To ask honestly what time the TV goes on?

[mangoandbanana]

I know I’m going to get a load of ‘never, were a screen free house’ but … especially if you have under 5s, what time does it go on?

Half four here. And it is on in the morning too.

The kids put it on as soon as they wake up. It goes off when we leave.
Its on all the time when we’re home but we’re doing different things whilst it’s on

No TV before 5, then as much as you like till bedtime 😂

For half an hour after school before dinner. Never in the mornings. We often have audiobooks on though.

The tv is always on unless we are doing a specific activity. The only screen time I restrict is tablets and phones.

None before school as children get distracted from getting ready!

I'm a childminder and the children leave at 5, so my daughter usually has it on from them. Sometimes my after-school children will watch something/play something from 4ish.

In the day when I have 3 under 5s we generally don't have it on unless I need to keep one child occupied while I settle others to sleep, or there's a big clear up after a meal - then it tends to be a bit of Ms Rachel.

Never before school. And no screens either. That was one of my best decisions. Especially with a dc that struggled with school.

When they were little, and once they were old enough to be downstairs by themselves, they could watch on weekend mornings while we were in bed, and again at 5pm in the evenings. Not during the week though.

Maybe I was too strict because I don’t have much a grip on it with my teens. Except for the no screen before school rule. They’ve never challenged that.

Weekdays, never.
Weekends, unlimited TV. That usually amounts to a few cartoons in the morning and a Sunday afternoon family film with hot chocolate.

When they were toddlers it didn’t go on before lunchtime and when they were at school I didn’t mind if they had it on as long as they were dressed and had had their breakfast and brushed their teeth.
Now it mostly goes on in the evenings, it’s 7:30 now and it’s still not on. Dh has taken ds to football training and dd is cooking our dinner - I’ve had a shower and am hanging out in the kitchen while she cooks, we’ve got music on.
Dh is the biggest tv watcher in our house, it drives me mad when he leaves it on as background noise! My mum does the same - I always think either watch it or turn the bloody thing off 😂😂

It depends, if they’re not doing anything else then they’d watch tv. I didn’t necessarily restrict tv or screens but then I didn’t have any concerns about them playing, being outside, sports, having friends, their school work etc. They most likely watched the same as every other child. They’ve turned into normal people who have been/go to university, have jobs, friends, relationships etc. Any problems they have got isn’t from watching tv.
I used to watch Dallas and Dynasty when I was about 8 so a bit of cbeebies isn’t going to harm anyone.

You did ask what people did if they didn't have the TV on in the morning, it's just a reply to that surely

Never in the morning and very rarely on a school night as we don't have the time. At the weekends we often watch a film or series together in the evening but again never in the daytime unless someone is too sick to do much else. The only television in the house is in a room that isn't used on a daily basis.

On a weekday ours is rarely on before 8pm, but DC might watch stuff on their iPads earlier. Never before school though.
On the weekends might watch something like an episode of eastenders with a morning coffee, but usually not on until the evening.
When the DC were younger though we would put it on weekend mornings after breakfast so we could chill a bit!

Yeah I'm having the same thoughts. I can hardly get mine up and out on time!

Mine have half an hour of YouTube in their second language while they eat breakfast.

Then probably an hour of Ceebeebies in total before and after dinner unless they can be distracted by toys or an activity.

I think that having strict rules about it is what makes them obsessive about it when they're old enough to put it on themselves.

what does "chilled quiet start" have to do with anything?

Can your children ONLY be chilled and quiet if they watch tv?

Pretty much as soon as they wake up til we leave for school. Then usually when they get home until dinner. They love TV.

They're perfectly happy, bright kids - doing well at school, lots of friends and interests etc. It's OK.

There’s just me and DS (almost 3) and we don’t have the TV on when it’s a nursery day (Tues-Fri) - but have it on in the morning and evenings Sat-Mon. I used to be more of a TV watcher but working condensed hours and doing a uni course put a stop to that.

Concentrating on getting ready probably, the TV is a massive distraction when your trying to get ready to go out.

but I don't want to hear the tv first thing in the morning 😂

I don't have the tv in my bedroom, nothing to do with my kids, I just don't want one there. What's wrong with that?

I'd rather my kids to read a book than watch tv, I am not trying to be cool it's just better for them anyway.

16 month old here. CBeebies on in the morning after breakfast while he plays and I have a coffee and we wait for it to be a reasonable time to do something. We’re out every morning and afternoon either side of his nap and he’s at nursery 3 days a week so it doesn’t concern me. If we have to stay in for some reason I might have something ‘grown up’ on in the background for my sanity and he pays no attention. As a child of the 80s the TV was never not on and I seem to function ok. We uphold a rule that he doesn’t know our phones are also ‘TV’ though so it’s only the actual TV at home.

When we are all home and not working/at nursery, it is on.

DS will be 3 in December and twin DD's are 17 months.

When dc were school age it was never on before school or we would never have got ready on time. Generally they would put it on after school for an hour while they had a snack then went off to play.

I cannot stand it on during the day - mine are teens now but I still hated it then, except for say a film afternoon. Not just tv noise for the sake of it. Hurts my ears.

Youngest and I watch an episode of whatever we are currently bingeing during tea, then I just watch the 9pm dramas, maybe start at 8 if I'm catching up.

I just like silence.

Never, we spend most of our time foraging, chatting, cooking amazing meals or working out.