tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521946248119237445.post136822645981494305..comments2023-04-27T08:26:25.215-07:00Comments on Making the Moments Count: {Messy Parenting} TV Timeamber_mtmchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17871256362646081536noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521946248119237445.post-56086376870789174802012-08-06T09:07:19.000-07:002012-08-06T09:07:19.000-07:00My kids are 3, 4, 7, and 9 and our tv rules are th...My kids are 3, 4, 7, and 9 and our tv rules are that they have to have their chores done and get permission before they turn the tv on. I don't have a time limit per say, but when it starts getting on my nerves or they start fighting, it goes off. We don't have cable, so everything they watch is on netflix. I love that there aren't any commercials! During the school year, they definitely have to have all school work done before the tv gets turned on, too, and then, only if there is free time left.Melissa Blairnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521946248119237445.post-83156876885606795622012-07-03T03:13:10.000-07:002012-07-03T03:13:10.000-07:00I limit what my daughter watches. PBS offers good...I limit what my daughter watches. PBS offers good educational programming and above-all I don't have to worry about commercials that promote adult themes. In the summer, it is hard to keep her occupied so my TV threshold is maximized, but even so, I am still cognizant of what she is watching.Rudri Bhatt Patel @ Being Rudrihttp://www.beingrudri.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521946248119237445.post-52567145870367322362012-06-29T03:08:51.000-07:002012-06-29T03:08:51.000-07:00Good for you for knowing, and implementing, a TV p...Good for you for knowing, and implementing, a TV plan that works for you. I care much more about content than quantity when it comes to television. My kids watch a fair bit and I don't really limit it, but I care a lot about the programs they watch. As long as they are age-appropriate and I feel like there is *some* educational value, I'm okay with it. <br><br>I have given this topic a fair bit of thought and have wondered at time whether I should adopt more rules when it comes to TV. I think because my girls are so active and verbal and well-socialized - and often choose imaginative play/games over TV - I'm just not that concerned. If I had different kids, I imagine I might be more focused on this?<br><br>Great post. Might whip up a little TV post of my own.<br><br>Hope you are feeling good! Good luck with the best rest; I can only imagine that is super hard with the little ones...Aidan Donnelley Rowleyhttp://aidandonnelleyrowley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521946248119237445.post-67784698205118880492012-06-27T16:59:29.000-07:002012-06-27T16:59:29.000-07:00I have a two hour maximum too. And PBS is my stand...I have a two hour maximum too. And PBS is my standby. Though we do a few shows on Netflix (busytown mysteries is a current favorite). Funny, I get bored of the same shows again and again and need change more than my kids do. <br><br>It's a good rule you have (especially if it keeps you sane!), and now I'm intrigued to know how you fill the hours in a day on bed rest with kids. Blocks? Books? <br><br>We love our crayons and markers, play dough and scissors (all plastic ones that only cut paper for wee ones). But all those are messy. When my oldest was 3, we started with beads on a pipe cleaner (great small motor skills practice).Katehttp://Watercoloringthetable.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521946248119237445.post-31565892184550742872012-06-27T13:50:53.000-07:002012-06-27T13:50:53.000-07:00Now that she's older, the rules are different....Now that she's older, the rules are different. When she was your kids age, it was mostly PBS and no more than an hour or so during the day, with Simpsons as 'family' viewing at night. Sesame Street is how she learned to count to 20 and how I got a shower every day for years. I'd hear that fingernails on a chalkboard sound of Elmo's World intro and knew I had just enough time for a shower without worry of what she was up to.<br><br>Now that she's 10, the TV rules during the school week are limited. Although thanks to the spring TV schedule, she did catch a few episodes of "30 Rock" and when she found out some of her friends' older siblings of high school age weren't allowed to watch it, she ranted about how we 'are too loosey goosey and need to tighten up'. AHEM. Her father defends us by saying most of it is over her head anyway.<br><br>Summer time though, she gets unlimited screen time. We don't have cable, so she has very limited options. She actually ends up watching a good amount of cooking shows on the PBS Create channel. And she's about to spend 3 weeks at 'away camp' where she has zero access to anything electronic, so I feel like it balances things out. <br><br>I think we have pretty similar viewing habits, although we do watch a good bit of sports. Mostly college football and baseball, with some tennis and major league baseball throw in for good measure. Lately, she's started watching Pro football and basketball - not sure if it's because nothing else is on or because she's becoming a sports fan. Either way, we make no rules about sports watching.Beckyhttp://chickenwireandpaperflowers.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com