Comments on: The Impact Of Background TV http://planningwithkids.com/2008/07/25/the-impact-of-background-tv/ THOUGHTS AND IDEAS ON MAKING FAMILY LIFE SIMPLE AND FUN Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:56:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Julie http://planningwithkids.com/2008/07/25/the-impact-of-background-tv/#comment-1395 Julie Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:07:19 +0000 http://planningwithkids.com/?p=296#comment-1395 You are really describing for all mothers or mothers to be out there a very important parenting tip. We too had four children. The last one a bonus baby who is now almost ten. Our other children are adults. I find myself with this child watching more TV than I should and I don't remember doing that with the other kids. Thanks for the reminder. Julies last blog post..<a href="http://alwayswithme.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/menu-week-one/" rel="nofollow">Menu Week One</a> You are really describing for all mothers or mothers to be out there a very important parenting tip. We too had four children. The last one a bonus baby who is now almost ten. Our other children are adults. I find myself with this child watching more TV than I should and I don’t remember doing that with the other kids. Thanks for the reminder.

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]]> By: Kylie http://planningwithkids.com/2008/07/25/the-impact-of-background-tv/#comment-1389 Kylie Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:11:50 +0000 http://planningwithkids.com/?p=296#comment-1389 I am all for no TV!!!! I generally don't have the TV on in school mornings unless both girls are ready to go, all jobs done etc, and then they can watch for 10 minutes or so before leaving for school. In the afternoons, the TV stays off most nights, but may come on after dinner for 30 minutes or so if there is time to fit between bath, bed and reading. It is easier to be like this when my husband isn't home - if he is home, he like to have the TV on - which leads to slower mornings. ARGH. Kylies last blog post..<a href="http://kylieclark.com/blog/2008/07/27/jigaligajig/" rel="nofollow">jig.a.lig.a.jig</a> I am all for no TV!!!! I generally don’t have the TV on in school mornings unless both girls are ready to go, all jobs done etc, and then they can watch for 10 minutes or so before leaving for school. In the afternoons, the TV stays off most nights, but may come on after dinner for 30 minutes or so if there is time to fit between bath, bed and reading. It is easier to be like this when my husband isn’t home - if he is home, he like to have the TV on - which leads to slower mornings. ARGH.

Kylies last blog post..jig.a.lig.a.jig

]]> By: katef http://planningwithkids.com/2008/07/25/the-impact-of-background-tv/#comment-1353 katef Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:21:01 +0000 http://planningwithkids.com/?p=296#comment-1353 Ah TV an issue I contemplate often I don't watch much TV but spend way too much time on the PC instead. My kids have limited 'screen time' each day and we are pretty strict on what they can and can not watch - pretty much no commercial TV unless it is a really special occasion. Our TV time has actually gotten less and less this year with a slight change in schedule to accommodate getting up early enough for kinder and I often think about getting rid of it entirely - but then there are days when I know I would miss it... big time, and I don't think it is totally evil... just mostly evil LOL I have a dream that when we renovate we will be able to put our TV 'away' in a cupboard behind solid doors... so it is not always there... offering a 'quick fix'. I also dream that when our house is better set out there will be more general family interaction (at the moment we are locked away in seperate rooms if we want to eat, play, cook dinner etc) while doing every day things which will mean less time to think about TV? maybe? katefs last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/picklebums/~3/345182526/" rel="nofollow">Flickr Friday - Dance</a> Ah TV an issue I contemplate often
I don’t watch much TV but spend way too much time on the PC instead. My kids have limited ’screen time’ each day and we are pretty strict on what they can and can not watch - pretty much no commercial TV unless it is a really special occasion.

Our TV time has actually gotten less and less this year with a slight change in schedule to accommodate getting up early enough for kinder and I often think about getting rid of it entirely - but then there are days when I know I would miss it… big time, and I don’t think it is totally evil… just mostly evil LOL

I have a dream that when we renovate we will be able to put our TV ‘away’ in a cupboard behind solid doors… so it is not always there… offering a ‘quick fix’. I also dream that when our house is better set out there will be more general family interaction (at the moment we are locked away in seperate rooms if we want to eat, play, cook dinner etc) while doing every day things which will mean less time to think about TV? maybe?

katefs last blog post..Flickr Friday - Dance

]]> By: PlanningQueen http://planningwithkids.com/2008/07/25/the-impact-of-background-tv/#comment-1352 PlanningQueen Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:24:59 +0000 http://planningwithkids.com/?p=296#comment-1352 Alison - Very cool. I need to work on getting myself to this point! Very inspiring. Marita - My husband would also be very upset - he would be mortified to have no sports coverage. Bettina - My gosh - I can't believe it happens so young. Alison - Very cool. I need to work on getting myself to this point! Very inspiring.

Marita - My husband would also be very upset - he would be mortified to have no sports coverage.

Bettina - My gosh - I can’t believe it happens so young.

]]> By: Bettina http://planningwithkids.com/2008/07/25/the-impact-of-background-tv/#comment-1350 Bettina Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:54:02 +0000 http://planningwithkids.com/?p=296#comment-1350 I didn't have a tv for a number of years, but in the end decided it was a good distraction for me while doing those late night feeds/settling sessions. lol Tv doesn't generally go on in our house until 6:30 on a school night. It is too distracting to have on while people are trying to get homework done or piano practice or whatnot. And I just plain ol insist that the kids have some outdoor time each day. I've also seen a study that linked tv/video game use with early onset of puberty. Many of my 11 year old daughters friends became 'women' last year, but they are also the girls who don't play organised sport and who seem to have much more computer or tv time than mine does. Bettinas last blog post..<a href="http://dancestothebeetofherowndrum.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/for-something-different/" rel="nofollow">For something different……..</a> I didn’t have a tv for a number of years, but in the end decided it was a good distraction for me while doing those late night feeds/settling sessions. lol

Tv doesn’t generally go on in our house until 6:30 on a school night. It is too distracting to have on while people are trying to get homework done or piano practice or whatnot. And I just plain ol insist that the kids have some outdoor time each day.

I’ve also seen a study that linked tv/video game use with early onset of puberty. Many of my 11 year old daughters friends became ‘women’ last year, but they are also the girls who don’t play organised sport and who seem to have much more computer or tv time than mine does.

Bettinas last blog post..For something different……..

]]> By: Marita http://planningwithkids.com/2008/07/25/the-impact-of-background-tv/#comment-1349 Marita Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:44:06 +0000 http://planningwithkids.com/?p=296#comment-1349 My husband would kill me if we got rid of the tv. I've compromised by getting rid of all the lounge room furniture and turning our lounge into a therapy gym for Heidi. TV gives me a precious break from my children an escape from Heidi's constant demands. But I have to be careful not to abuse it by leaving the tv on for hours. Maritas last blog post..<a href="http://leechbabe.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/holiday-day-3/" rel="nofollow">Holiday - Day 3</a> My husband would kill me if we got rid of the tv.

I’ve compromised by getting rid of all the lounge room furniture and turning our lounge into a therapy gym for Heidi.

TV gives me a precious break from my children an escape from Heidi’s constant demands. But I have to be careful not to abuse it by leaving the tv on for hours.

Maritas last blog post..Holiday - Day 3

]]> By: Alison http://planningwithkids.com/2008/07/25/the-impact-of-background-tv/#comment-1348 Alison Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:59:27 +0000 http://planningwithkids.com/?p=296#comment-1348 We don't have a TV at all - and I LOVE it. TV-less works for us and although I don't criticise others for having one, I cannot stand the blaring of a TV any more! Alisons last blog post..<a href="http://threetimeskewl.blogspot.com/2008/07/silly-mum.html" rel="nofollow">Silly mum</a> We don’t have a TV at all - and I LOVE it. TV-less works for us and although I don’t criticise others for having one, I cannot stand the blaring of a TV any more!

Alisons last blog post..Silly mum

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