TV in your child’s room?

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I was just wondering how many out there have tv in your child’s room 5 years and younger? When did you start? We just gave my son who is 3 a tv and we set a timer to turn off after an hour and it seems to help him go to bed or the transition better. We tried everything else and he always fought us on bedtime. Just crazy to see his attitude change so fast.

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No. That is too young, a child that young should be reading books in their room or playing games. Not watching TV, which is detrimental to their cognitive growth.

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Nooooo! Please don’t. My sister did this when my oldest niece was that age & she literally has a TV addiction now (she’s 10). She has literally beat her little sister with the remote because she changed the channel one time.

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Absolutely not. My 8 year old got to take my ipad in his room a few weeks ago while he was sick and could watch Netflix but that’s only because I wanted him to keep his germs in one room so I didn’t get them while pregnant. He has never gotten much screen time except when sick or for family time. Christmas Eve, for example, we all stay in our jammies and watch Christmas movies all day as a family.

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I don’t allow TVs in any bedroom in our house, not even our bedroom.

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No. We aren’t terribly restrictive on TV time in the living room but I see no need for it in a child’s room. I remember last year in the spring someone posted on FB while we had a 24 hour power outage that without the tv their child wouldn’t sleep. It was like they wanted to vent about it and I kept thinking...did you seriously not realize this is the result of allowing this and maybe it’s time to change some things up?

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I personally wouldn’t at this young of an age, not necessarily because I think that amount of screen time is bad. One hour doesn’t seem unreasonable. I would be more worried about it creating a bad habit where they can’t go to sleep without the tv which could be annoying in many circumstances. I had friends when I was growing up that went to bed with tv every night and they literally couldn’t go to sleep without it even until adulthood. I just wouldn’t want to create that type of habit for my child when it’s far better to be able to fall asleep by yourself.

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My daughter is 3. There’s no way we could give her a tv. She would be up all night and turn it back on after it went off. She’s begged for one, but we just won’t.

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I never slept as a kid and I remember having one in my room as a kid... my mom would play music through it to help me sleep she would also give me a book and some melatonin! Then I’d pass out

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Lol my son is 15 and only just got one!

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We have a no TV in bedrooms rule in our house. Aside from the fact that your child is going to develop a sleep/TV association, it can be dangerous to have a heavy item such a TV in a child’s room while they are unsupervised at night. If you choose to keep the TV in there, please make sure it’s secure so there is no risk of it falling onto your little one.

TV in your child’s room?

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