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

[thesqueezedlemon]

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?

I don't think it's ever necessary. I was very against it in fact. But when we moved a few months ago we were given a small tv that is in the boys room for playing PS3 on. It's used probably twice a week.

No screens except kindles upstairs.

I am the only one who ever watches TV these days, they tend to watch stuff on their tablets or play on the PCs. All three of them are playing a game together at the moment in the study, DH, DS1 and DS2. I am watching telly.

Is just easier all round here for settling down in the evening not allowing screens.

Definitely not necessary no!

But I know your AIBU is more about whether, if they are going to watch videos, is a tablet/laptop sufficient, or should you really get them a TV so they can watch a wide enough variety/good enough quality etc. And on that front I totally agree with you and think your DH is way behind the times. Your kids are barely going to use DVDs if they have a reasonable streaming service. And they will want a streaming service more than DVDs.

DS 6 - no chance, I'm sure he'd think it was wonderful!
DD 8 - nope, as above.
DD18 - (back from Uni) Did have a TV in her earlier teens around 13ish. She didn't use it much but it was nice for sleepovers. Now she has her own MacBook and she's nocturnal and up to all hours watching How I met your mother etc... ...sigh...

No plans to get the youngest ones a TV. They only have a tablet between them which they hardly use, mostly they forget they have it. The tablet isn't allowed in their rooms.

Has a radio.
At weekends we will take his tablet or a portable dvd player upstairs when we go to bed and he can have it on when he wakes as long as it's quiet.

I won't allow a TV in my children's bedrooms&have the pc in a central location
However,we do have two TVs -sitting rm & den for gaming
Both have iPads which have to be left downstairs at bedtime
Mine are 8&11 and I want them to be "around" as much as possible -I don't want them isolated
However ,at their fathers,they have TVs in their rooms 😤

No and no. We do have two TVs, but both are downstairs in common areas. Kids are 5 and 13z

No tv in our room ether, and we try to limit devises in the bedroom.

I never had one and still don't

Never had TVs in bedrooms and don't intend to start. Kids have a den with a TV if they want to watch different stuff from us. But it's all pretty much streaming in this house so they'd be able to take laptops to bedrooms if they really felt the need.

But not at bedtime - autism requires stricter evening routines!

Mine have TVs in their rooms for gaming , we don't have a den or a study or a family room ! Their bedrooms are their personal space - not just for sleeping. We spend plenty of time as a family and ds1 is in his 4th year at uni and doing very well .

Nope no screens in bedrooms for my dd either, although she is only 4yo but I dont see it ever being something Id allow in the future.

God know. We struggle enough with trying to restrict DS's screen use and failing miserably between the ipad and games console. He certainly doesn't need another screen in his room.

My 11.5 and almost 5 yr olds don't have a TV in their room. They've never asked for one. None of their friends have TVs in their rooms either (in fact several have no TVs in their homes at all).

My kids don't watch 'TV'. They use Netflix, Youtube etc. on the console/TV or their tablets/laptop. If one wants to watch/play something different to the other, we have a second TV in the dining room they can also use. So maybe that's why they don't want one.

My niece and nephews all have TVs and consoles in their bedrooms though. Most of them watch TV/DVDs to fall asleep to, which wouldn't happen in my house (my kids would stay awake all night if I tried that!). I always read with my kids before bed, even the 11.5 year old - he still loves it as it's the only bit of the day we get where it's just us. My siblings and their kids think we're very odd indeed to not have bedroom TVs and to still read before bed. But they don't read to their tiny kids either, which I do judge.

Oh I should have added - before anyone thinks I am judging people with bedroom TVs, I had one as a child and used it a lot. Still watched TV downstairs with my family too. Times and viewing habits have changed dramatically since then though, that's all I was trying to say.

I vaguely remember saying the DC wouldn't have TVs in their rooms when they were little. But things change.

A teenagers room being their sanctuary is a good point. DS has a tv, Xbox and laptop in his room, sleeps like a log (usually) and is a real outdoorsy lad but when's he's in and relaxing he's up in his room watching the tv, a DVD or playing a game.
Ok at the moment he's revising for gcse's and I caught him at 4.30 the other morning working on an old exam paper while watching cannonball run but it's very rare that he pulls a stunt like that!
the DD's also have tv's but they have a strict time limit at night and know from experience that we act on it. They have yet to become obese and ruin their lives!

Ds (7) asked for one because he saw the kids next door had them in their rooms. We don't have one in our room and DS has been told he can get one when he's old enough to buy it himself. as tempted as I am to get one for him and show next door how bloody annoying their tv is on the partition wall when they don't turn it down

I feel they don't aid restful sleep and he'd be tempted to watch Pop overnight when it's still playing. There's a TV in the guest room at my dad's so it's a treat for him to watch TV in bed at grandad's. he doesn't need it at home.

My dc don't have a tv in their rooms. My youngest is 8 and she doesn't have a tablet either, i am going to get her one for her next birthday. My 13 year old has a basic tablet but no laptop, they seem to manage just fine.

There is a TV in dd's (14) room as there are in mine and the two ds's rooms. Dd doesn't watch tv at all (it was left when older dd moved out)but ds's do. I think they all had a TV in their room by the end of primary tbh. Some like dd1 love the tv and watch a lot whereas dd2 has never watched tv and my ds's fall somewhere between the two extremes.
At bedtime all screens phone/laptop/ipad are removed though.

My DD's (6 & 7) have a Tv in their room. They have an xbox 360 attatched and use it to watch Youtube videos (usually whilst playing) or, at the weekend, play Minecraft offline or lego Harry Potter.

But they are not allowed it on after 7pm, for longer than an hour on a school day or 2 hours at the weekend.(These rules include laptop/computers and tablets too so they have to choose what they want to "spend" their time on)

Why would anyone need a Tv in their bedroom? I don't have one and don't feel the need for one.
They affect sleep anyway which is really important for teens and 'I'd be worried they'd distract from studying or mean they don't socialise with the family.

No tvs in kids rooms but they all watch videos on their tablets as well as bickering over what film to watch on the main telly. We have one in our room but almost never gets used by us, is basically just so we can put two different films on when they can't agree or the oldest wants something not suitable for youngest.

I like the idea of no devices upstairs but it occurs to me that once at secondary school dd will be on public transport with WiFi everyday and can watch what she likes even if not in her room.

We never had screens in our dc rooms and dd doesn't have one now.
I don't think they have ever been necessary and besides I'd rather us spend time together not one member of the family hiding upstairs.
It's each to their own though, some people like time away from their kids and like them to be upstairs so they get free time.
I can see both sides, but chose the tv downstairs option.

No on demand access to shows in their bedroom ever preferably. Living room!