TVs in kids bedrooms

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Inspired by another thread with a 43” TV in a 3 year olds bedroom, do people think it’s ok to put TVs in kids bedrooms? And if you do think it’s ok, from what age?

Dd has had one since 4.5 when she started school. She likes to watch a bit before bed/if she wakes up early before school. It’s switched off for bed. I have a friend though whose 2 year old has a tv, and puts it on to get her to sleep.
Dps mum used to do that, now he’s 30 and still needs the tv on to sleep, it drives me mad.

No I don’t think it’s okay until they’re teenagers. Even then, I don’t think I would put one in my dc’s bedroom. We have a playroom so I’ll put one in there.

No need at all and not as a means to get to sleep.

No, I loathe TVs in the bedroom. DD never had one (she's an adult now) and nor do we. We have one small TV downstairs in the living room and only switched on if we're actually watching something. Can't stand it where there's a TV blaring all day long.

Just no
If dc need distractions, audio books are excellent
No screens in bedrooms needs to be an absolute rule

No, it's a never in our house. They affect sleep quality and isolate children they are watching tv or gaming and I don't see what benefit they give that outweighs that.

It’s a no here

Never in our house too. Okay. I admit I may lose this battle when they're teenagers but we are lucky to have two living room areas each with a biggish TV so there's always another option. As pp said books and audio books are enough entertainment for them to get to sleep.

My DC 8&10 have TV's in their rooms however very rarely watch them. Possibly if they have a friend around and they put on a DVD.
They either play with their toys/games or play on their tablets.
At 8:30pm which is when I bring tablets downstairs they never ask to watch TV (not that they'd be allowed).
So screens yes, but they not really but into their TV's.
Friends have said similar- tv is ignored in their DC's bedrooms be on the whole.

no we have no screens/consoles in bedrooms and mine are 9, 11 and 13.
We have a study which houses computer, small TV and games console as well as a tv and games console in the lounge.
The kids do have tablets though that they can watch youtube/netflix etc on so can watch those in thier bedrooms but tablets/phones have to be downstairs at nighttime.

My niece and nephew have screens and consoles in thier bedrooms and they 'can't' get to sleep without something blaring and are often up until 11pm wathcing something/playing xbox (and they are 6 and 9). They hate it at my house as i dont let them have tablets etc in bed to fall asleep too!

I wouldn't for a young kid but wouldn't really mind for a teen. I remember getting a TV with integrated video player () for my birthday as a teen and it was the greatest thing ever! But not for under 10s.

DS had one at about 4, that my parents bought him. I had had one at the same age. Neither of us watch a huge amount of telly now, I am often surprised at how strongly people feel about it on here. I gave him our old downstairs one a couple of years ago when I bought a new one, so he has a 37" TV in his boxroom now, but he uses it mainly for his xbox. He's 20 now.

My kids have never had tv's, they are now adults. They had tablets from around 12 years old

No TVs in bedrooms. I don't have one either. My teens do have laptops and they don't watch much tv but do watch YouTube and Netflix etc.

I had one from probably about the age of a teenager and wish I hadn’t. Isolated me and discouraged me from doing other things. Not as an adult either, no need in my opinion.

My 11 yr old has one in their room, the 8 yr old doesn't. It's not used a huge amount as it is connected to a fire stick and the wifi is a bit hit and miss for streaming well upstairs. They only got one as my parents downsized and gave us a small tv they didn't have a spare room for anymore.
We have a no screens after 7pm rule and that includes the tv upstairs.
I would have probably got one for them when they started secondary school anyway as that seems an appropriate age to have one from.

Those saying they think it’s appropriate once children are older (teenagers or at secondary school) do you worry about the tv being yet another distraction at an age when kids start taking exams?

I’m too old for mobile phones and tablets (the internet in general) to have been much of a distraction when I was at school. I think I got a Nokia when I was in sixth form but the biggest distraction on that was snake!

Are TVs just not such a big deal anymore because phones and tablets that are internet enabled are far more of a problem?

It’s a no here, we have a TV in the living room and that’s more than enough. My son only gets 30 minutes of telly a time a day in the week, more than enough for a four year old.

Never.

I'm pretty laid back but it's a no from me. We don't even have a tv in our bedroom! Sleep hygiene and all that.

No here too, plus devices removed overnight. Wouldn't want one in my bedroom either.

I don't,nor do I allow them to have devices in their room. I don't have a tv in my own bedroom.

I would be prepared to allow them devices or tv's as they grow but no idea what age that choice will be made (currently both between 5 and 10).

I couldn't give a monkey's what others do though.

I think it depends on how much time they spend in their rooms.. it’s slightly better than a tablet since it’s not dragged everywhere and two inches off their nose. Could use YouTube or something else to put an audio book on while they play and you get a bath type of thing if you’re on your own (keeping kids upstairs with you without the door swinging to show you the next thing).

I’ll admit I’m the devil in this though.. ds isn’t a year and there’s a small 19inch tv in his room, but that’s for me not him. When he’s been super unsettled or sick and needs held till he’s absolutely out cold (an hour plus) it’s kept me awake and sane.. but I’m also lucky he’s not one of those I need complete silence n darkness types.

No but I do put amazon prime on the ipad for DS when he wakes up early. I put it out of reach so he can't touch it.

The TV in our bedroom has been a godsend for having baby DD! When she was newborn I used to watch it to stop myself falling asleep when feeding her or when we went to bed together at like 8, and now I use it when she needs to contact nap. We just get into bed together and then I watch telly while she naps on me.