How can you tell if a mindee is watching a lot of TV at home?

[Ripeberry]

Mindee has been away from me for over 2 weeks.
Parents at home the whole time so not on holiday but they have a new baby in the house.
Mindee only has 10 mins of TV at my house for when he has snack (carries it all over the house otherwise).

But he has been asking for the TV a lot and when it is on for those 10 mins, he is totally transfixed.

He never used to be like this before the school hols.

Why are some people getting so het up about this thread?

juuule - Im just telling of my experiance, as was Ripeberry.
Assumptions - The child was at a creche, this is what mum told me, I have no reason to disbelive her.

Neither of us are saying its right or wrong, its just something we've noticed..

StarExpat - Exactly..

Not saying this is right or the case with you, Ripeberry, but I know some people say no tv is allowed at childminder / with nanny as they feel they can't control the amount (i.e. none is better than trying to agree on what is sensible). Then, instead of saying "because I don't trust your judgement", they say it's because they're not allowed at home either.

Ds watches tv at home and sometimes dvd's at the end of the day at nursery, so I'm not in agreement with this approach, but I know for certain it does happen. Often.

well i have a parent who doesnt have a telly at home, dd1 always comes in from school asking for it, and mum came in one afternoon and the telly had been on for 5 mins after the park and said, do u let them watch it all afternoon! cheeky mare.

I couldnt give a stuff what the mindees do at home.. in my setting its my rules and a little tv is allowed.. banning stuff is just silly, doesnt teach children any self control for when they are older, kids who are banned sweets will just stuff themselves when old enough to sneak to the shops, same as telly ,they go mad for it at other peoples houses, if not allowed at home.

I couldnt work with parents who banned this or that..

and leave ripenbery alone..just an innocent question..

Well said Thebody,

Prehaps i should have said Observed in MY post rather than 'what we have noticed'..
We do a lot of them (observations, that is)..lol

Another agreeing with thebody :) Oh, and my nephew was never allowed toy guns (although because they were found to be annoying, no other reason), he's now at secondary school and STILL obsessed with them and the first thing he'll do when comes to my house (very very rare as not local) is rush up to ds1's room and beg for the toy guns, he can't help himself!! My ds1, however, has always been allowed them (I wasn't keen but not into 'banning' stuff like this) and has hardly ever had THAT much interest. They come out every now and then (he's 7)

I agree, too. Banning is silly! Unless it's tantrums. I'd like to ban tantrums