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So ds[3] wants a tv for his room....

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Nemo2007 · 23/01/2007 21:59

being smart[or so I thought!!!] told him to save up for it. Now he doesnt get pocket money and gets the odd £1 from grandparents which he usually spends on a comic etc. Now he is obsessed with a tv and keeps telling me everytime we go to asda he wants the one there [£48] laughing I said yes ok...well he has told everyone he is saving for a tv for his room. Gets out his money box tonight to count his money and he had £30!!!!!! That is in the space of 2.5wks...what the hell am I going to do???????????

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TrinityRhino · 23/01/2007 22:00

rofl
how old is he??

how against him having one on his room are you?

will he accept rules for watching it and limiting it?

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Nemo2007 · 23/01/2007 22:00

Will add he says he wants to watch dvds on it and he was bought a bubble console by a friend at christmas so he wants to use that...how do I talk him out of it???

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SittingBull · 23/01/2007 22:01

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Nemo2007 · 23/01/2007 22:02

TR he is 3.3yrs so a lot younger than I wanted to look at this...however it would be very easy to limit it as he says he wants it on his wardrobe so he can use buttons[remote] so can easily take that away from him. I just didnt expect to have to think about it.

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Hulababy · 23/01/2007 22:04

DD is nearly 5. I don't let her have a TV in her room. However there is a TV in the spare room - which she makes use of. It is on her desk, with her VSmile and her dance mat plugged in. She can go and use these any time she wants. The TV has no aerial so won't work as a watchable TV.

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Budababe · 23/01/2007 22:07

Keep taking 5 pounds out of money box and lie lie lie!

(Save the money for him - don;t just spend it!!)

cece · 23/01/2007 22:09

Tell him it is against the law for children to have TVs in thier bedrooms....

Oh and when they question it say it is mummy's law

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Nemo2007 · 23/01/2007 22:10

Hula wouldnt connect it to an aerial either and we dont have a spare room as even downstairs it is one big through room. So will admit with DD1 etc he doesnt get much control of the tv. So is it ok if he can only put dvds/bubble console on it and even then would have to ask us??

Was wondering..if he was a normal 3 yr old yes but Ds is very good with money and numbers. He knows what a £1 and £2 are and he also knows the tv he wants is £48. He counted out his money before as I didnt think he was anywhere near having enough and only checked when he said he had £30.

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Biglips · 23/01/2007 22:11

oh yes i was gonna say about nemos DS as hes alot older in his head than a 3.3yrs old

Waswondering · 23/01/2007 22:17

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kittylette · 23/01/2007 22:23

awww meanies!!

you said it to him, now hes done as youve said,

and youve got to let him have it IMO, if you didnt want him to have a TV in his room, you shouldnt have agreed to it if he saved his pennies

Lauriefairycake · 24/01/2007 09:50

Your kid is SMART !! Don't lie and don't break your promise (that's the stuff kids remember) but do have it on top of the wardrobe and keep the remote most of the time.

Don't connect it to the aerial so you can definitely monitor what he's seeing and let him watch it as he would play with any of his toys. ie. monitored

He will get bored as quickly as he was excited with it.

And next time think before you say yes cos your kid is one smart, adorable cookie

melrose · 24/01/2007 09:55

that one will be a millionaire by 25! If he is that switched on, will he understand rules around using it? As m uuch as I am not keen on TVs on bedroom I don't think you can go back on promises. Perhaps you could ask all the family to just buy him the odd comic and not give him any money till the idea has worn off??

noogles · 24/01/2007 10:06

Whats so wrong with having a tv in his room?
Ds is 4 in a few months and he is getting one. He had a vtech thimg for xmas and needs one for that.As long as your lo has rules about how long he watches it etc and you monitor him then its ok.Im probably going to get stoned for saying this now.

3andnomore · 24/01/2007 10:24

How did he save £30 in 2 weeks if he only gets the odd £1 from the grandparents and doesn't get pocket money???????LOL
But yeah, can't go back on your word, but, if he wants to use a Bubble and use it for Dvd's mainly then he will need an integral one (which surely is more then £48) or a seperate DVD player which is nowadays around £25....

wurlywurly · 24/01/2007 10:30

what sort of things does he like?? cant you take him out and say "oh look at this, you could get this with the money in your money box"

NbgsYellowFeathers · 24/01/2007 10:30

DD has one in her room and she is 3 but it doesnt pick up any channels so we just plug in her VTech smile and shes quite happy with that.

oliveoil · 24/01/2007 10:33

I think 3 is far too young for a tv, more like 12 in my house [Victorian emoticon].

But each to their own, you know your child best.

If you really don't want to, take some money out and pretend the Asda one has gone up .

puddle · 24/01/2007 10:36

Can you not just say you've changed your mind and he needs to find somthing else to spend his money on?

He's only 3 - you're the parent.

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