Toddler watching too much tv...

Tea-and-Cake_3

I'm concerned for my nephew, he is 2.5yrs old and his development is excellent, great speech, social skills etc but everytime I am at their house he is sat in front of the tv, dummy in mouth or eating a biscuit. It doesn't appear to be doing him any harm but I am concerned if there will be any long term consequences. His mum works from home so is present but very busy and in all other respects an excellent mum. What do you think? Should I say something?

SmallL

I don't think you should say anything, you said yourself shes an 'excellent mum'.
Unless the toddler is watching 'adult' tele, i dont see any harm in it.
Who remembers what they watched as a toddler anyway?

Mojisola

Tea-and-Cake wrote: »

I'm concerned for my nephew, he is 2.5yrs old and his development is excellent, great speech, social skills etc but everytime I am at their house he is sat in front of the tv, dummy in mouth or eating a biscuit. It doesn't appear to be doing him any harm but I am concerned if there will be any long term consequences. His mum works from home so is present but very busy and in all other respects an excellent mum. What do you think? Should I say something?

If his development is so good in all these areas, then you must be just catching them at the time he watches TV.

If he was doing it all day, it would be having an effect on his speech and social development.

If you want, you could offer to look after him occasionally because you'd like to spend time with him and give her a break, not because you don't think her parenting skills are up to much!

balletshoes

maybe he's given a tv show or dvd to watch when you're there so you and your sister/brother can visit with each other without being expected to entertain your nephew?

clearingout

seriously, what business is it of yours?

by your own admission, the child is thriving. What is there to say? How often and for how long a child watches TV is a parent's choice. Parent. Not aunt.

dizziblonde

You sound like a really nasty piece of work sitting in judgement over his development and appointing yourself judge and jury over what's suitable for her to do with her child and the quality of her parenting.

I mean - mother in giving her child a biscuit and a dummy shocker!

As for what I watched as a toddler - the news and PlaySchool generally!

peachyprice

Tea-and-Cake wrote: »

What do you think? Should I say something?

I think it's none of your business.

He's clearly thriving so unless you're going to suggest looking after the child, for free, while his mum works, butt out.

victory

Tea-and-Cake wrote: »

What do you think? Should I say something?

She's an excellent mum and he is developing fine, should you say something?

NO

sassyblue

Tea-and-Cake wrote: »

everytime I am at their house he is sat in front of the tv, dummy in mouth or eating a biscuit.

So, How often do you visit and how long do you stay?

I bet its not hours and hours, as the others say there's nothing wrong.

pigpen

we have dvds on all day and often half the night.. you wouldn't believe how educational even the most basic of childrens programmes are now.. introducing colours, shapes, numbers, letters and feelings etc.. apart from Pingu and Peppa Pig.. they are evil.

If you were my sister and mentioned it to me you would be told in no uncertain terms to mind your own and I wouldn't be polite about it.

LannieDuck

Do you always visit at a similar time? If you came over to my house after work, you'd think my child was always in front of the TV... because she gets her favourite programme after her dinner as part of her night-time routine. The rest of the day the TV's off.