From the viewpoint of child development theories,why is it important for kids not to have TV in their bedroom?
Probably the mesmerizing effect it has on babies and toddlers. All we would do with ours if they wouldn’t go down, was turn the tube on and just let the sparkles on an off air channel fill the room, they were asleep in a few minutes. I have known parents who let their middle school children have TVs, Computers and Video games in their room, although, we never did allow ours. They had to go to the study for the computer or family room for TV. Some of those kids were unaffected by the equipment they had access to in their rooms, but a couple did not produce like they probably would have in school and extracurricular activities. A few ended up with drug and alcohol problems. I’d say that is a choice for each parent to consider and render judgment on. I am not up on the latest child development theories, just a parent with several productive and decent children. Books are the way to go, if you can interest your child in them. Get them anything to read, as long as they like it and actually pick it up and read it. They will develop better reading skills and knowledge at the same time, and later on, if you instill a love of reading, they will branch out in their reading selections. Reading also imparts a lot of the writing skills a person develops and possesses in life. They can always watch TV later on, or on a schedule you set up. Our only grandchild, so far, is almost 1 and already loves to let me read to her or play her music so she can dance. But when she gets in front of that TV, sometimes she locks up on it, as it completely captures her attention in the oddest fashion.
November 19th, 2009 at 11:21 am
Based on what I’ve seen happen with my teen daughter, we finally took the tv out of her room because she had become lazy, her grades in school were suffering and her chores around the house wasn’t getting done. It took several months before I’d had enough and finally took the boob tube out of her room…..it has now been a month and a half and her grades are back to A’s and B’s where they used to be and she is doing her chores without being asked. I might add that she was also being sassy and mouthy during the time she had the tv and I don’t even see that anymore. Take my advice TV is a distraction and a tremendous time waster, I also took the PS2 out of her room as well. She doesn’t even miss it. When she is done her homework and chores she now heads outside to hang out with her friends, she watches tv in the living room with the rest of the family…not isolated in her room.
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November 19th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Probably the mesmerizing effect it has on babies and toddlers. All we would do with ours if they wouldn’t go down, was turn the tube on and just let the sparkles on an off air channel fill the room, they were asleep in a few minutes. I have known parents who let their middle school children have TVs, Computers and Video games in their room, although, we never did allow ours. They had to go to the study for the computer or family room for TV. Some of those kids were unaffected by the equipment they had access to in their rooms, but a couple did not produce like they probably would have in school and extracurricular activities. A few ended up with drug and alcohol problems. I’d say that is a choice for each parent to consider and render judgment on. I am not up on the latest child development theories, just a parent with several productive and decent children. Books are the way to go, if you can interest your child in them. Get them anything to read, as long as they like it and actually pick it up and read it. They will develop better reading skills and knowledge at the same time, and later on, if you instill a love of reading, they will branch out in their reading selections. Reading also imparts a lot of the writing skills a person develops and possesses in life. They can always watch TV later on, or on a schedule you set up. Our only grandchild, so far, is almost 1 and already loves to let me read to her or play her music so she can dance. But when she gets in front of that TV, sometimes she locks up on it, as it completely captures her attention in the oddest fashion.
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