My eldest is 5, and for the most part (tonight aside) she’s pretty good at going to sleep. All of her cousins who are younger have a small TV in their room, or are allowed a tablet whilst going to bed.
I personally think she’s too young. I was 10-11 when I first got a TV in my room, and that was restricted to 4 channels that really didn’t have much to engage an 11 year old at 8pm.
So yeah. Thoughts?
I will never allow a TV in my kids’ rooms. They can use tablets, which have time limits, app restrictions, and automatic lock times 2 hours before bed. It’s still a bit of a struggle to keep limits but I think it provides a good balance.
Never
Mine just hit 13 and we are building his “ultimate chill room” and finally getting his own TV (so we don’t have to watch endless fortnight matches.)
I just realised, that at 19 and gone to Uni and 16, just gone to 6-form, neither of my kids have TVs. They both had computers from secondary school for schoolwork, the eldest (basically Lisa Simpson) self regulated to minimal YouTube and Netflix type viewing, at reasonable times and the younger one who had to have proper boundaries handed down to stop late night gaming and streaming marathons. Microsoft parental controls on PC are absolutely worthless by the way. Apple time limits work perfectly on iOS and macOS.
Never. There’s also no TV in any other bedroom, or the kitchen.
I know I can’t stop a tablet or whatever at some point in the future.