TV in children's bedroom?

meritaten

sorry - but to me, the bedroom is no place for a tv unless the person is ill!

but then, I am rather old fashioned (Old Style), and only have one tv in the house anyway! (and one landline phone and a very basic mobile which only either phones or Txts).

Lotus-eater

I'm not going to allow mine to have a tv or computer in their room, not until they reach the age when I have to rely on them knowing what is right and what is wrong. About 17 should do it (depending on the child)

I had a tv (b&w) in my room from about 15 and I spent far too many late nights watching it. A laptop with internet would have been much worse, had it been available!

peachyprice

DD (11) has had a TV in her room for a few years, she inherited it and the Sky box from her brothers once they stopped watching it.

TBH, she rarely has it on, occasionally on a Sat/Sun morning or while I'm cooking her dinner and on Sundays when there's F1 on. She prefers to be downstairs with us most of the time.

She has NEVER put it on after bedtime, I don't think at the age she was when she first got it it would have occurred to her to do so and now the novelty has well and truly worn off she wouldn't either.

rachbc

My ds 14 has just got one in his room - well he got the TV about a year ago when we replaced ours, but he wasn't able to self regulate so I cut the plug off! He's got it back now and he seems to be managing it better.

Some if my 6 yo DDs freinds have TVs in their rooms which suprises me and def won't be happening for her for a long while

thegirlintheattic

I wouldn't let the kids have the laptops in their rooms, let alone a TV. The amount of children I see who have been up to the wee hours on xbox, laptop, TV etc. who's parents then seem puzzled when they don't do as well as they should in school is shocking.

Pont

Whoa - I was right there with you until my DD's (now 20 and 17) started hogging the remote. Guess who has the TV in the bedroom now? Yep, me (they're still not allowed)!

Erinnire

My two have an old TV/DVD combi in their bedroom that they can watch DVD's on (there is no airel or freeview) They can choose to go up to bed early and watch a DVD if they would rather, and they can pop a DVD on in the mornings if they are up early. I have the TV on a timer sitch so it will only work uptill 7.30pm and from 6.30am when quite frankly I am not getting up. I just wish I could control the volume!

My girls are 4 and 2.

Spendless

A tv screen do you mean or access to tv channels? Mine have had tv screens in their rooms, to enable them to watch dvds or use the x-box without problems. We only have 1 tv in the house, but Mr S once let our son have access to the tv channels -he told him he could have it before speaking to me! DS was a nightmare watching tv too late, or too early. It was soon taken from him and won't be given back.

Mado

3 children, 15, 13 &10 and 1 tv in the house.
I know they do watch catch up tv on the laptops sometimes, but the laptops can only go into the bedrooms for limited times.

I thought there was enough evidence to show that it isn't a positive move for the majority of children (and adults too) that I am surprised so many do have tvs in their bedrooms.

heretolearn_2

I don't think it's a good idea until older teenagers.

1) most kids watch too much TV as it is
2) It's antisocial - everyone in separate rooms
3) It's a good lesson to have to share and cooperate over what is watched with the rest of the family
4) The parents who say their child never watches after bedtime, hmmmm, possibly. I'm a light sleeper and quite a few times when I've been staying at a house with children I've been woken up to the sound of a TV/games console coming on about half an hour after mum and dad go to bed...:rotfl:
5) Can develop bad sleep habits if it's used at bedtime; my stepsons (early teens) 'can't sleep' without the main bedroom light on and TV on, sometimes I switch everything off as it annoys me but then they just play games on their mobiles instead while they fall asleep. These kids are seriously sleep deprived, struggling at school, and have not learned how to just fall asleep naturally. I'm a big believer in have a read in bed, then lights off, all quiet, and go to sleep without messing about.