Do children/teens need tvs in their bedrooms nowadays and do your dc's have a tv in their rooms?

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Having an ongoing debate with DH. He says the dcs (8 & 9) need tv's in their rooms to watch dvds etc. I don't think it is necessary anymore, as it was when I was young. They can watch anything on their tablets now and I think ugly black tv's in bedrooms look a bit shit.

What do you all think and do your dc's have their own tv and why?

Mine had one in their rooms. Also able to restrict what they watched. They were only able to watch certain channels.

Now we have prime and Netflix and restricted content. Also have a number of parental controls on devices and the internet.

Oh and like other posters. Mine slipped through the net. Outstanding grades and no obesity. Very social beings as well.

We always said the DCs would never have TVs in their rooms, and they never have (neither have we). We didn't want them hiding in their rooms & never coming out. We did not anticipate the advent of the laptop/you tube/Netflix etc which has meant that this is exactly what happens. No-one needs a TV in the bedroom & no-one ever has!

I think its a really bad idea. Not only can you not keep an eye on what they are watching or limit screen time, it will keep them up far too late .. My neighbours have two children who have blue flickering on their walls at 2am when they have school the next day. God only knows what they are watching either.

If you can't trust the DC not to watch TV all night it's probably best they don't have one in their room TBF.

I didnt have a telly in my room growing up and since i moved out at 17 ive not had a telly in my room. Never seen the need for it tbh when i can watch stuff in the living room

But you can't lie in bed watching TV in the living room.

My DS are 15 & 14, eldest has tv and sky in his room, our younger son has TVs and sky, PC, Xbox1, PS4. They didn't have TVs in their room until they were about 10.

Although it is not necessary I believe the more important issue is the amount of time used. You will have people saying no tv in bedroom but let their children on mobiles for hours on end.
Children glaring like zombies at mobile screens might be worse, again depends on how long they use each item of tech, the time of day used and what they are watching.

dd is 14 and doesn't have a tv in her room. For a few years she's watched programmes in her room using her phone or laptop. But these always have to come downstairs before she goes to bed and I wouldn't have let her when she was 8 or 9 (she didn't have any kind of screen of her own at that age).

Just thinking back many years. I had a TV in my bedroom aged 10. I didn't spend hours on end watching it and did do other stuff. I have had successful careers and have never been overweight or lazy. It's clearly possible to have a TV in your room without it ruining your life chances

I kind of think it's almost inevitable, but I would delay as long as possible. DS1 & 2 had a shared x-box and tv in the playroom/spare room at 8 & 10 (when we moved into a house with a spare room) but then DS3 arrived, so we didn't have a spare room any more and the TV and consoles went into their bedrooms, at about 10 & 12. They are now 16 & 18, and when not out mountain biking, climbing, seeing mates or at school or work, they both hole up in their rooms.
DS3 is now 6 and there is no way he is having a TV/i-pad/laptop etc in his room for a good few more years yet.

I had a tv in my room from about 18-21, lived at home, commuted to university. still studied and exercised, just meant that I could chill out with my boyf as we couldn't afford to go out...

No mine 12 and 13 and we wouldn't see them if they had one also there would be no Reading going on in the bedrooms. A friend of mine has lots of money, four kids and a massive house the eldest is 21 and away at Uni none of them have tv's in rooms for similar reasons.

No they are not necessary. No they aren't a good idea for adult or child I think. But definitely not children.

We don't have TVs in any bedrooms, i just think bedrooms should be calm, quiet places. BUT I really don't care if others have different views.

I was also really strict about phones. Not allowed at the table, when visitors are here etc. They also had to leave them downstairs when they went to bed, when they were still at school.

Maybe I'm just a really sleepy person but I had a TV in my room as a child and never suffered from sleep loss/poor exam results. But I was the sort of child who went to sleep 1 hr before bedtime. Turning it on in secret would never have even crossed my mind

In answer to OP. It has never been needed and it will never be, but having one is personal choice. I definitely wouldn't get one if they hadn't at least asked for it first.

I have just been up to see what my teens are up to, they both have their phones/laptops and TV/PS4 in their rooms.

They are both revising.

Lots of things aren't necessary but they're quite nice to have.

I love having a tv in my bedroom. I've had one for over 30 years, my parents passed their shit genes on to me, but I slipped through the net on the obesity and poor results so that's something.

DS doesn't have one in his room - he's nearly 11. We have an Xbox in the spare room but you can't watch normal tv on it as no signal.

I wouldn't want DS to have it on in his room without me knowing.

I'd rather them be watching a tv than a tablet/laptop - the screens size mainly. But also, laptop on knee getting hot etc.

My 9yo has tv with roku stick so watches the same as he would on a tablet on the tv.

None of our children had a television in their bedroom until they were over 18 and bought their own.

No tv's in bedrooms here... not even our bedroom. No screens in bedrooms in the evening / night. It's just not worth it. Better for them to read a book or listen to the radio.

Neither of mine do (dd(8) and ds(11)) we don't either. Bedrooms are for sleeping in not watching tv in

When you are a teenager and your bedroom is your own space, it's for so much more than just sleeping in. It's your sanctuary.

I had a radio in my room. I would stay up until the early hours listening to shit I shouldn't have been listening to. Listening to James whale until 1 or 2 in the morning and a bit of radio luxumberg. Made easier because of headphone and no flickering of the screen to keep caught with.