My 2 year old son is a spongebob addict
By Jemwel
@jembizz21 (71)
Philippines
March 14, 2013 6:41pm CST
Good Day everyone, i have a 2 year old boy and it seems that he is addicted to spongebob movies. When he wake up in the morning he sat on the couch and asking me to turn the tv and the DVD player. He spends almost 2-3 hours just watching spongebob movies. When i got home after work, he ask me if he can watch on my laptop and again it is a spongebob movies. Whenever he has free time that's what he usually did. I know that it is ok for him to watch those videos since it is a kiddie show but i was worried . Doesn't it affect the child's development?
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5 responses
@raynejasper (2322)
• Philippines
15 Mar 13
Hi. We share the same sentiments. My 4 year old daughter also is very fond of spongebob and she always demands to watch whenever she has no class. If possible, I like her to watch other children films but she really chooses spongebob. The good thing is, there articulation can be developed. I think its safe but you just have to explain the good scenes from the bad scenes so that he can determine what's not to follow and what's good to follow.
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@jembizz21 (71)
• Philippines
15 Mar 13
Thanks for the advice. I'm just worried that it would affect him but you are right, i must explain the good scenes from the bad scenes. Thanks.
@tragicpoet (99)
• Philippines
27 Sep 16
I find it somehow funny that all of us who experience the same situation comes from the Philippines. Well @jembizz21 we have the same experience as same as the other who have response at your question. With my son Marcus, I have tried this technique.. Provide alternatives. Kids are learning about their world everyday. Make sure that most of their learning comes from self-experience and not from being told about things via the medium of TV. To assist their self-exploration and to perk their curiosity, provide a range of alternative activities. Somehow if worse comes to worst and he keeps crying try this ultimate remedy. Do not react to the crying. Stay calm and insist that the TV time is over. Switch it off, then direct your child to the desired activity. You could include a lovely snack as a distraction, then launch straight into the activity. There will be crying, shouting, possible tantrum behavior. However, don't give in or the child learns that that is all he/she needs to do to get back to the TV. You are the boss, the child will get over the TV eventually. Stay calm at all times; crying is going to be hard to listen to but it'll cease eventually.
@joliefille (3690)
• Philippines
15 Mar 13
I have a 4-year-old niece who loves to watch Tayo, The Little Bus series and she loves Spongebob too. She borrows my phone so she can watch it. She was also the first in the household to get a 3.3 Million score in Temple Run 2 within two weeks and she only learned it by watching my sister play it in less than 15 minutes. She's brilliant at that young age but we also only let her play at some specific times of the day.
@XtremeGaming (742)
• South Africa
24 Mar 13
I love sponge bob. But wow watching it that much. Introduce him to something new.
@Kmz059 (652)
• Philippines
1 Apr 13
I think that is normal for a toddler, my two years old baby is addicted to barney when he wakes up in the morning he always want to watch barney. But if they reach the of four I think that is the time we need to limit there television Addiction.