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In article , "Deirdre"
wrote: While I appreciate the need some parents have to park the little one in front of a video in order to get a few things done around the house, it always struck me as a slippery slope that leads to the TV babysitting the child all day. This happened to a friend of mine. Her 2 children started off just watching Playschool (a long-running educational programme), and it was so easy for her to Get Things Done that the time just expanded and expanded. Finally, she bit the bullet and the TV went on a holiday. She noticed that their play became far more imaginative than it had been. Now she has 4, and the TV is back, but under very strict control. Seems to me that a collaborative approach to doing household work (ie, involving your children) probably makes the electronic babysitting phenomenon less likely. -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "Jeez; if only those Ancient Greek storytellers had known about the astonishing creature that is the *Usenet hydra*: you cut off one head, and *a stupider one* grows back..." -- MJ, cam.misc |
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"New York Jen" skrev i en meddelelse t... Just have to say that it's really not realistic unless you are extremely vigilant to not allow a baby to watch any TV until the age of two, despite what the AAP says... Ours is in the basement. You have to make a decision to go there. There are no furniture - only some mattresses on the floor. You really have to want to see it. Tine |
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Deirdre" wrote:
While I appreciate the need some parents have to park the little one in front of a video in order to get a few things done around the house, it always struck me as a slippery slope that leads to the TV babysitting the child all day. "Chookie" wrote This happened to a friend of mine. Her 2 children started off just watching Playschool (a long-running educational programme), and it was so easy for her to Get Things Done that the time just expanded and expanded. Finally, she bit the bullet and the TV went on a holiday. She noticed that their play became far more imaginative than it had been. Now she has 4, and the TV is back, but under very strict control. In my experience (very limited), I've found this to be true as well. DD watches no TV during the day and 'helps' me with chores. She wanders around the kitchen while I do dishes, plays in the bedroom while I make the bed and plays on her bed while I fold laundry. Other things are left until when DH is home because it's too labor intensive to do with her or it's something that I can't stop in the middle if she falls or otherwise needs me. I've found that the people with the longest naps tend to be the ones who talk about needing to Get Things Done as an excuse for TV the most. DD naps 1.5 hours a day, total, so I've found ways to do things with her. My neice naps for 3 hours every day (plus nearly 12 at night) but, at 2 yrs., she watches 1.5 hrs. of TV each day so her mom can Get Things Done. YMMV -- Melissa (in Los Angeles) Mum to Elizabeth 4/13/03 |
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Melissa wrote in message
In my experience (very limited), I've found this to be true as well. DD watches no TV during the day and 'helps' me with chores. She wanders around the kitchen while I do dishes, plays in the bedroom while I make the bed and plays on her bed while I fold laundry. Other things are left until when DH is home because it's too labor intensive to do with her or it's something that I can't stop in the middle if she falls or otherwise needs me. I've found that the people with the longest naps tend to be the ones who talk about needing to Get Things Done as an excuse for TV the most. DD naps 1.5 hours a day, total, so I've found ways to do things with her. My neice naps for 3 hours every day (plus nearly 12 at night) but, at 2 yrs., she watches 1.5 hrs. of TV each day so her mom can Get Things Done. YMMV Yep, YMMV. I have found with my children (ages 11, 8 and 7) that since I didn't do a whole lot of restricting their TV watching that they still have wonderful imaginations and are able to go and play without me prodding them to turn off the TV. When it is too cold or rainy, they will watch a bit more TV, but still will go on and do their play acting that they do. My middle daughter is the most crafty, imaginative person that I know. In the summer time, they are way too busy to watch it at all. I have noticed though with my daughter's friends that those children who have been really restricted in watching TV are the ones that when they come over here to visit are the ones that we can't get them away from the TV at all to play. My daughter hates that. (that's not to say that I don't just go and turn it off, I do) I find that when they were really little that there was too much to do during the day to watch it. Yes, I let them watch Barney or another show while I had my shower, but that was around 2 years of age. Most of the time though, I listened to the radio during the day. I think it is ironic that when I was a kid, I was a total TV nut and watched it all the time. But, I still was an avid reader though, funny how it really didn't stunt my imagination. I still managed to pretend play all the time with my dolls and stuff. Now as an adult, I don't watch it all until I go to bed and then I watch nick@night with the shows that I used to watch when I was younger. However, I love watching movies. When my girls were small, I included them in my day with things that needed to be done. But, I don't get too worked up in restricting anything and really truly stick with moderation in everything, it seems to have worked so far in my 11 years experience in being a parent. ) -- Sue (mom to three girls) I'm Just a Raggedy Ann in a Barbie Doll World... |
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Akuvikate wrote:
"Deirdre" wrote in message ... At the tender age of just 10 weeks, our little bean has discovered the television. He's not just watching, but cooing in response. sigh I don't know whether to laugh or cry. I share your sentiments. Even though I knew it was just the colors and lights that interested her at that age, it still creeped me out to see how fascinated by the TV the Bug was (and is). I hate the dang thing and a part of me would happily get rid of it altogether, but DH feels quite differently. Oh well. So far she only watches it in case of meltdown when she's being babysat, and it's been months since that happened. Kate and the Bug, 9 months Not to be fatalistic or anything, but I suppose a certain degree of fascination is inevitable... At least in our house, anyway. |
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Chookie wrote:
In article , "Deirdre" wrote: While I appreciate the need some parents have to park the little one in front of a video in order to get a few things done around the house, it always struck me as a slippery slope that leads to the TV babysitting the child all day. This happened to a friend of mine. Her 2 children started off just watching Playschool (a long-running educational programme), and it was so easy for her to Get Things Done that the time just expanded and expanded. Finally, she bit the bullet and the TV went on a holiday. She noticed that their play became far more imaginative than it had been. Now she has 4, and the TV is back, but under very strict control. Seems to me that a collaborative approach to doing household work (ie, involving your children) probably makes the electronic babysitting phenomenon less likely. I look forward to being able to involve my little man. At this rate, he "helps with dinner" by watching from his bouncy on the kitchen counter. g He seems to like it, though. Well, that and the ceiling fan that's in there. LOL |
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Sue wrote:
Yep, YMMV. I have found with my children (ages 11, 8 and 7) that since I didn't do a whole lot of restricting their TV watching that they still have wonderful imaginations and are able to go and play without me prodding them to turn off the TV. I don't remember being chased away from the TV as a kid, and have a creative streak a mile long. Then again, what I was watching is quite a bit different from what's on now. Cartoons were only on Saturday mornings, rather than the 24/7 barrage now offered by cable TV. My daytimes were filled with Sesame Street, Electric Company, Zoom, Big Blue Marble & Mr. Rogers. All completely innocuous but educational, so my access was unfettered. My husband and I have been scouting out current programming, hoping to identify what's appropriate & what isn't, now -- before the little bean has a chance to develop any appetites of his own. I've been joking (or not, really) that I'll use the parental control functions to block out Nickelodeon's Cartoon channel in it's entirety. Yech. |
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Deirdre wrote in message
Then again, what I was watching is quite a bit different from what's on now. Cartoons were only on Saturday mornings, rather than the 24/7 barrage now offered by cable TV. Oh yeah, my husband and I tell the girls all the time about how there was no cartoon channel 24 hours a day when we were kids. They are amazed, lol. My husband and I have been scouting out current programming, hoping to identify what's appropriate & what isn't, now -- before the little bean has a chance to develop any appetites of his own. I've been joking (or not, really) that I'll use the parental control functions to block out Nickelodeon's Cartoon channel in it's entirety. Yech. Whatever, it's not they sit there and watch it for 24/7 though. They have their favorites and watch those when they have some time and homework is done or it's cold out or whatever. I doesn't bother me because I know more often than not, they go and play together or do a craft project or something. ) -- Sue (mom to three girls) I'm Just a Raggedy Ann in a Barbie Doll World... |
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Deirdre wrote:
Not to be fatalistic or anything, but I suppose a certain degree of fascination is inevitable... At least in our house, anyway. I'm having a dull moment because I'm not exactly sure what you mean by that, lol. Not all kids care about TV though. My oldest was over 4 before he gave a hoot about TV. My dh is a total TV addict so has it on all the time. He actually encourages then to watch TV now that he is with them during the days. :-P My younger son has liked it a lot more from the very beginning and would watch a cartoon as early as 15mos. He actually watched them before the older one did. They watch more in the winter. I do notice a difference in behavior if they watch to much. At this point I'm sure they watch more then most of the kids of the parents on this list but probably average for my real life friends. -- Nikki Mama to Hunter (4) and Luke (2) |
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Not all kids care about TV though.
Yeah, the first several times we actually put on a video for DS, he insisted on us watching it *with* him, and then he lost all interest in it after about 10 minutes max. I felt very odd about it -- here was self-righteous ol' me, never having used the TV as a babysitter, and then when I *wanted* to do that, it didn't work! :-) He's still pretty much that way. He asks to watch one of his train videos once in a while, but TV has never fascinated him. And so far he doesn't seem to care about not having seen all the same stuff his preschool classmates have, so I can hope that we'll have at least a couple more years before we have to decide on whether we're going to have any formal rules or anything. My hope is we won't need to, of course, since I agree that forbidding TV will probably only make it more attractive. I'd prefer to restrict TV simply by offering more interesting things to do. :-) Holly Mom to Camden, 3yo EDD #2 6/8/04 |
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