TV in child’s bedroom???

[Hsolley0904]

Just wondering if anyone lets their children have a TV in their room, and if so what age?

I personally wouldn’t have a tv in a bedroom for children or adults. Bough mil did buy the children one for their room(against my wishes) it lasted a few months and we only used it for dvds at the weekend.

now my children are young adults and watch films etc on Netflix using their laptops or iPads.

DS 13 likes to play on his Xbox so it makes sense for him to have a TV in his bedroom
rather than have it connected up in our living room.

We don’t have additional rooms for TV though. I know some parents who make a point of ‘no TV in their kids bedrooms!’ but have the extra space to have an extra living room or spare bedroom with a TV and console 🤷‍♀️

Surely not for a 17-year-old??

Rather embarrassing but my not quite 2 year old has one in his room! Let me explain. It was our room before we reshuffled and it was on the wall so we didn’t move it as couldn’t be arsed plastering right away but he obviously wasn’t using it. However it’s come in very handy. His room is the only room in the house that is 100% safe and baby proofed as in, floor bed, some toys and nothing else, no furniture etc (he has a dressing room attached that he can’t access) and a baby gate across the exit. I occasionally stick him in there with an episode of paw patrol while I jump in the shower and watch him on the monitor, it’s actually great so no plans to remove it yet.

Im sure parents of other 20 month olds will understand the frustration of trying to shower/doing a poo etc without worrying that your toddler will dive off the dining table head first!

Mine never had tvs in the bedroom. None of us do as adults either.

Nope.
One TV in the house, never occurred to me to have one in my own room let alone the kids'!

No I wouldn't. Hard enough to police all the various screens. We keep all screens out of DS bedroom.

We’ve never had TVs in bedrooms growing up and neither does my DD.

Had it briefly with my ex and after ~6 months we both agreed it sucked. My DP wants one but to be fair, I guess he games so it’s different. He can do it while we’re in the living room.

DS2 has a large computer monitor. Technically he could use TV functions such as iPlayer through it. It's not orientated that he'd lie in bed watching it, and parental controls mean he can't use it after a set time anyway.

After outgrowing CBeebies at about 6-7, there was very little on TV to get his interest for years. In the past year, he's begun to enjoy some series like The Apprentice, Traitors, Race Across the World and Gladiators with me. Plus really getting into Horrible Histories.

DS1 is only interested in Prof Brian Cox documentaries. The actual TV in the room where he hangs out is rarely used.

Most younger generations are watching less TV, and there's not much family/ multi-generational content on mainstream TV channels. I'm in no rush for them to have TVs in their rooms at 11/14; all it would really do is increase opportunities for unsuitable content after bedtime.

We don’t have TVs in any of the bedrooms in our house, but my children are too young anyway so my stance might evolve once they’re teenagers. If I felt they could be responsible about what they watched and when I might allow it, but I would be worried about it interfering with sleep etc.

Nope - I have no devices in bedrooms rule. They're 10 and 13

I got TVs for the kids when they were in 6th form. Pleased I did, gives everyone a little more space. But wouldn't for younger children, I liked family time and the kids were quite happy and didn't request their own TVs.

No devices/screens at all in my kids rooms. Nope, not at all.

I know a lot of people who are snobby about TVs in the bedroom, but their teens have phones and tablets so it's not really any different. I'd argue a TV was better actually, as what you can access on an online device is far worse than a TV.

Our son is only 3, so he barely spends any time in his room. I'd consider it when he's a teenager, although we're fortunate enough to have a playroom/den so would probably put it in there instead.

We have a young child and I'd think at least 12 but then I know a lot of kids have their own iPads younger than this so can access everything anyway

I think nowadays is very different to when most people on here had TVs in their rooms as kids- now you can set a TV up to be internet apps only (no aerial/terrestrial TV, just Netflix etc) and it would be very easy to only have certain apps and turn off the internet after a set time if you didn’t want kids watching inappropriate things/late into the night.

Absolutely not for her, she is the worst and would be on her phone half the night if she had it in her bedroom.

I have three teens, no one has a TV in their bedroom (including me and DH).

Will the rule continue once she’s 18?

Yup ur right! Lol