Toddler watching too much tv...

dizziblonde

pigpen wrote: »

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.

The Pig Of Evil is banned in this house - I just hate its campaign to take over the world, starting with being on absolutely every item in a little girls' wardrobe and bedroom. Mind you it's incredibly rare I have the TV on at all but that's just my personal preference for the peace and quiet (and the fact I hate the overly hair-gelled superfically cheery presenters on kids' TV), not any grand ideology of the utter evilness of telly or similar.

snugglepet20

If you criticise her parenting she will either cry or scream at you. There is nothing wrong with her son so whatever she is doing is good enough. Also she has a lot on her plate with the pregnancy and her work and is probably trying the best she possibly can as it is.

fluffnutter

dizziblonde wrote: »

The Pig Of Evil is banned in this house - I just hate its campaign to take over the world..

.. and the fact that she has a penis for a nose.

OP, the only thing that concerns me slightly in your post is that you say your SIL (I assume that's the relationship) works from home so is very busy.

I think too much is made of whether kids should or shouldn't watch telly, but I don't think someone can work from home and do childcare. Not when the child's only 2. If she's trying to work whilst caring for her son, then she's not really giving either of them her full attention. Kids don't necessarily need 100% of your time all day, every day (or how else would anyone ever do anything around the house) but even so, to look after a child whilst working is too much, IMO.

Person_one

dizziblonde wrote: »

You sound like a really nasty piece of work

I think that's waaay OTT if all you're going by is this one post.

Pot kettle black and all that...

sassyblue

snugglepet20 wrote: »

Also she has a lot on her plate with the pregnancy and her work and is probably trying the best she possibly can as it is.

OP says she's 'present but very busy' not pregnant.

belfastgirl23

Why not offer to have your nephew for a few hours every week if you're worried about this?

BillyB

If his development is excellent and his speech and social skills are great and you dont mention any problems he has then I'd imagine the tv he is watching isnt doing him any harm. If he was in front of the tv 24/7 then he'd probably have an issue with development somewhere.

choccybuttons

Give the girl a break, she is working from home. I work my children have to go to daycare.

jellyhead

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?

I don't think you should say anything, no. Unless you are visiting at random times of day for hours at a time and you suspect that he spends all day every day watching TV then it's likely that you are either catching him at the times he does watch TV and not seeing the other times when he's busy doing activities, or that the TV is being put on to keep him happy while the grown-ups are talking.

At 2.5 neither of my boys had adequate speech or social skills, so it sounds like she's doing better than I did :T:D

Madmel

lol, at that age DD1's favourite programme was Countdown. We had to be back from nursery every day to watch it, she with her milk and a biscuit and me with a cuppa. She knew all her letters from it before she was 2. It can't have done her much harm because she is now 13, taking 12 GCSEs a year early and has been predicted A* across the board.

Seriously, if your nephew is happy and articulate, as long as the programme content is ok, I would leave them to it.