How to stop 14mn old constantly turning telly on and off

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DS has a favorite game and it drives the rest of us insane. Unless has the undivided attention of me or DH he will stand by the telly and turn it on and off, on and off, on and off.

Our telly is on it's last legs anyway and we will be replacing soon - with one with controls in a different, unaccessible to children area. But as we cant afford this yet, how do we stop him.

The telly is not always on, but DD is allowed to watch a film each day, and her little brother is getting ruining her enjoyment.

When he does it he is physically sat on the floor and told 'naughty', which is what we do to him for any undesireable behaviour.

But any other suggestions gratefully received.

sorry - this is no help to you, but DD did that too - she grew out of it quite quickly. Have you got something else similar she could play with (ie broken remote control, stereo etc?)

sorry, 'he'

turn it off at the wall?

We bought a new TV that has a really fiddly on/off button on the side and put it on a higher shelf. Not the cheapest solution I admit. However, DS is 4 and while he is better able to surf the internet than his grandparents, he still hasn't figured out the TV controls. Heh Heh

Turn it off at the wall...and wait for the day they can: turn on the CD player and the amplifier and put on their own choice of CDs and turn it up full blast.
She's 4, and she knows what she wants!

When we get our new TV the location of the controls will defintley be a deciding factor. But for now he is driving us nuts.

MrsBadger If it's not telly time we do unplug the set, but it's mainly poor DD (age 4) who loves to watch a musical such as Hairspray or Grease once a day who is being driven doolallytap by her brothers behaviour!

Is the button at the bottom of the set?
DS used to do this at this age, so we got one of those transparent picture frames that stand on a base at right angles & put it under the TV so the large bit was underneath & the stand bit covered the button. You could still use the remote & DS couldn't get his hand in to turn it off. You may need to fix it to the stand with blu-tack if there's a big gap at the bottom - our TV sat directly on the stand, so it held the frame in place.

With DD, 2 years younger, it was simpler. She did it once, when DS was watching Thomas, DS thumped her & she never did it again...

x-posts Miggsie, if dd doesnt have Harispray DVD on she goes in her bedroom and put the soundtrack on on her little CD player!

We blocked the TV in front of the switch...just use a piece of furniture to cover it up

Rustybear....Genius (the frame not the thumping obviousley.

If DD thumped DS he would hit back...he's a baby thug!

x-posts Robin

We had a footstool there, he moved it, we had a footstool and a box there he moved them both. We put a high box there and a footstool and a heavy box infront of it, he came round the side and oushed the box sideways.

He's very cunning

Use your DDs telly time for really intensive one-on-one with your DS so he's too busy doing jigsaws/reading books/making playdough to be interested in turning telly on and off?

Add together, perhaps, with putting both Dd and the telly into a playpen? Or onto a high table? Or can the telly have ear phones attached so Dd can listen through them? With the sound not catching his attention, he might notice the TV less, making it easier for you to do other things with him.