Watching TV
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Infants and Television
Asked by A.P. from Portland
on November 11, 2009
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I have a four month old who loves to watch the television but I haven't been letting him watch it nearly as much because I have recently heard it is bad for infants un...
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- A., When my 6 year old was an infant we got the Baby Einstein videos and he loved them. Despite the hoopla around the advertising claims right now, they have lots ...
- Personally myself, I believe that children under 2 don't need to watch television. They have no concept of what the box is used for. There are other ways to keep you...
- Worst thing for your child is to let your child watch television ! If you have heard this, then you already KNOW it is not healthy or productive for your child and it...
Too Much Television?
Asked by R.D. from Lancaster
on March 20, 2008
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My kids are 2,4,&5. They love watching PBS Kids shows. I find the shows not only entertaining but also very educational. And the kids watching a show is really the onl...
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- I think that the PBS kids shows are GREAT ! Please invite you kids in the kitchen with you . Setting the table and a having them help with the prep of a meal may take ...
- I agree with the previous response. I was so anti-TV when I got pregnant, but when my son turned 2 and I had another baby, I just needed something to keep him enterta...
- ugg, this a tough one for me. I wish my kids didn't even know what a TV is. but the reality is that, I can't send them over to the neighbors to play when i need to ge...
Television Opinions
Asked by L.R. from Boston
on May 28, 2011
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Okay, so our pediatrician says to allow kids only one hour of T.V. daily. I'm sure most of them say the same thing. I try to cut back on television when I'm home alo...
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- I disagree with parents that say it depends what they are watching. The point of limited TV is to get them doing other things and using their imagination. Not sure i...
- It's not going to give them ADHD, nor is it going to make them go blind (like they told people in the 60s). But it is going to get them used to sedentary activities, ...
- 1) What does your Husband watch when the kids are around? 2) Are the kids also, just sitting there vegetating watching tv with Daddy? Thus, having to watch what he wa...
Television Question
Asked by M.E. from New York
on September 25, 2009
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I was just wondering people's thougths on toddlers and television. My girls are 21 months old and have watched Baby Einstein, Sesame Street, and some Barney. I try t...
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- I have to agree with Danette V. All I let her watch is Noggin and I definitely attribute some of her vocabulary and concept awareness to the shows she watches. Some ...
- M. I have twins. try reading to them all day every day. doable, right? NOT. i love it when mamas say I don't let my child watch tv. i can just imagine there is NO...
- Hi M., My son is 27 months old and I've always been kind of liberal with the TV watching, all he watches is Noggin anyway which is educational. There are just certai...
Too Much Television?
Asked by J.D. from New York
on March 7, 2010
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I allow my 19 month old daughter to watch about 2 hours of television in the morning while I get ready for work. I usually put her in her pack-n-play with some toys ...
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- My kids probably watched that much at that age too so I'm not going to judge whether it's too much or not but if you're concerned have you tried placing her in the pac...
- I let my kids (20 months) watch an hour of sesame street a day. I don't believe in the hype over TV watching. If you're smart you're smart, if you're not you're no...
- I think you should do what works best for you....I have 3 kids..almost 9, 5 and 2 and all watch TV...I think as long as they are watching something good it's fine...Wh...
Television in the Bedroom?
Asked by A.R. from Boston
on August 29, 2011
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how many of your children have a television in their bedroom? and if they do how old were they when you put it in? does it get shut off at a certain time at night duri...
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- We have 1 TV in the entire house. It's in the living room. For a little while we had one in our room but we never watched it, like ever. The only reason it stayed as l...
- Nope. We have 2 kids. Neither of them has a TV in their room. Never have. They are 13 and 10. They never will, either, until they move out and decide that they wa...
- Our daughter got one when she was in 5th grade, only because someone gave us a brand new one so we gave her our old one. .. she did not watch it that often and never a...
Television Service
Asked by R.L. from Chicago
on January 7, 2011
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Anyone have AT&T u-verse? Thoughts?
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- I had U-Verse and absolutely loved it. We recently moved and it's not available in our new neighborhood, but I'm anxiously waiting to be able to get it back. The DVR...
- I loved having AT&T U-Verse! Their introductory bundle package was reasonably priced, but once the special pricing expired (@1 year) the cost was more than my husband...
- I know people that love it. But check to make sure it is available. I kept getting info from AT&T about it and bundling things together since I have ohone and DSL bu...
Cable Television
Asked by C.M. from Detroit
on August 20, 2010
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Hello Mama's
We are thinking about leaving comcast cable...
Have you experieinced Dish network or Direct Television. How are the services? How much are the aver...
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- We had Dish Network for awhile, service was pretty good, nothing really to complain about. You don't really get that many channels with the cheaper service plans thou...
- We have Direct TV, and have liked it for many years. Dish Network could not get our set up right when we tried them, and they did not really seem that keen on trying ...
- i choose just about anything over comcast, as a matter of fact i did, i got so tired of dealing with them that I had all my services from them cut off, and got digital...
What're Your 5 Year Olds Watching on TV?
Asked by K.G. from Chicago
on September 28, 2009
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We are a little bored with our current Tivo selections for the nightly wind-down. Any favorite TV programs that promote words, spelling, discovery or the like?
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- Thank God I'm not the only one who uses Tivo for the nightly wind down! We like Max and Ruby (PBS) - it's not very educational, but it's very calming, and I have a f...
- Hi K. put in some children DVD's. You can get them at Wal-mart, K Mart, Target, ect.
- Another vote for PBS kids. Check out their website www.pbskids.org. Most of the programming out there for kids is junk but they have some decent offerings. My 3yo l...
TV Or No TV?
Asked by Y.A. from Los Angeles
on March 29, 2010
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Hello! So I've heard many different things about babies watching TV. My baby is going to be 6 months old on April 4th and sometimes she gets so fussy nothing calms her...
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- i think a couple things. one, society expects a LOT from us moms. if you can get that hour and a half a day, even if it's because she's watching tv, i don't think it's...
- I think it's fine. Some people are completely against tv, and that's okay for them of course, but I think there are plenty of educational, fun programs for kids and b...
- Keep it in moderation and be picky. My son didn't watch too much growing up, and I try to keep it to KERA kid stuff cause the shows don't seem to be so frantic, pace-w...
