In not letting 9mo ds watch children's TV?

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I have never put children's TV on for ds, and I haven't bought any Baby Einstein dvds etc and I am suddenly worrying that I am in some way depriving him as I have just realised that (some) other babies do watch TV.
So, this may be a ridiculous question (it really is amazing what you can worry about when you have a child), but does anyone have any thoughts on whether it is good for a baby's development to watch kids TV?
As background, this hasn't been a particularly thought out decision or anything, it's just that ds has never been a baby who sits, he is very active and so he wouldn't just sit and watch TV. For purely selfish reasons, if the tv is on it has adult programs on as I don't want to watch kids tv until I absolutely have to!

Exactly, I dont want my children to be suspicious of everything or cynical about things.

Powder, your posts seem quite rude and defensive, and a lot of them don't make much sense. Who has been hostile or implied that you are irresponsible?

Pot....Kettle.......Black

Sorry, I can't help but at that one. I mean, honestly, you couldn't be any less convincing or communicative, could you?

There is a certain mob mentality developing here

Powder, you're just being RUDE

there is no need

we can disagree without getting narky and personal and flailing about in a rather scary way

Yes, a mob mentality. Exactly. Because when Aitch came on and said she quite liked Baby Einstein and let her daughter watch them, we all ran screaming at her, shouting 'burn the witch'?

poder dont let the anti tv mob get you don... read maximummummy's post from 18.07 lol

The bottom line is that one day your children will grow up and do whatever they like and get up to stuff far worse than watching television!

Powder28 your mum is right.

"The bottom line is that one day your children will grow up and do whatever they like and get up to stuff far worse than watching television!"

Knowing my child will one day be completely independent of me, doesn't make me want to relinquish all parental responsibility right now. I am not quite sure of the point you are trying to make there?

Theres no need to get personal steinermum

Haven't read any posts other than the op - so it's probably been said before, but it was on the news a few weeks ago that even a tiny bit of tv is bad for children - and that the current advice is none at all.

It leads to the obvious obesity and unhealthy lifestle but also changes the chemical balance in the body possibly resulting in autism.

This is based on research - I'll try to find it.

Ds doesn't watch tv, although occassionally we have had it on before ds goes to bed (not children's tv)but he takes no notice.

isnt it obvious, she thinks that tv at 9 months is not bad in the context of a childs life!

I as a no tv child, therefore my children do hatch tv, becuase I kno from my on experience that its not a good idea to gro up out of touch ith the rest of society, even hen its crap.

Powder28 - you yourself have told us your mum's observations and I am saying I agree with them, that is all.

(whispers - how do people who don't let their children watch TV know whats on Cbeebies?)

hatrick, that could be interpreted as saying that poder is hyper.

hy are you all laying into poder, her posts dont seem out of line to me?
I think the bell just rang for in time.

(People talk about what's on CBeebies, and I've seen it on at other people's houses. We only recently got digital TV, but I've never had Cbeebies, or any of those, on at home.)

Please don't find the TV causes autism link. I have never read such a pile of bollocks in my life. The researchers found that autism is more common in districts where it rains as lot. They decided that if it rains a lot then children must be inside more. And if there were inside more they must be watching TV. Therefore TV watching must cause autism. And they were economists. Which led to the phrase "never let an economist develop a theory about the causes of autism".