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Anyone know if you can still get this gadget/device
HurdyGurdy
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I remember when my kids were young, that you could get a "thingy" to put near/in front of your tv screen that would switch the tv off if your kids got too close to the screen.
Fortunately, we never needed to buy one, but my granddaughter is forever sitting with her face just millimeters away from the screen and we'd like to get something like it if they are still available.
If they are - any idea what they're called?
Fortunately, we never needed to buy one, but my granddaughter is forever sitting with her face just millimeters away from the screen and we'd like to get something like it if they are still available.
If they are - any idea what they're called?
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My parents just used their voices and if us kids ignored them they took control and switched the TV off with the remote till we moved away. We soon learnt to do as we were asked. Gizmos and gadgets have there place but I am all for encouraging kids to be cooperative without the need for them where possible.The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own, no apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on or blame. The gift is yours - it is an amazing journey - and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.0
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Why don't you want your granddaughter sitting close to the screen?0
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Perhaps you could get her a special cushion that goes on a specific spot of your choice and if she doesn't sit on it you will turn the tv off. I'm assuming it's worry about her eyes that's led to this question.Have a Bsc Hons open degree from the Open University 2015 :j:D:eek::T0
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I'd agree about a low-tech solution - you could put a coffee table in front of the tv stand, or a rug that she isn't allowed to tread on, something like that?0
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I wouldn't have thought millimetres from a tv was good for the eyes at all.
It's absolutely fine.
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/general/eyes/vision_facts_myths.htmlTrying to be a man is a waste of a woman0 -
notanewuser wrote: »
Except for the fact that you can't see much TV yourself through the back of a kid's head. And once a kid is that close, it's quite common to see them get finger marks on the screen from poking at it. Well, it seemed at every house I went to where the kids were allowed to do it, at any rate.
Mind you, has she had her eyes tested?I could dream to wide extremes, I could do or die: I could yawn and be withdrawn and watch the world go by.Yup you are officially Rock n Roll
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HurdyGurdy wrote: »I remember when my kids were young, that you could get a "thingy" to put near/in front of your tv screen that would switch the tv off if your kids got too close to the screen.
Fortunately, we never needed to buy one, but my granddaughter is forever sitting with her face just millimeters away from the screen and we'd like to get something like it if they are still available.
If they are - any idea what they're called?
DS1 does that. We use 'mummy's voice and the remote control' - (step back or I turn it off) - works a treat [smiling Smilie]. Seriously, though I have to agree with Marisco, gadgets have their uses, but parenting shouldn't be one of them.
To answer the original question, I have never heard of a gadget like that, sorry.0 -
Why would you need a gadget? I'd like to think she's not being left alone for hours to watch TV, so just tell her.
If she moves closer as soon as you leave the room, go back in and tell her again. Repeat until she understands that you don't want her to do it. If she still does it, turn the damn TV off.
Gadgets are no replacement for responsible parenting or even grandparenting.Accept your past without regret, handle your present with confidence and face your future without fear0 -
That's you told, OP!0
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