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nowadays, it's pretty hard to control the fast-pace development of the child's wants and needs and controlling them more means they've become more rebellious with what they wanted to do. of course it is important to control watching tv habit but keep that in moderation instead. you can exchange doing assignments, eating veggies, etc. to watching tv instead of giving it to them without anything in return. be sure that most of the tv shows they watch are more of educational. |
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That is a good idea dianara. I've had a hard time controlling my child with too much tv watching. I know it's not healthy at all but there are times that it helped them with the brain development. So, what I do now is just to make sure that the program is educational and give them benefits of learning. |
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I think TV has been good for my son. He, used to watch then play off and on. He has learned things I'd never have thought to teach him. He only got to watch Sprout and Noggin until recently. Now he rarely watches TV mostly before bed if he does. I am not strict on time limits or any of that. I wish my 16 month would focus and watch something for 10 minutes. He likes the music. |
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I generally limit it it 1 hour -1 1/2 hour a day. Usually the hour is in the morning while I'm getting ready for work and occasionally a 1/2 hour while I'm making dinner. I try to keep it consistent on the weekends as well. If it's a bad day sometimes i let her watch more. |
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We have the TV on at night just as background noise and to listen to the news. My little one doesn't really pay attention to it unless a song comes on during a commercial that he thinks is neat. He will watch Baby Einstein, but we rarely let him watch that video - maybe once a week. I'm trying to hold him off on watching TV for as long as possible. |
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Luckily, we don't need the TV as a babysitter - its just a 30 minute treat in the evening that she looks forward to. When inside, Abbey entertains herself with her stuffed animals/dolls, LEGOS, play kitchen and/or books just fine. Sometimes she wants to mommy and daddy to play with her and we usually do, but if we can't, we just tell her that we are busy doing something and she says "OK!". |
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Mine will not watch TV for more than 2 minutes straight. He's never been interested in it unless a catchy song is on. Sometimes I wish he would sit and watch for just 15 minutes so I could get a few things done. But in the end, I know it's better that he'd rather be active and not glued to the TV. We do have ours on in the background about half of the day, but like I said, my son doesn't really pay attention. That said, 2 hours a day for a toddler is a LOT. I'd try to keep it at less than that if yours actually watches it. |
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