4 year old tv addict

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My four-year-old daughter is starting to get addicted to t.v. When she wakes up in the morning, the first thing she does is open the tv set, sit down on the lazy chair,suck her thumb and watch Disney channel. When she goes home from nursery class, she would again open the tv, suck her thumb and watch tv. I have set a lots of rules to stop this bad habit. No t.v. before eating, no t.v before homework is done, no t.v. if she misbehaves. So far, she has been following. It's just that when both me and my husband are out and she is left with the househelper, she can watch t.v. for as long as she wants. I read in babycentre.com that children should watch t.v. for a maximum of only 2 hours a day and that too much t.v. could be a cause of an a.d.d. (attention deficiency disorder)-like behavior. For two weeks now, my child's teacher has been complaining about my daughter's misbehavior in class - i.e. talking with her classmates while the teacher is discussing, walking and playing around, not seriously joining in the singing. Could this be caused by too much t.v. or is my child just being she is - a playful kid. Should this be a cause of concern?