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| Tue, 10-05-2004 - 7:31pm |
This past weekend, dh & I left our 16 month old dd at dh's dad's house because we are renovating our new place we bought, and we also had a wedding to go to. Anyway, I normally don't have dd watching tv. The odd time she will watch one of my shows in the evening, but I have tried really hard to have her not exposed to it. After bringing her home, all she has done is stand in front of the tv hitting it and screaming for me to turn it on. Fil said he put on the Treehouse kids channel for her all weekend!!!! At least it was kids programs however, I guess it could have been worse!!!
How do I get her to "forget" that tv exists??? I tried taking her across the street to the park, but that was a no go. My poor baby is ruined!!! lol.
Any tips or advise, or should I just let her stare at the tv until she gets cross eyed, or sick of it?

Lesely,
This is just my opinion but I would let her watch a few hours of Tv a day. It is really WHAT they are watching. For instance on pbs channel I do not have to worry about violence in commercials. I am very strict on what kind of shows My kids watch. They do not watch it until I watch it. We do not let them watch any cartoons with daily violence in it. My kids watch pbs during the day and later watch shows like, Mr. Ed, Green Acres and such. They air on a station that does not allow any sort of questionable advertising. My older ds actually learned quite a lot by watching Tv. He is 7 now and one of the most well rounded children I know.
I would totally recommend you watch any cartoon first, you would be shocked by some of the content of seemingly harmless shows.
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Good luck but don't give in to her all day whining for the TV but just appease her yearning for it by letting her see a little age appropriate shows - even if it's every other day.
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I think my oldest starting watching the PBS station here when he was about 3.
I don't think he watched any tv before then.
I agree with another poster, its not that they watch tv, its what they watch.
She might learn something from watching a educational show.
I think you should regulate how much time, but might not do much harm if she watches a hour or two a week.
Good luck.
Now my bestfriend thought Iwas being mean by takeing it away, her son also had a TV well he started acting up alot a few months ago so I told her Take it away, she did and do you know after 2weeks he didn't miss it. Now DD will come watch movies with us or we will sit down and watch Football. Also they are YOUR kids and wiether or not someone is babysitting for a favor or $$ they still need to adhear by your rules. Once in a while she will bring up her tv but only when she has to clean her closet b/c its in the back, remember "out of sight out of mind" well I hpe this helps, this is just what I do.
Niki~