So my DS has been asking about a tv in his bedroom ever since we moved house a year ago in April. He's just turned 7 in June & I personally felt as his mother he was a little young to have a tv in his room when there is a perfectly good one in the living room he has access to. I can also keep a check on what he's watching this way. He's kept asking on and off for a tv at least every month so I said if he wanted one he would need to save up, that way he would know how long he had needed to go without pocket money to afford it, but also it would take him a while so he would be older..which I felt happier with.
He's been saving a while as he decided to save all of his pocket money some weeks and treat himself with a few pounds of it other weeks. Which I was happy with as he still needs to know a tv isn't the be all and end all.
Fast forward to today and my MIL gets a new tv and without even asking me and just asking my DH offers it to my DS, while i am grateful for the offer I wish she hadn't because now I look like the bad parent for saying no & my DS is in floods of tears.
