- Oct 24, 2000
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My wife and I typically allow our almost-two-year-old about an hour a day, mostly when we need to get something done or she's calming down for the evening. Not a lot, but its getting to the point where she gets upset when we turn off the TV. When its not on, and she asks to watch it (specifically says "Manny tools? Ok!" wanting to watch Handy Manny and his tools), she gets upset when we say no. I'm guessing that her care giver during the day when we're at work is letting her watch more than we'd like.
We first went into it with the mindset that we'd rather her not watch TV at all and that she should just play, but after a while it just got to the point where we figured a little wouldn't hurt. Its inevitable anyway, unless I discard my 42" TV which isnt about to happen.
Its really not a big deal and she's easily distracted with chasing a ball around, and for the longest time she wasn't interested in TV at all, but I'm interested to know what you guys/girls are doing with your kids in relation to TV and how they react.
We first went into it with the mindset that we'd rather her not watch TV at all and that she should just play, but after a while it just got to the point where we figured a little wouldn't hurt. Its inevitable anyway, unless I discard my 42" TV which isnt about to happen.
Its really not a big deal and she's easily distracted with chasing a ball around, and for the longest time she wasn't interested in TV at all, but I'm interested to know what you guys/girls are doing with your kids in relation to TV and how they react.