is it terrible for an 8yr old to have telly in bedroom , no aerial just for wii or dvd

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we only have one room for telly
so when he wants to play on his wii we all have to lsten
open fucking plan house for you

this has been suggested by dh

i have visions of him becoming reclusive and never talking to us again

Keep a time limit, use a timer.

yes good idea

would prob make me monitor him more

DD has this and I was a bit worried about never seeing her again, needn't have worried at all, I don't even need to give her limits she barely uses it now. She seemingly wants to be in here all the time where there are people to annoy talk to

My ds has a tv in his room andchas gone for ages mainly because I've got nowhere to put it. He has watched it twice I think

He sometimes uses it for playstation or wiu bit not ad much as I thought he would. Oh and football

The dodgy bit is if you forget, because you are enjoying the peace and quiet. We had an oven timer with a loud ring.

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i suspect he would rather be here annoying us tbh

Once the novelty wears off he will probably prefer to be in the room with you. My DS only really uses his when he has friends here

Both my DS 6 and my DD 8 have telly's in their room. They watch a DVD at bedtime if in bed by 6.30 or no telly and bed 7.30. Like others I agree that in moderation it is absolutely fine. Know what you mean by the wii, my two didnt actually play it because DP has total control over telly and does not want it on bless them. So we are lucky we have a conservatory for them to use it in. They do so many sport activities that they dont spend too long watching telly so I am not too concerned