Now recommended no TV at all for under 3's

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Just seen on BBC news it is now recommended no TV at all for under 3's but can't find any info about it on their website.

i read something about this on the AAP site a while back and i think there was a thread about it on here. haven't watched the clip but i think in the US it is advised that no under 3s watch tv, 30 minutes for 3-5's and 1 hour for 5+. i don't know if this is the same guidance that they are giving in the uk now, but imo it seems pretty standard. most people i know wouldn't let their kids watch more than this anyway - everything in moderation i think.

Really nappyaddict - I think the vast majority of people let their kids watch more TV than that.

Did your children watch no TV at all before they were 3?

Jimjams isn't there a video or TV programme especially made for autistic kids that uses trains with human faces? The idea being that their natural penchant for trains combined with human faces can help autistic kids with social interaction.

I disagree that TV is not good for children.

Watched discriminatingly and as part of a repertoire of entertainment/ education, it's extremely good.

But having said that, yes some of the watching my kids do (eg Basil Brush) is to free up time for their parent. And I don't think there's anything wrong with that. I would think it a problem if they were watching a non-stop diet of crap though.

jimjams, I'm possible being a bit over sensitive here but your post of Tue 20-Feb-07 16:28:03 ...are you having a go at me?

I'm actually on your side in this thread.

I'm asking BLK to give a good explanation of how she understands that neural pathways cease to be formed after the age of 3.

I hope you're not telling me to shut up

Well to those of you that are able to use the TV as a babysitter. DD is 2 1/2 and really not interested unless I sit with her for the whole time and then not always. She was poorly last week and we managed to watch Cinderella (just over an hour) but it took all day and is the most TV she has ever watched. DS OTOH does enjoy sitting and watching it. We are trying to restrict his football watching a bit ATM, because it is going beyond moderation. We would rather he was actually playing with a football. So would he, though, I think.

Agree with franny's point re. "all things in moderation". I think it is a crap phrase which can be used to justify anything.

Yes agree Bozza, it is a crap phrase. We should have a thread about it.

Are my dcs the only ones in the UK who don't actually like telly?

We were at a church lunch on Sunday and they put on kids' programmes while we were getting the food ready, and as I popped in and out of the kitchen all the other children were sprawled out on beanbags and my two were wandering round looking for toys / colouring pens / offering to help me. At home we watch barely any kids' TV at all and when we do ds takes no notice of it at all. The last time we watched any childrens' TV was last Friday.

Are we unusual?

ds is only 8 months and doesn't really watch tv, no. i have it on occasionally in the day time but tbh there's not much i would actually want to watch in the daytime. all the stuff i watch is on after ds is in bed pretty much.

my cousins are 5 in may and they will watch tv when they get home from school, but in the summer they would probably prefer to play outside than do this and i've noticed the same with their friends who i have babysat for.

i duno maybe the people i know are just weird.

No roseylea DD is very much like that. She hasn't watched anything since last Thursday when she was poorly and even then she asked for it to be turned off. DS OTOH watched 3 football matches back to back on Sky Sports when he stayed at his grandparents last weekend although he had to hide behind the chair when Liverpool were losing. He would not be allowed to do that at home.