We won’t allow either in bedrooms. We have two TVs in the house. Both boys have kindles so there are plenty of options.
we have a no electronics rule in their rooms. Electronics are for family spaces. DS1 is almost 12. I am not sure if we will relax on this rule eventually.
Post by samanthamkm on Sept 9, 2019 9:11:18 GMT -5
My oldest is 9 and doesn't have a TV. I don't feel there is a need for a TV in there. I didn't have one growing up. We have a TV in our room that never gets turned on.
My kids are only 12, 10 & 6, but I don’t foresee letting them have a tv in their room ever, really. They use their tablets in their rooms and we have a playroom with a tv and PlayStation, which they all share. I guess maybe someday when they’re old enough to have a job and buy a tv and gaming system themselves, I would let them have it in their room? So, like 16 or so?
I am a firm believer in no TV in any bedrooms, period. We will never have one in our bedroom and our kid won't either. I think we will have the same rule with computers as well.
Post by Leeham Rimes on Sept 9, 2019 9:16:38 GMT -5
Kids are 9/6 no Tv in bedroom and I likely won’t allow it ever in the future. They are surrounded in our house by electronics, I want their bedroom to be a quiet place with no tech.
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Post by georgeharrison on Sept 9, 2019 9:18:17 GMT -5
My kid (14) has a TV in his room that is hooked up to a Wii U that has no internet access. The TV is not hooked up to cable. He can only play Wii U games on it, but he's mostly outgrown those games, so he literally never uses it. He's had it for over a year and I think he that he's only used it like twice. It's a waste really.
My 7yo has one. He barely uses it, it's usually just a show or two before bed and was a last ditch effort at 5 to make him sleep in his room. (It worked for us.) I didn't have one in my room until I was a senior in HS, so it did make me feel strange. But meh.
TV's at 10, but no cable, and no gaming systems. Cable once they prove that they are responsible. My SS is turning 16 today and just now are we considering moving the PlayStation to his room. Up until now, it's been in the finished basement, but he's really the only one that plays it, so it kind of makes sense to move it.
My youngest is 11, so at this point all the kids now have tv's in their rooms. H and I don't though, because I'm just not a fan personally.
ETA: There was a point in time when I was very against the idea of them having tv's in their bedrooms, but as they've gotten older, their interests are very different, and honestly, they don't really enjoy hanging out with each other, so they all ended up getting tv's to save my sanity, I got sick of them fighting over the tv.
Honestly, I had a tv in my room growing up, so I can see us allowing her to have it when she's older. I also used to fall asleep to the tv and would set the time for around 60 minutes most nights.
So we may allow one when she's a teen if it won't be a distraction.
My kids are 11 and 7. No tvs. My kids actually watch very little tv at this point in their lives (both prefer youtube videos, which we monitor).
My son does have xbox that is set up in a community area on the main floor. I like to be able to walk through and see who he is playing with, and hear what he is saying to them. I would not want him on it (and connected to other players) in an area of the house that I can't hear/monitor what he is doing. That includes his room. I wouldn't feel as strongly about it if the xbox wasn't internet-connected.
Post by goldengirlz on Sept 9, 2019 9:28:16 GMT -5
Neither H nor I were allowed to have TVs in our rooms growing up so this isn’t really top of mind for us. And truthfully, DD doesn’t really watch TV either, except in hotels — for electronics, she’s all about the iPad. (We’ve been enforcing a no electronics in the bedroom rule since she was little and I don’t see that ending, ESPECIALLY as she gets older.)
Also, our rooms are right next to each other, so selfishly, as long as we’re in this house, I don’t want the noise. If we need a second TV, we’ll put it downstairs in the guest room, where she can’t disturb us.
This is not something we will allow as DS gets older. When he gets a phone, it'll go on the charger overnight in a common area. He uses my ipad but again, it stays in common areas.
We have a TV in our bedroom and I'm not a fan. If DH didn't like it so much I would get rid of it quite frankly.
When DS lives on his own, he can make that choice.
We actually added a TV in their shared bedroom for a game system (PS4) last Christmas along with a keyboard/mouse. They were 12 and 9 at the time. My youngest honestly hardly ever uses it. When he plays video games, he still prefers those lego games, or the figurine systems (infinity or skylanders, etc) on the big living room TV.
I really like it because the gaming was taking over my living room tv (we have no extra play or family room) and they were just in the way before. Literally tripping over their stuff everytime I had to walk by to get between upstairs and the kitchen. They will still use the living room tv from time to time. We actually play Gang Beasts as a family (Which is hilarious btw) and so fun.
I set limits, but truthfully, even my oldest son has backed way off video games since last spring. He is back on Minecraft lately. He used to play Fortnite but he now says it is boring. lol
I also set it up so the screen faces the doorway, as I walk by. We live in a 3 story condo. 1st floor is garage and basement. 2nd floor is living room and kitchen and top floor is both bedrooms and a bathroom. I have to walk by there room many times a day so its a fairly high traffic area. They do not have cable in there, they could use the firestick if they wanted but they never do. I was worried about taking that step of adding a TV in their room but it has been a great set up for our family so I have no regrets. When I did it, I made it clear it was a trial run in case they became hermits, I would have removed it.
Post by lolalolalola on Sept 9, 2019 9:44:25 GMT -5
My kids don't really watch TV, they mostly stream on their laptops. My 14 yo is allowed her laptop in her room for homework and entertainment until 9:00. My 12 yo is not allowed to have her laptop in her room due to some previous unfortunate choices.
They have a wii u on the upstairs TV and we have a PS4 on the basement TV, but those are family consoles, they don't belong to one person.
My DS is 14 and no TV in his room. The basement area is his and he has a TV and Xbox down there. He built a desktop computer this year for gaming and schoolwork and that’s in the office off of the great room. I wouldn’t let him put it in the basement.
My almost 6 year old has one in his room. It’s connected to the switch and the Apple TV and we are going to connect the x box soon. It’s the tv the kids use when they want to play games. The rule is the kids have to ask us to use it.
Dd has had a tv in her room since she was about 4, but no cable...only dvd's. It got turned off as soon as it was bed time up until about a year ago. Now she falls asleep to it, but I turn it off before I go to bed so it isn't on all night.
Ds is 7 and doesn't have a tv in his room, but that is mostly because his room is waaaaayyyyyy to small for a tv.
That will be never for us, but I don’t think TVs belong in bedrooms st all. DS1 is 12 and still not allowed his chromebook in his room (kids are in the 3rd floor by themselves so very private and no good chance for supervision). We do have a second tv in the playroom and that is where the Xbox and Wii are
We don't have any TVs in any bedrooms. We briefly had a TV in the girls room when they were younger but they only ever used it to watch movies during a sleepover. But now there's no TV in any bedroom and no one seems interested in having one. Kids are 21, 16, and 13.
DS(10) is dying for one, but it is a hard no from us. I personally wish we didn't even have one in our room, but my H insists. I can't sleep with the tv on at all, so he mostly uses his phone at night anyway. I need total dark and silence to sleep well.
We actually added a TV in their shared bedroom for a game system (PS4) last Christmas along with a keyboard/mouse. They were 12 and 9 at the time. My youngest honestly hardly ever uses it. When he plays video games, he still prefers those lego games, or the figurine systems (infinity or skylanders, etc) on the big living room TV.
I really like it because the gaming was taking over my living room tv (we have no extra play or family room) and they were just in the way before. Literally tripping over their stuff everytime I had to walk by to get between upstairs and the kitchen. They will still use the living room tv from time to time. We actually play Gang Beasts as a family (Which is hilarious btw) and so fun.
I set limits, but truthfully, even my oldest son has backed way off video games since last spring. He is back on Minecraft lately. He used to play Fortnite but he now says it is boring. lol
I also set it up so the screen faces the doorway, as I walk by. We live in a 3 story condo. 1st floor is garage and basement. 2nd floor is living room and kitchen and top floor is both bedrooms and a bathroom. I have to walk by there room many times a day so its a fairly high traffic area. They do not have cable in there, they could use the firestick if they wanted but they never do. I was worried about taking that step of adding a TV in their room but it has been a great set up for our family so I have no regrets. When I did it, I made it clear it was a trial run in case they became hermits, I would have removed it.
This is why I'm so tempted to get dss one for his room. I like to have the tv on through the day as background news, or sometimes have dd watch something if I need to get something else done. It just seems like when dss is with us, the video games take over the living room. Which I know is also an h issue. I need to talk to him.
Another no TVs in kids' rooms here. I had one growing up, and my husband did not, and I honestly have stronger feelings against it than he does (though he is also against it). Our kids are 11, 8, and 7.
We have 2 TVs downstairs - one in the living room, and one in our back family room. The second floor is where all the kids' bedrooms are, and we have a small room up there without a door that has a couch and a TV with the X-Box and Playstation. There is no cable hook up on that TV. We call that the kids' TV room, and the kids can watch Netflix through the X-box/Playstation. Our bedroom, which does have a TV, is on the third floor.
We have a no video games/Ipads during the week rule, so its rare the kids are up in the kids' TV room at all during the week. I like that we all hang out downstairs and watch TV together. Plus I know at least my eldest would stay up all night watching TV, so to make that a nonissue, no TVs in kids' rooms. Its been fine.
Post by penguingrrl on Sept 9, 2019 10:11:25 GMT -5
My kids are 12/10/6 and don’t have TVs in their rooms. I might consider it as a Christmas present senior year of HS to have to bring to college, which was what my mom did. But that would be the earliest.
Besides the main living room, my kids have a TV in their own living room/playroom that they can use to watch shows or play video games. So I don't really see a need for a tv in their rooms. We don't plan to ever give them one. My kids are 11, 7, and 3.