AIBU to not let 10yo have TV in bedroom?

[Covgal83]

It’s a definite no to phone/ipad past a certain time. That’s non-negotiable. But he’s asking for a TV screen and his PS5 (which we can most likely time off) in his room. All his good friends have this at least (if not, unfettered access to all screens all the time). I’m the meanest person in the world apparently. AIBU?

(To add: we’ve got a 13yo DD who’s been fine with this; me and DH don’t have screens in our room - I’m a terrible insomniac and it would be awful for me).

Late 80s and early 90s, we all had either a 14" TV with a Super Nintendo or a Sega Megadrive, or a home computer + 14" monitor in our bedroom from the age of 8 upwards.

Therefore I think it's reasonable that a child at 10 can have a bedroom TV. Flat screen 24" or 27".

I would draw the line with smartphones though and wouldn't issue one until secondary age (12). I'm also with the upcoming proposal to limit social media usage until after GCSEs (16).

I had a TV in my room from 13ish. I very distinctly remember recording some very dodgy C4&5 programmes that were on v late night on my VHS, and very not suitable for a 13 year old.

I wouldn’t allow TVs in bedrooms at that age. My eldest is only 8 so I don’t really know what age I would allow it but as my 2 eldest share a room I would probably wait until they’ve both finished GCSEs, or late secondary for the younger one. We do have a TV in our room, so no one else has to suffer watching the football with DH, and the kids are allowed to sit in our bed and watch a movie together. I don’t mind them doing that but wouldn’t want them sat up in their rooms for ages watching TV.

You'd think so!

I didn't like the idea of allowing my kid a TV in their room but I allowed it from this age on after a lot of pestering. We agreed that homework had to be done first and that it had to be off by a certain time. I have to say he has stuck to it pretty much. Sometimes it's a little later at night but only by 30 mins max. It made the house a lot more peaceful with him gaming in the room instead, I was less stressed and so was he, his mental health was better, having some time to himself away from adults. It worked out well for us but if you do decide to do it, explain to him why you want it off by a certain time and stick to it more or less and put parental controls in. We have a rule too that there's no gaming until after 6 if he's out sick from school

also no phones at 10.

Absolutely not to both.

YBU letting him have a phone at 10, never mind a tv in his bedroom!!

TV in a child's bedroom? Never. Reading in their bedroom. Fine. Homework done in bedroom. Fine.
When I was accused of being The World's Most unreasonable Parent, I used to say: 'If you think the food (insert issue in question) is better at X's house, you must speak to X's parents and ask if you can live there.'

My daughter asked for a TV in her room last Xmas (she was 10) and I told her no for various reasons. I didn't have a TV in my bedroom until my teens when I got one for my Sega Mega Drive or to watch the soaps if the rest of the family wanted to watch other things.