shoved in the garden for an hour whilst I'm making dinner.

My almost 8yo is on a tv ban currently and also strict 7.30 bedtime on school nights. We've been lax lately with both and have had resulting bad behaviour, fallouts and cheek at bedtime and going in the school gate.

Even after one day, there's been a huge improvement. The 7.30 bedtime is for the forseeable and I'm tempted to see how long I can keep the tv ban going.

I don't have restrictions either but between after school club, homework, reading, dinner and beavers he doesn't get much time to watch it.

Horrible Histories is great! I learn loads from this myself. Tonight they were talking about men wearing tights during WW2 because of gas attacks!

No restrictions here on tv watching or Wii playing , but they probably only watch half hour or so , they are out playing if its not raining .

Why do you think the tv is such a bad thing ? Does she watch a lot at the weekend ?

I think it is telling that you use the abreviation LO - more commonly used for babies - when talking about your eight year old! There will always be extreme views on this, from families were anything goes to those who view a bit of tv as akin to a visit from Santa (or Satan).

I let mine slob in front of the telly for a hour when they come in, if we not going out anywhere. If I'm tired then it's on till dinner time. They also have a 7:30 bedtime, so after dinner its baths, homework and reading.

Mine are really tired and grumpy after school, takes them a while to get back to normal.

Ben5 - I am trying to think which kind of gas you mean! (Ie do the tights sort of hold it all in..?

I went to school with a girl who had these kind of restrictions and she became so obsessed with TV as soon as she left home to do her degree she spent hours parked in front of the telly instead of attending lectures and dropped out of uni. It's the same with sweets - banning/restricting things just makes them more interesting than they really are. As long as it isn't harmful (or illegal ) everything in moderation as opposed to restriction imo.

It was easier when my DCs were children because there wasn't 24 hour children's TV. So it went off when their programmes were finished. Weekend TV was limited too.

I don't like TV in the mornings, but why can't you agree a set amount of TV time - an hour or whatever. It is then up to your DD what she watches in that time.

I do think no TV is harsh, unless you don't watch it in the evenings either. We are all entitled to relaxation time.

My children get about half an hour of tv viewing on a school day - I dont mind as its their down time. DS1 also reads, does after school activities, does homework etc.

When my 3 get in (about 4ish for the 2 in primary, 4.45 for the secondary) they do homework/chores (emptying dishwasher etc) and music practice.

We allow 30 mins "game time" on screen before tea at 6.

After tea no computer gaming. But they do get to watch about an hour of TV - at the moment their favourite is "Big Bang Theory" and as dh and I both enjoy it too they get to watch it.

Weekends it's an hour of "game time" and a bit more tv- enough to watch a DVD.

People going out on different nights (to brownies/guides/scouts/accordion lesson/football training/rugby/badminton/art club) forfeit the after tea tv time. Them's the breaks!

As long as any homework and reading is done I am fine with it.

good for you

She's watching TV as I type (She's finished school now as we are 8 hours ahead).

Only thing telling about the use of LO, as opposed to DD, is that perhaps I am not on MN that often and so not familiar with the subtle differences between LO and dd, which others might read into.

Just trying to set a sensible routine in place now that the term is well underway and seeing where would be the sensible place to draw the line.

no the gas the germans used and then they were telling us all about tigers and ds1 was amazed at how many there are left!

DS's love playing at the park and do so every night when they get home for about 10 mins. They have homework only about 15 minutes a night and we usually have some after school club event on , so they don't spend all evening watching TV. I also have them in bed by 7.30. Yes you can do alot in 4 .5hrs from the end of school.

We don't have a TV so it's not an issue in our house :)