TV

[fanjoforthemammaries7850]

I know the standard advice is to limit TV for children. But I am finding at the moment that CBeebies catches DD eye, she will concentrate on it a bit, it gives us something to 'talk abour' so helps her to interact, and she also wears her glasses a bit while watching it.

So, is it harmful or helpful, what are your thoughts/experiences of this?

dd has always watched it whenever she wants.
I don't limit it, her life is limited enough as it is, I also think she learns through cbeebies and stuff like that

That's my view too

once dd strted getting interested, we didn't limit it, for the same reasons you state.

we also wanted her to get interested in the differetn programmes and characteors - makes presents easier sometimes, and occasionally she has been motivated to play wiht a toy she would have previously ignored because Mr Tumble/Mister Maker/Waybuloo weirdo things have one etc.

I also try and get her into the characters! I am a marketing man's dream!

I let my kids watch as much TV as they like. They are also allowed on the computer as much as they like. And no, I don't think that's what caused DSs ASD :)

As long as they still go to bed on time, school and wherever else they're meant to be. I feel their free time is their free time to do what they want with.

Cbeebies is fabulous.

I don't really limit it DS[16] gets on my nerves though as he watches the same cartoons on a bloody loop.
But he also watches lots of documentaries and learns loads, has some of the BBC series that he likes.

I find myself dancing and singing along too, embarrassingly!

Fanjo- some of dd2's first words were names of cbeebies chracters , she also picked up on numbers/counting and letters from TV programes. I think TV has helped dd2 a lot. She hardly watches it now (just peppa pig and fireman sam) and is now glued to the PC where she spends hours searching on google and you-tube .

I am dd's forever friend thanks to the tweenies.

It depends on how many hours a day a child is watching television and who is watching it with them.

Children learn best from social interaction so if she's watching it on her own for all or most of her waking moments that's clearly going to limit her learning.

If she's getting plenty of time for social interaction that's fine.

If it's improving her ability to interact socially that's fantastic.

The best way to help children learn from tv is to watch with them, talk about what you are watching and then use what they were interested in to extend their learning in the real world. That sounds like exactly what you are doing so I would say it's a very positive move and to carry on.

Yes, I don't think I need to worry about the amount of time at the moment as she actually only watches a couple of minutes at a time, but that is an improvement on her usual attention span!

We let DD watch tv or dvds whenever she likes, she loved cbeebies...very obsessive.. but is now scared of it...she does this a lot love/hate! She recently learned to take turns and can now say 'your turn Mummy'...'Mummy want to watch Toy Story?' :)

I know lots of songs from it and nearly sang along in a shop the other day as a Mummy was singing 'dig it dig it dig it' from boogiebeebies.

My DD learns a lot from tv. We turn it off as a bargaining tool, eat and it will go on etc.

...she doesnt watch all day btw....but can get upset if its turned off, so we leave it on, take turns, watch educational and entertainment programmes and she comes and goes, drawing, reading, playing and bouncing on her trampolene while watching tv. :)