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« Reply #45 on: April 22, 2009, 09:23:38 PM »

my 5year old is only allowed TV on weekends, and even then he's only allowed disney channel - not all educational though.My 4month old watches signing time, but to be honest, I'm not strict on how long Ilet her watch it, usually when I'm busy doing something, I pop it in, but I don't think she watches up more than 30minutes at once.I wouldn't let her watch anything just for 'entertainment'.

I would really like to know how long I should let her watch Tv even if it's educational.

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« Reply #46 on: April 22, 2009, 11:56:40 PM »

I allow my 12 month old daughter to watch dvd magiq once a day. It is a 30minute program which interacts with a doll. So the doll talks to the characters on tv which helps to involve my daughter as she looks between the doll and the tv. It is an educational program and it is the only thing that really interests my daughter. I only put the program on in the mornings when I need to get work done around the house.

Usually we just read books together as she cant get enough of them. I think I would read the same book over and over about 20 times a day. smile

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« Reply #47 on: April 23, 2009, 02:13:16 AM »

We allow our dd to watch way to much tv unfortunatly. I try to limit it to "signing time" but dh likes to put on cartoons for her. I have to admit I do it now too. It is something I want to get rid of in the next few days.

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« Reply #48 on: April 23, 2009, 10:52:52 AM »

My son is 6 months now.We decided not to let him watch TV until 2yrs.After that let him watch under parents guidance for limited period.Cos moving objects on Tv will attract attention n decreases creativity.

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« Reply #49 on: April 24, 2009, 02:11:02 AM »

We are using the tv as an educational tool. We let her watch BST once a day and YBCR DVD twice a day. If it was her choice she will probably watch tv all day long and she is only 5 month old!!!  nowink She loves the tv, so we are very clear about not letting her watch anything besides the educational videos that we buy for her.

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« Reply #50 on: April 24, 2009, 07:19:08 AM »

Catalina is 14 months old, she watches tv, 3 times a week for 20 minutes each day. She is interested in watching baby eistein, or a little bit of signing time!
But she loves the power points on the computer she will point the computer every morning!!!

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« Reply #51 on: April 30, 2009, 05:51:00 AM »

I think every ones view on it is healthy...as much as possible we are going to
avoid TV at all times with an infant, toddler, child, etc.  We have one TV
that we have been weaning ourselves off of slowly over time and it's much
better to not watch it, we find, especially after a long day at work when
you just zone out.  There will be a time where they're going to watch TV
whether you like it or not; you can only live by example. A good friend of
mine grew up reading books with his sisters & parents every night after
dinner; there was no (or very, very little) TV.  They weren't considered
weird or castouts by their classmates because they didn't watch TV; in these
times, there's so much content on the internet/web sites, TV, DVDs, movies,
etc. that everyone can craft their own personal taste - so maybe that makes
it even less of a problem nowadays to some extent??  Wishful thinking?? smile


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« Reply #52 on: April 30, 2009, 06:08:15 AM »

I allowed my little boy to watch tv only on certain time...... normally after his meal as what i promise him. It's just about half an hour. I will choose the program for him or else i will let him watch the signing time. With guidance in choosing the program and limits the time i feel it may help the kid's development....... at least for my kid!! He try to communicate with me with signing because he got speech delay. For me, it seem really benefit when he watch the signing time.

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« Reply #53 on: May 02, 2009, 02:18:46 AM »

I didn't allow my child to watch any TV until he was 2, but as soon as he was old enough to crawl to the TV, he would turn it on by himself and even watch static. Then we went to China from the US when he was almost 3 and he got nonstop viewing for 9 hours of a 15 hour flight. He's been tremendously addicted since!

Everything we have in the house could be classified as educational, which is what he prefers (Leapfrog, Preschool Prep Co, Schoolhouse Rock, Scholastic Video), but I will check out the Backyardigans from the library and Bear in the Big Blue House as treats. I actually think the Backyardigans is pretty educational, as the characters are polite, have a large vocabulary, and there are multiple musical and dancing styles done well.

I let him watch about an hour daily late in the afternoon. He definitely wants more, and asks for it throughout the day. I would say his attention span for other things is pretty low, although it's hard to tell in this age group.

However, the DVDs teach him things so easily that he doesn't want to learn from me, like phonics. I tell him that C can make more than one sound, and he yells, "NO! Only K-K-Kuh sound!" But if he sees it on a video, he will believe them. Sad when your child believes a TV more than the parent!

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« Reply #54 on: May 02, 2009, 04:18:00 AM »

I let my son watch TV only if it's YBCR or Baby Signing Time.  That's all.  We don't have cable anyway and we don't like to watch TV that much so I think that helps too.

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« Reply #55 on: May 02, 2009, 11:17:59 PM »

i JUST cut her baby eistein ,now she only is allow to watch YBCR..once a day!! the rest of the day the tv is OFF!!!

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« Reply #56 on: May 07, 2009, 05:27:48 AM »

I don't let my baby watch any tv until she was 18 month when I showed her the "tweedlewink" (well, I showed it on computer).  And now she is 28-month and I let her watch YBCR, Learn Mandarin Chinese with the Wink to Learn Program for Children, Tweedlewink, and Signing time.   I don't let her watch all of them at once.  Say, YBCR/Tweedlewink in the morning, mandarin after nap, and for sure signing time after dinner!   I just introduced signing time recently (a week ago) and she loves it very much!  And she already knows a few!!   Other than these educational DVDs, she doesn't watch any (maybe sometimes local news but very rare)!

I know she likes to watch if I let her watch as she always "peek" when the TV is on, but she knows she can't watch; otherwise, she cannot watch her favorite - signing time!

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« Reply #57 on: June 01, 2014, 09:38:45 AM »

If anyone is interested I am selling my copy of YBCR your baby can read on DVD I have all 5 DVDs and my kids have graduated from them so if you are interested please let em know and I will sell them to you

Hi i am interested!

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« Reply #58 on: June 02, 2014, 07:41:28 AM »

This is such an old post but I thought I'd share anyways...
I let my kids watch TV whenever they want to. It's usually something educational like YBCR, YCCD, Signing Time, Preschool Prep, Rock N Learn, etc... They like Curious George on Roku (We only have a Roku. No TV channels) and Sid the Science Kid from the library. I'm thinking about buying the Sid the Science Kids dvds, they actually learn a lot from them. smile
Also fitness and dance dvds and cooking shows.

The funny thing about it is I let them choose when and how much TV to watch and they usually aren't interested unless they're sick. They'd rather have me play with them or cook with me or help me clean. Even when they choose to watch it it's normally just on in the background while they play. They pause when a scene they like comes up and then go back to whatever they were playing. I was the same way when I was little. I had a TV in my room but I could take it or leave it. Usually I'd leave it and go play outside. I had a friend come over who didn't have a TV and when she saw my parents had theirs on she froze staring at it  mellow  and it was boring commercials. I was ready to go play but had to wait until she unstuck from the TV.

We also love Artzooka, Taste Buds, Animal exploration and Rescue heroes. They're on Qubo one after the other but we can't watch them anymore because the Sky Angel box we had is out of business and we can't get a reception for the local channels.  Sad

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« Reply #59 on: July 05, 2014, 06:21:04 PM »

Our son now is 11 months and we decided as family not to have him watch tv until he is at least three.  There is to much studies that said tv early on will lead to ADD.  In the meantime, he loves looking at books, doman cards, and playing with toys.  When he is 3, we will limit it to 30 min a day.

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