How much do you watch and or let your kids watch..

I dont really like my kids watching to much tv. We dont have cable or anything so they can only watch the dvds that we have. When my daughter was little I only allowed 1 hour of television a day. With my son and my daughter older now the rules have changed and I allow them to watch more. I NEVER watch my movies in front of them I wait until they go to bed. I had borrowed a movie called Remember me from the library and it was due back yesterday so I had to watch it. I let my daughter play on the computer but my son wanted to watch it with me. It had a lot of swear words. I wont be doing that again. I should have just returned it and not watched it. I dont like things that are bad influences like that.

i think, it is gonna be better to limit our time for watching television. to much watching television is bad behaviour. i know, sometime it give some of entertainment for us, also information. but, many bad thing that we got from tv. it give bad influences to our kids brain. in my home, kid can watch television if have get permit from parents. an maximum 1 hour. for me only 3 hour maximum.

I don't set a certain time on how much tv my kids watch but they actually don't watch much. We have a tv in our living room, one in the bonus room and one in my bedroom. I refuse to let the kids have a tv in their bedrooms. They maybe watch an hour of tv especially now that they are in school. Over the summer they watch a little more but they'd rather be playing something or playing outside. I couldn't imagine having a tv everywhere that your sister in law does. I think that is going a little far.

Oh my.....something a six year old did? Yikes! I always tell my own kids that if children are allowed to watch tv or play video games all the time when are they going to learn how to use their imaginations? Will we lose our artists etc. if everything is done for them? I hope not!

hi opinionatedlady. thats why we call it the boob tub e as you sit long enought and watch enough garbage you will regess and have to really think just to remember your own name. I have a few favorite programs which I watch when I get a chance in the activity room otherwise I am up here mylotting in stead. much more fun and more educational than boob tubing various sit coms.I am elderly and I assure you my adult son is not much of a tv watcher but is a computer fanatic and youtuber too.I dislike the idea of not ever doing any thing but watching television all day and night,m it makes boobs out of us. up with computers and down with the boob tubes.

I admire you for being having that conviction about watching TV , specially for the kids. As we know, TV is a temptation for the children , specially when they are studying. Watching TV, would not enable them to study well and prepare those assignments. Thus, they have poor grades in school. And i believe too, that watching TV together is a wonderful way of bonding for the family. Having TVs for each room, would make the house so lonely, because everyone is in their own room watching their preferred shows, and the children are unsupervised as to whether they are studying or just watching TV.

People can argue all they want on whether too much TV is harmful for children, but they'll never convince me it's okay to let kids watch television and play video games constantly. We didn't have video games when we were kids, but we did have a TV, and my sister and I were allowed to watch TV an hour after school, plus one program each that we got to choose that came on during the week (mine was usually Full House). And like your kids, my sister and I were well behaved. I'm not bragging on some incredible thing because I think all kids SHOULD have manners. And you would not have found better mannered children than my sister and me.

I have a tv in my bedroom and there is one downstairs in the living room. My grandson watchs tv after dinner. He enjoys How It Is Made and Phineas and Ferb. Both are good programs. We have cable and I watch the History channel, Bravo, OWN, Travel, BIO, Lifetime, Family, TCM, and AMC.

Well we don't have kids but I can say that watching other people's kids that those with limited screen time are better behaved and seem a lot happier in themselves than those who are glued to "entertainment" constantly. We don't have a TV either but sometimes watch a DVD or something on line. I prefer to read or do something else. I love talking books because I can listen to the book and do crafts at the same time. I also think it's a sad reflection on relationships if everyone in a household is watching a different screen. Even gathering around one screen and watching something together is better than that! At least if you all watch something you know what your kids are watching and you can critique anything that you find objectionable. "You know those models in the advert are airbrushed and we shouldn't try to look like that because it isn't real". "That is a mean and nasty way to behave towards other people." and use it as a conversation starter about life. I also get bewildered why some people have kids and then don't seem to want to spend any time involved with them. I know folks who snap at their kids if they disturb them whilst watching something or gaming - and then wonder why the kid thinks it's own gaming and entertainment is more important than school, family, community etc.

I believe that younger children do need to have their television viewing monitored more closely. Leaving children to their devices is not helping them. They need guidance even in their entertainment.

hi:) yeah I agree with you. me and my brother were only allowed to watch TV maximum of 2 hrs a day Monday-Friday, then maximum of 4 hrs on weekend. but I don't really watch TV that much because I prefer listening to music more or mylotting.

I will not try to defend your sister-in-law nor disagree with how each of you bring up your kids. I will just say that every family has its culture. The way my parents brought me and my sisters up is very different from the way I am bringing my family up. My mother was a teacher and she managed the family the same way a strict teacher manages a class. I am also a teacher and for me I handle my family the same way a fun teacher handles her class. Whenever my mother sees my household, she'll rant. However, I believe that the system I use works for my family. The system my mother used also worked for us back then because I and my sisters grew up quite fine.

TV is known as the "idiot box" in my house. One does not use their brain much when mindlessly watching TV and so I believe the amount of TV watched should be limited. I feel that both of you have gone to the extreme ends of the spectrum. Too much TV is bad because it stops us from participating in healthy family pursuits and when watched late at night can be the reason for insomnia and hyper active children who wont go to bed. On the other hand, it can often be used as a learning and social experience. Being too rigid by allowing it only to be switched on after five, might limit you to what you can watch, since many children's programs are aired at "reasonable hours" in the afternoon when children might be watching. In the end, I think everything in moderation is fine. The question then, is not how much, but rather what is moderation. Perhaps the husband and wife should decide based on sound principles that fit with their own personal lifestyles. Your sisters kids are out of hand not only due to TV, but due to a general lack of disciple as is evident by the excessive reliance on TV in their home.