to think that children's tv should end at 6pm

[southeastastra]

at the latest?

i think it makes them more hyper. yes i know i can turn off but it isn't that easy.

no read all the posts - we tell DD1 that it finishes at 6pm and turn the TV off (if it's been on). she loves in the night garden - but it winds her up rather than calming her down and we've had tears/screaming session when it finishes, so it's a big no no for us!

my older children get to watch tv at 6 if they have done all homework, music practice etc. But I agree, I wish that In the Night Garden was on earlier. my younger dds love it, but a few nights a week I have to pretend it isn't on, as they just get too tired if we stay up to watch it, (and they still want/need bedtime stories to aftewards).

annie -if DS was in bed by 7 I wouldn't get to see him in the evening - we're currently on an 8.30 bedtime, and he still wakes at 6.45 or 7ish - has never been much of a sleeper! Apparently I never went to bed before 8.30 after the age of about 2, so may be heriditary!

I will repeat what others have said. If CBeebies stopped at 6, and there was no In The Night Garden, then I would be lost. ITNG calms DD, it is a clear signal to her to wind down. It is part of her bedtime routine.

Don't go giving the BBC ideas right when it is cutting costs!

Well, in this household, In The Night Garden is essential pre bed viewing.. DD loves it, and I find myself terribly relaxed and sleepy after the Bath / Piggle / Bed routine too.. Not always good when there are still jobs to do, but hey I'm not complaining.

Three cheers for Iggle Piggle.

Ditto Taliac. exactly the same here.

agga pang

We've recorded a set of nightgarden, story and bedtime song (my dd loves the song!) on our dvd hard drive, so they can still watch it but get to bed earlier. It's working well so far

I find that ds (3 1/2) goes a bit hyper after I turn the tv off, so I've stopped ITNG as his bedtime is 7pm. I did try it for a while (A lazy alt to bedtime stories- I am shameful) but no matter how much we would agree to get ready for be before and then go straight to bed after, the second it went off he'd be screaming as if I'd decapitated his favorite toy!
So now he knows he doesn't get tv before bed because he gets over excited

Cbeebies is the only kids chanel I turn on, I totally agree with the comments about the commercial channels and adverts- ds just cries out "I want that" to everything However, I must admit to watching milkshake in the morning- I need it to help me ease into the day, and as it finishes at 9 I know I'm not at risk of letting it go on and on and on......

DS and I don't get home until at least 18:30 and we watch the end of ITNG then so, if it finished at 18:00 we'd never get to see it. I find the story and bedtime in the show, plus his own bath time and then cuddle and story afterwards, help to wind him down sufficiently.

i find the repetitiveness of it grinding. same shows repeated time after time and yes i really dislike the wonderpets.

what bothers me as well is that nice little shows like trumpton are on after eight, when they could be shown earlier as they're more entertaining and calming than max and ruby etc.

In this household TV or DVD is part of bedtime routine. Swiftly followed by story & sleep. Should add that DS not allowed any other TV except Sat/Sun morning for a short while.

Am I the only one who thinks Dick & Dom in da bungalow should be banned? I've heard kids in the supermarket yelling 'BOGIES!' It's appalling.

Fortyplus, the 'bogies' is just the tip of the iceberg. What about the game 'sausage jockey' they used to play?

I found that really offensive, and I am not in the least bit prudish. It was just highly inappropriate for a kid's TV show (or any other, for that matter)

Besides which, neither of them are as funny as they think they are.

Are you mad (ie person who started this thread?) We watch cbeebies and get mighty irritated by the Goodnight Song at 7pm! All right for the rare 12 hour sleeper, but ours do 10 hours, eg 8.30pm to 6.30pm. We find tV, esp night garden and storymakers a nice, calm, soothing way to wind down at the end of the day - wish it went on way longer!

in any case, I only get in from work and pick them up from nursery and after-school club by 6pm, so they only get to turn the TV ON then! We eat around 7pm. The only way to stop fighting over toys while I attempt to cook dinner is to have them wathcing TV.

As others have said, if it's a problem, switch it off/unplug the box and say it's broken. Or switch to something like Cbeebies.

We love cebeebies bedtime hour from six till seven. In the night garden is very chilled and gets DD all ready for bed.

If you don't want you child to watch after 6 p.m., then say so, and switch it off.

Blimey I thought ds was the most strong willed child in the world, but I (well dh and I) dictate when he watches, and largely what he watches. OK so sometimes we get melt-down. TV stays switched off, and may get banned altogether for 24 hrs, so melt-down = less of what you want, not more.

Crikey south, you can't go around being afraid of upsetting ds by imposing rules, or by 14 he be ruling the whole house!!!

Oh, one thing. I try always to let ds see the end of a program he's been watching, so if the deadline comes then I either extend the deadline a bit, or record the end to watch tomorrow.

GrumpyOldHorsewoman - I think I can be very grateful that I wasn't aware of 'sausage jockey'!!!

You're not taking particular offence because of dh's line of business, are you?

my dd love the night garden its their wind down programme but its on a bit late here so we have a dvd (lucky us ) and they watch one episode and go to bed usually by 7 half past at the latest