Kids and teens ages 8 to 18 spend almost four hours a day in front of the TV.
Want your family to feel more, share more, and engage more?
Me, too.
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What limits do you put on TV viewing? What shows or channels are off limits? Any recent family-friendly TV shows you've discovered?
Idea for this post came from Kat's 12 word post. Seriously good write.
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Not having Cable TV helps.
PBS are the only "safe" channels we get. Love me some Public Broadcasting!!
No TV until homework done.
No TV on during dinner. (Had to recently create this rule as the hubs liked to have Jeopardy on full blast so as not to miss the final question!! haha THAT took away from our family-sharing-time-breaking-bread-in-peace ambiance!
we don't watch much but do enjoy sports together (college basketball and nfl football) of course we have to keep a finger on the clicker because the commercials are horrible! the children in school (2) only watch 1/2 hour a day and that is a pbs show while i am fixing dinner ~~~ after homework. we have one still at home during the day and i usually let her watch one show in the morning while i am cleaning the kitchen after school drop off. and another after lunch before her nap.
We don't battle TV too much around here. It's the iPad that is giving me fits! :) Both girls want to play games. No iPad until after homework is done. That's our rule.
I second the ipad comment. For us, No screen play (including DSi, Wii, Ipad,TV,Playstation,Monitored Youtube) til homework is done and never at the dinner table. Weekdays are limited to an hour a day but the weekends get away from us because we get involved in house projects and by the time the day ends you realize your kid has bloodshot eyes and it's because while you've been raking the leaves they've been playing angry birds all day. Sigh. Need to work on weekends and summer days. Good reminder.
We have not had to use any limits. We go overboard to plan daily (or almost daily sometimes) excursions and spend lots of time hiking, visiting nearby places, or whatever. With all the time dedicated to that, there is just not as much free time for the tube.
Enjoy your weekend Amy.
It seems that technology constantly wants to ruin our relationships. From Tv, to computer, to gameboy, to Wii, to iPads.
We have an electricity free evening once a month. Candles. Guitar music. Talking. Laughing
We keep our kids so busy (which I suppose could be criticized) that the TV is rarely on during the week. When they do watch TV, it's almost always Netflix (no commercials), Qubo channel (only kid appropriate commercials) or movies we own. I allowed the girls to stay up late with me one night to watch the Miss America Pageant, and I was immediately reminded why we don't really watch network TV with them.
As for other screens, they get 30 minutes of screentime a day AS LONG AS all their homework and other responsibilities are done.
Hmmm...we probably do too much. Especially on the weekends... I try to limit it to an hour or so in the morning and an hour or so in the afternoon. But honestly, my boys are much better behaved on the days when I don't turn the t.v. on at all! My boys have gotten into the Boomerang channel--Smurfs, Scooby Doo, Loony Toons, Tom and Jerry.
We've started inviting the whole family to electronic-free hours. They'll get an electronic invite, which is a fun way to let them know. And, now the kids will even bring it up when they think any one person in the family is using too much of any device. But, I'll admit, I'm not as strict as I probably should be on the issue as long as their responsibilities are taken care of.
Our rule is one hour of screentime per weekday, two hours on weekend days. Sticking to it is the harder part (especially for me)! They watch a lot Tom and Jerry and Looney Tunes, if they're not playing Mario Brothers on the Wii or Moshi Monsters on the PC.
Growing up, my parents often pulled teachable moments out of TV. (I learned about hookers and pimps from a MacGuyver episode.) So I try to use TV as a conversation starter. This week, I had opportunity to talk with my daughter about evaluating her future friends/boyfriends not only by how well they treat her, but by how well they treat others. At this age she's still listening, so I'm taking full advantage!
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