Do you think a TV in a 3 year old room is a bad idea

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We put one of them tv/dvd ones in our little boys room at 2, only really watches it when we're there with him but does help to calm him down in the middle of the night when the nightmares kick in! Just as background noise if nowt else, he's nearly 3 now and only watches cbeebies n the odd dvd on it so its never been a problem with us, hes even started doin sign bloody language now n again from what hes learnt of that channel! I say go for it mate personally.
 
TX Bill said:
Depends.

Will she be watching Everton?

Just kidding. The Nick Jr. channel is very good as Nordecke said so if you have it, use it. If not, Disney or Barney DVD's should be fine.
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Nick JR. NIckleodeon, and the other u.s. ones are the ones I have blocked, don't wish my kids to have 'zoe 101' and 'sweet life' attitudes, I do find it a touch creepy that they have people in their 20's playing schoolkids.


Get Big Cook On ffs, at least he's a blue.
 
Got the eldest 2 (11 + 4) an xbox between them for xmas but it's got parental controls on and I only connect the wireless adapter to download/stream when i'm there so I can see what's being downloaded/streamed. Not connected to an aerial either but I make them divx disks with about 6-7 disney films on each disk so if they want to watch tv they have a disk folder to choose from.
 
I have a five year old boy with Aspergers (also SPD, and mildly autistic, i.e. highly functioning), and a two year old boy. We don't have a t.v. in the house, period. My five year old son's Sensory Processing Disorder is Hypo-sensitive, he seeks stimulation, not avoiding. T.V., music, internet, and kind of media has to be monitored strictly. If he gets more than his normal amount, he wants more and when he doesn't get it, this sets off a meltdown that outsiders would think an exorcism would be needed to stop. Also, as I have learned, at this age, they soak up EVERYTHING around them. My son spends a large amount of time doing puzzles. As he is putting them together he sings songs, and quotes the few shows he is allowed to watch on the computer. The only kids shows my boys are allowed to watch are Dinosaur Train, and Super Why. They also are allowed to watch Storm Chasers from Discovery Channel. Also my five year old can name every Apollo Astronaut, their respective crew positions, the name of their Command Module, and Lunar Module. So he gets to watch the "From the Earth to the Moon" mini-series by Tom Hanks(This has to be with an adult so the foul language can be muted), and any kind of space related videos we have. So out of the shows listed above, they get 30 minutes of T.V. each day. The only exception to this is one football match per week(laptop). My situation is unique, but even if my son didn't have his condition, I think I would keep it the way it is. Tons of books, puzzles, and board games. Also, I like the fact my son loves Buzz Aldrin, a real hero. A living, breathing human being who worked hard, set goals and succeeded . Not some cartoon, like Buzz Lightyear, who while amusing, offers nothing but distraction. The way I have seen other children sit and stare mouth agape at a T.V. for hours on end troubles me. The beauty of it all, is in the end, it is your child and your decision. No one else's. You do what you think is right and best for your family. That way you will never go wrong. BTW, The Nick Jr. shows personally creep me out, and some of the behavior(obnoxious in nature) exhibited on some of those shows is not acceptable anywhere, much less my home.
 

astro78 said:
The Nick Jr. shows personally creep me out, and some of the behavior(obnoxious in nature) exhibited on some of those shows is not acceptable anywhere, much less my home.
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My point precisely, it's bad enough when they start copying more local attitudes, don't want them turning into the obnoxious gits that are on most of those shows.

The educational value of TV can never be underestimated though, my youngest like most 3-4 year olds absolutely loves Thomas and our living room has this week become the Island of Sodor, there is track and points all over the room and altogether 13 engines, he starts with a couple and increases as he gets used to which points have to be moved etc to avoid collisions, to get 4 on the go without a collision is a bit of an achievement so when he has 1/2 a dozen whizzing round under bridges, over bridges, through the conurbations I can't help but be impressed at his problem solving.
He aint getting a TV in his room though.


I bet that the 3 y.o. is thus far an only child ? I say this 'cos all my kids mates that are 'onlys' seem to have more in their rooms than we have in the whole house... and at very early ages, I am on 'only' and spent my whole childhood out of the house as that's where there were kids to play with, when any of the 'onlys' come round to play they just want to play video games and watch tv, they have no interest in going outside whatsoever, I put this down to them spending their whole lives in their rooms with their TV's on and Facebook (even at age 6).
 
My 6yr old niece has one, and a while ago my sister heard it on in the middle of the night. She went in to see what she was watching and to tell her off, and found her watching a program about babies. That doesn't sound to bad i hear you say, until i tell you it was showing them being born and how they are made.

So right after that she disabled her from being able to watch channels, it's now used for DVD's only.
 
zed said:
theres no rule book for being a mum or dad. for me tho - my two are 14 and 16 and they dont have tellys in their rooms but they have music stuff everywhere, ipods etc. they sing and play guitar and listen to their sounds in their rooms- the thing is -tv is mainly dross and the less crap watched by kids the better, saying that tho- the throw away consumer society is everywhere so giving your kids time,attention and encouragement will over ride the bullshit they encounter everyday
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likin it, we have tv in the living room and our room, pc in dining room, wii in with the tv in the living room neither of my girls have or will have a telly in their rooms. music sh*t on the other hand is a free for all anywhere n everywhere stereos, guitars, kareoke machines, mp3s. just got my 3yr old loads percussion stuff build her up for drums next year, she got great ear for it and both girls love music pity the eldest is tone def,
i'm bias any way I think the tellys melt brains
 

heres a tip studies recon that kids that have their DADread to them become better readers themselves and therefore learn stuff quicker, sod the telly buy her a book shelf
 
wolf277 said:
likin it, we have tv in the living room and our room, pc in dining room, wii in with the tv in the living room neither of my girls have or will have a telly in their rooms. music sh*t on the other hand is a free for all anywhere n everywhere stereos, guitars, kareoke machines, mp3s. just got my 3yr old loads percussion stuff build her up for drums next year, she got great ear for it and both girls love music pity the eldest is tone def,
i'm bias any way I think the tellys melt brains
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a 3yr old - you lucky b***ard. cherish every day my friend, i was sad when mine hit the big 12 but i grew with them as they left childhood (sniff), also all them instruments around makes them lucky to have parents like you, mine got read to every night and they read like fish now- (sorry, dont know the simile thing for reading). the world needs ace mums and dads.
 

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