My kids usually watch TV for an half hour before going to bed.one usually reads in his bed and other watch Barney or backyardigan at that time.now the problem is that if they are doing that in main room then they dont sleep ,but if they are watching in my bedroom ,they are quickly off too sleep.so i was planning/thinking of putting the TV in their bedroom.but my hubby and inlaws are not in the favor,as they think its not good.well i think half an hour TV for the whole day is not bad.
my opinion is to go ahead and put a TV in there room and monitor it. they ll get a half hour of TV before bed in room, then the TV goes off and he has to go to sleep without it.
Kishmish, while it seems like such a convenient thing to do, it isn't a very good idea I think because initially it will be for just half hour, then they will please please please pretty please with you for 45 minutes, and that will become longer and longer. Also, I think there are many other ways of getting a child to fall asleep. Reading to them if they can't read themselves, telling stories...
TV is definitely an easy option but I would avoid it.
i wouldnt. if you can regulate how much they see then its upto you. i wouldnt because if its there then they might want to see it more than half an hour ya jab tak nind nahi aa rahi. and then it snowballs. besides i donot like the tv in the room idea because it is hard to see what they are watching.
^ That's how I am. It didn't start till college, but I've become addicted to sleeping with TV (drives hubby crazy). A few months ago I told him to move it out of the bedroom. And I haven't missed it much at all. I sleep better.
Plus, I'd worry about monitoring what they watch as they grow older. I did have a TV in my room in high school (I don't know how I managed that), and my brothers and I would usually sit in my room and watch TV and do homework. We didn't watch anything particularly naughty, but it would be a concern.
I wasn't allowed a TV in my bedroom until after I'd passed my GCSEs-I was 16 years old.
My cousin wanted a TV in his bedroom however my aunt was worried that as my cousin got older she would struggle to limit his time watching it so instead she put a music system in his room instead, disabled the radio function (so he couldn't listen to the radio) and got him into the habit of listening to Sami Yusef and other nasheeds before going bed. He use to get really bad nightmares too which seemed to stop after he started to listen to nasheeds before bed.
Hes now 12 and still doesn't have a TV to watch in his room ans still listens to nasheeds. He now listens to allsorts of nasheeds and doesn't really listen to any music.
Maybe you could get some audio storybooks for your children instead of a TV?
The children will gradually attempt to increase that 30 minz to 45 and so on. It will become a bedtime battle eventually.
Also your child may start to rely on the TV to lull them to sleep. There are better options other then the TV...try books before bed...either u read it to them or they can read it to you.
Growing up, we were not allowed a TV or phone in our rooms. At the time, it irritated me and I even resented it but now I am so thankful my parents gave me and my siblings that sort of discipline. Too much comfort and luxury is not good for kids growing up these days. I will definitely not put a TV in my child's room. He/She can spend family time in the den or whereever and we can watch TV together.
neither my siblings or me were allowed to have tv's in our room. if we wanted to watch something, we'd have to come out to the family room and watch their with the family or whatever we wanted to watch (as long it was acceptable :p) same as desigirl, i somewhat resented it, but i'm glad now that my parents never allowed the tv in our rooms. i think the same goes for the computer/laptop as well :p
kishmish, how old are your kids now? you might be able to remove the tv from their rooms with a little resentment, but it might be the best for them in the long run. good luck!