First of all, one of the people fervently debating the basis for your decision is a SAHM. So don't get all haughty and pretend this is the WOHMs ganging up on the poor SAHM.
SEcondly, no one ever said you based every decision on whether or not your kids would get mad. We asked if you'd make other decisions, such as allowing kids to drive, on it. We didn't say we thought you would.
Thirdly, we've ALL (except maybe those with only infants) have seen a panoply of emotions from our children. That is completely unrelated to work status.
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It is most definitely not a war. but there will be disagreements and fights. And my heart is wide open and very warm.
Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.
- I do limit her time. She does not watch TV all day, barely an hour all together, if that
- I do monitor what limited time she is watching. She watches an educational childrens show
- I plan to talk to her about TV as she gets older
- I plan to read to her a *lot* once she is old enough to stop trying to eat the book. My parents read to me a lot and by grade one I could read in 2 languages
- I dont plan to let my child have a TV in her bedroom
- We try to take her out for walks as much as we can because she loves it outdoors
- I do play with her a lot, trying to help her associate words with objects. I help her to try to walk.
So my decision is not uneducated. I stand by letting her watch a show she enjoys and is good for her. I plan to get her interested in activities, sports, reading as she gets older and I will talk to her about stuff she may see on TV.
I'm sorry, I didn't see your apology. I looked around a bit and still didn't see it. Perhaps my computer is acting up. I'll accept that it's there somewhere and I just can't access it right now. If you have a link handy for later, I'll be glad to read it.
Anyway, the article you posted was recommendations for preschoolers and up. I suppose your 9 month old is technically a 'preschooler," but recommendations for preschooolers don't normally apply automatically to infants and toddlers. The AAP (which I respect, but do not always agree with) recommends no TV at all for children under the age of 2, and limited TV for children older than two. The reason that they recommend no TV at all for children under two is that they think that the limited wake time of infants is best spent in live interaction and large and small muscle development. There is also some evidence that watching TV changes the brain waves of babies, which may end up being a detrimental and exacerbate tendencies toward attention deficit disorders.
So those of us that parent differently, that don't worry about making our kids "mad" at us now have hearts that are closed and frozen over??? LOL.
even as a wohm, i've experienced from my children ALL of those emotions from my kids (of course that's because they STILL spent/spend the VAST majority of their days at home).
Nothing. he can get on it whenever he wants. hes pretty much past what is acceptable and not on the computer, but hes not having it his room all to himself 24/7. while sharing one computer in the family room, he cant monopolize it, or "get stuck to it" if he wanted to. dh and i take presidence and if we're not on it, he may, however, if he has to do research, he gets first dibs. right now hes outside doing something because i kicked him off the computer. if he had his own, he would probably be on it til bedtime.
my beef isnt with what he is doing on the computer, as that is not an issue anymore, but how much time spent on it. he mostly plays games and i.m.s friends, which is fine, but not for hours without doing anything else.
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First of all, one of the people fervently debating the basis for your decision is a SAHM. So don't get all haughty and pretend this is the WOHMs ganging up on the poor SAHM.
SEcondly, no one ever said you based every decision on whether or not your kids would get mad. We asked if you'd make other decisions, such as allowing kids to drive, on it. We didn't say we thought you would.
Thirdly, we've ALL (except maybe those with only infants) have seen a panoply of emotions from our children. That is completely unrelated to work status.
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It is most definitely not a war. but there will be disagreements and fights. And my heart is wide open and very warm.
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NO ONE called anything a weakness. Not once.
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BTW,
Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.
http://www.cps.ca/english/media/NewsReleases/Media.htm
- I do limit her time. She does not watch TV all day, barely an hour all together, if that
- I do monitor what limited time she is watching. She watches an educational childrens show
- I plan to talk to her about TV as she gets older
- I plan to read to her a *lot* once she is old enough to stop trying to eat the book. My parents read to me a lot and by grade one I could read in 2 languages
- I dont plan to let my child have a TV in her bedroom
- We try to take her out for walks as much as we can because she loves it outdoors
- I do play with her a lot, trying to help her associate words with objects. I help her to try to walk.
So my decision is not uneducated. I stand by letting her watch a show she enjoys and is good for her. I plan to get her interested in activities, sports, reading as she gets older and I will talk to her about stuff she may see on TV.
Never mind... if you wont listen, there is not much point is there
Yep....ds1's door is off right now.
PumpkinAngel
Anyway, the article you posted was recommendations for preschoolers and up. I suppose your 9 month old is technically a 'preschooler," but recommendations for preschooolers don't normally apply automatically to infants and toddlers. The AAP (which I respect, but do not always agree with) recommends no TV at all for children under the age of 2, and limited TV for children older than two. The reason that they recommend no TV at all for children under two is that they think that the limited wake time of infants is best spent in live interaction and large and small muscle development. There is also some evidence that watching TV changes the brain waves of babies, which may end up being a detrimental and exacerbate tendencies toward attention deficit disorders.
even as a wohm, i've experienced from my children ALL of those emotions from my kids (of course that's because they STILL spent/spend the VAST majority of their days at home).
eileen
my beef isnt with what he is doing on the computer, as that is not an issue anymore, but how much time spent on it. he mostly plays games and i.m.s friends, which is fine, but not for hours without doing anything else.
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