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Am I being too strict no allowing tvs or computers in the kids rooms?

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RomyMadison · 14/05/2012 06:22

Some of my friends say their children have video games tvs and their own latops in their bedroom and they seem like well behaved kids. My kids have their own toy room with a tv and games but they can only use it in the day time - is this too strict? Or am i doing the right thing by keeping their rooms free of that stuff? What do you do?

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LtEveDallas · 14/05/2012 06:28

I think you should contact MN and pay for your media requests.

turnigitonitshead · 14/05/2012 06:28

how old are your children?

AdelaideRex · 14/05/2012 06:29

You have the perfect arrangement and should keep it like that, always a bad idea to have TV's / computers or in bedrooms.

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AdelaideRex · 14/05/2012 06:30

ooooh a stray "or" !!

EdithWeston · 14/05/2012 06:30

Why do you ask? Are your children complaining, and what age are they?

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RomyMadison · 14/05/2012 06:48

Honestly what is this media thing all about, no one reads articles about SAHM's. Yes my children are complaining about being bored at night and wanting to watch a movie before they fall asleep - but i'm apprehensive because i don't want them staying up all night or when they get sent to their rooms it won't be much of a punishment - but my friends are making me doubt myself since their kids are fine.

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EdithWeston · 14/05/2012 07:03

I asked how old your DCs are, because that it relevant to what may or may not be allowed in bedrooms. The key things being amount of sleep, and safety online. I don't think employment status of parent is relevant on this question.

LtEveDallas · 14/05/2012 07:06

Your first ever thread, 30 mins before this one instructed people to 'share their experiences'. It is worded just like the all the other posts this site gets when journos use a thread as the basis of a bad article.

30 mins later you ask this question.

School gate politics and TVs in bedrooms are the staples of a good bunfight.

That is why I reported the posts.

If you are not media I apologise. I'm sick of MN threads appearing in the Daily Hate and on The Wrong Stuff.

MrsDmitriTippensKrushnic · 14/05/2012 07:38

Tell them they're meant to be bored when they go to bed - how else are they supposed to go to sleep?

EmmaCate · 14/05/2012 07:40

No... I'm going to have this rule until the age of 16. Then you need TV to keep you company during your all-night coursework finishing sessions (if they are anything like I was).

If I don't get lynched for it beforehand, that is.

Tee2072 · 14/05/2012 07:43

Bored at night? Read a book.

My son will never have either a TV or a computer in his bedroom.

lumbago · 14/05/2012 07:43

Ah. You change as they get older.
Also is rather snobbish. Not all if uscwantbto way h teenagers programmed and have endless downstairs rooms.

lumbago · 14/05/2012 07:44

I have a tv in my room. Also read at least one book a week. I use my laptop in my room etc

exoticfruits · 14/05/2012 07:45

I had this rule until they were adults and could get their own. I don't have a TV or computer in my room, I couldn't imagine why anyone would. They have them elsewhere - just not bedrooms.

mumblecrumble · 14/05/2012 07:53

We are ahving the same thoughts - but with DD's zoo of plastic animals... they are keeping her up in the night.

Books are better than TV. I;d rather they were watching with us to be honest than alone in bedroom.

Untill they reas aroun 13.... then TV time in one room is golden time :)

BellaOfTheBalls · 14/05/2012 07:53

No. There will be no TVs in bedrooms until they are MUCH older; 15/16+ if I get my way.

DP had a TV in his room from the age of four(!!!) and now at the age of 32 still cannot fall asleep without the TV on. I am rudely awoken by DS2 wake up most nights at about 2am & have to turn it off. I consider not allowing TV's in bedrooms my good deed to my future DIL's.

tabulahrasa · 14/05/2012 07:55

My DS has a computer but that's because his handwriting means that he needs a computer for school work (due to SNs not just a bit messy) but all games consoles and the TV are in the living room.

doormat · 14/05/2012 07:57

YABU...depends on the age...just because they have a tv in their room doesnt necessarily mean that they watch it...we all very rarely as a family watch tv together or even seperate...

usualsuspect · 14/05/2012 07:58

I wonder how many of the I don't have a tv in my bedroom lot use their laptops and phones to MN in bed.Same thing if you ask me just a different screen

doormat · 14/05/2012 08:08

lmao @ usual... ...watch them cringe now..hahaha

shesparkles · 14/05/2012 08:14

My dd is almost 15 and we gave in to the tv for her bedroom at Xmas,and it's free view channels only, no sky connection. Ironically she uses it a lot more for the radio channels than TV. her phone and laptop come out of her room at 10 pmevery night-weekendso included. I cant get over the number of texts and calls that come to her phone after midnight! She admits herself that not having them in her room is the only way she'd get any sleep!

bellamaura · 31/07/2012 07:28

I'm more worried about the amount of time my son, who is 15, spends playing computer games. I know this has probably been debated before .

But does anyone have a strategy for managing it.

Clearly, all the kids are at it, and we live in a pretty isolated place so there isn't that much else to do. He reads sometimes.
But, what are reasonable bounderies? Or good ideas to get it undercontrol.

A timetable?

ColouringIn · 31/07/2012 07:34

It's very much up to you OP and how you think they will be if these thigs are in their rooms. My son is 9 and autistic, I have tried the TV/video games etc in the bedroom and they stop him from sleeping - no question at all about that so I have removed them. My nephew on the other hand will fall asleep watching a DVD (and at a sensible hour) so it is fine for him.

OddBoots · 31/07/2012 07:40

My DS's school (secondary) ask parents to sign an agreement to that effect and there have been noticeably better results from the children whose parents agreed compared to those who didn't.

ElephantsCanRemember · 31/07/2012 07:45

DS1 (12) got a tv in his bedroom when he was 8. It is only connected to his PS3 that he plays once/twice a week despite me nagging him to use it more

DD (7) and DS (2) don't have a tv, but now the olympics is on I am seriously considering getting them one each, or at least getting a tv for the dining room or kitchen so I can watch what I choose for once.

DS1 says we are the only family to have just 1 tv downstairs, that can't be true surely?

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