For thinking it's ok for DC to watch TV before school

[thirdistheonewiththehairychest]

If they're completely ready to walk out of the door.
We just got a TV in the lounge yesterday, and DH has gone a bit huffy about them watching it this morning.

Just want to check if I'm being unreasonable because DH has a tendency to be a bit of a party-pooper and I'm not sure if that is colouring my judgement and I'm unwisely pushing back against that.

Do your DC watch TV before school?

I don't see a problem with it if it isn't causing delays or distractions. But then I don't share the high level of anxiety people on here seem to have over their kids watching a bit of TV.

This is so mumsnet. Mine watch Teen Titans Go while I throw cereal at them at shout at them to get their shoes on

If they are ready to set off to get the Tube, definitely they can watch tv, use screens - if they’re not ready, they can’t. Great way of them getting ready quickly

Ahh it was also good for children , to get them up in early hours on Saturday mornings to watch the BBC testcard and wait for Champion The Wonder Horse .The extra sleep my parents got on a Saturday mornings while we sat watching the test card must have been good for them 🤣🤣 .

Mine don't but my 9yo is allowed her iPad while eating breakfast. She knows she has to turn it off when it's time to get dressed etc. If she's eating too slowly it also gets taken away!
On Fridays she doesn't go to breakfast club so if she's ready to go she is allowed it back until it's time to leave the house.
I think it's only a problem if it's causing arguments about not wanting to turn it off when it's time to leave!

Mine sleep in much more than other kids too. We only have 5 minutes to spare once everything is done in the morning...so we chat about our day before getting out of the door

Yes, but it doesn't effect DS's behaviour and he always gets ready and turns the tv off as soon as he's asked to. One of his friends isn't allowed to watch in the morning because it does impact his behaviour and it delays him getting ready for school.

There’s a difference between some tv and too much tv.

I’m very much enjoying the “I’m a vastly superior parent” posts on here. I’d love to see the reality because I bet it’s not all family sing-songs and homemade muesli. 😂

Mine watched it once they were ready and breakfasted, my gc do too (they get up at an ungodly hour). Children now adults and seem fine, gc seem fine too. All very outdoorsy and active.

Yes there is.
0 TV is recommended for children under age 1.

Nope. No TV in the mornings not even on the weekend.

Oh and I think the broadcasting of 'The Muppet Show' was very good for marriages as well on 'Sunday' evenings as that's when my parents vanished for a small amount of time . Only noticed after a few years .Oh well we live and learn .🤣

@CactusMactus isn't weekend morning when the good stuff is on?
I don't know the current schedules but weekend morning was when we used to catch up on dramas like Hetty Feather.
Do your child watch any TV? What type of programmes do they watch?

I liked to get up a couple hours before school to watch fun shows that helped me get ready for the day. It also gave me a chance to finish whatever homework I'd fibbed about finishing the night before. I don't see anything wrong with it as long as they are doing well and being respectful of volume. It's something new, they're rightfully excited about it

And she's never whinged about having it turned off when it's time to go.

If that became an issue we'd probably just stop the tv in the morning, but it's never happened.

No TV in the mornings here.
I think of it as a treat to look forward to, like “let’s get to nursery/school on time and with a good attitude, and then you can look forward to chilling out with a show when you get back.”

It’s interesting how some say it affects their children’s behaviour. I haven’t found it makes any difference to behaviour when we watch TV in the mornings or we don’t.

We do but DD has to be fully dressed first. Then we tend to time the rest of the morning in “Blueys” (eg. “One Bluey and then its time to brush your teeth”)

Sometimes it’s on and sometimes not. My DD never makes a fuss if it’s on and we need to leave. I think the issue is total screen time not when it’s watched. And for the parents whose kids make a fuss about not wanting to turn it off this is about kids not listening and respecting what they’ve been told to do. If your kids turn it off when told to then it isn’t an issue for you.

None here before school. Feel DD watches far too much tv as it is, obviously she does do other stuff but when she's at home it tends to be her default, so she needs some fixed times with no tv to do other things like reading and art - otherwise she'd rarely do them. She's also quite hard to communicate well with when staring at the tv so can imagine it would cause arguments and lateness.

We'd never have got out of the door with the TV on.

Far easier never to get in the habit of putting it on IMHO. Wake up, breakfast, wash, dressed, teeth, shoes, coat, out the door.

I know right! It's soooo sanctimonious!

Rule in our house is that screen time is ok after clothes on, breakfast done etc etc., i.e. they are ready to go.

Guess what. They haven't died. Eldest is expected to get between 95 and 100% on his SATs (based on all the practice papers he has done where he has mostly been getting 100% since September). Youngest is "exceeding age related expectations" in all areas assessed for. They walk to and from school, are involved in clubs and sports. Never in trouble at school. Rarely in trouble at home.

But still, I must be raising some delinquents right? Because not only do I let them have TV in the morning before school. I let them game as well. The horror!

I really can't tell if this is real or sarcastic tbh!

No tv in the morning at all, and only in the evening when all homework has been done.

This is what JRM does with his kids every morning , are we allowed to say this , only no fun allowed , must be serious only .