Do you let your kids watch TV before school?

[lilima]

I was surprised to find out that many people do. I don't just mean 10 mins if they have everything done and ready. I mean they turn it on when they get up, and it is on the whole time.

Do you let your kids watch Tv before school?

[Ginger]

i'll let them watch it while i have a shower and get myself organised.

[Phteven]

Absolutely they can watch TV in the morning. Most afternoons the TV stays off but if they want to watch a some ABC 2 or 3 in the morning I don't see any reason why they shouldn't. It doesn't interfere with getting ready for school. I suspect the neighbours prefer the TV days to the jumping on the trampoline and running about in the garden days.

[~Trish~]

Absolutely they can watch TV in the morning. Most afternoons the TV stays off but if they want to watch a some ABC 2 or 3 in the morning I don't see any reason why they shouldn't. It doesn't interfere with getting ready for school. I suspect the neighbours prefer the TV days to the jumping on the trampoline and running about in the garden days.

Hahaha, I could have posted the exact same thing! TV doesn't interfere with my three kids getting up and ready before school . They don't last long in front of it before they are out on the trampoline or kicking a footy waiting for me to take them.

[lilima]

If I let my DS have the TV on he would be still sitting in his pj's with maybe one sock on!

[*Efjay*]

No My kids just can't get ready if its on. Even if it was to be on with just "snow"on the screen they would still take forever and a day to get ready.

[lilima]

Just wanted to add that I don't have a problem with TV either way.

[Artechim]

Mine sit straight in front of it as soon as they get up. DD1 in particular is not a morning person and it is better not to talk to her for a while after she gets up lol. They happily come when I call for breakfast and get dressed when they are told.

[Astrid]

Both girls watch TV of a morning. Personally I would rather it not go on, but DH like to watch it whilst he has his breakfast.
The girls both manage to eat breakfast and get ready, so other than the fact that I loathe noise of a morning, it is not worth making a deal of it.

Must admit of a weekend I love it, the girls can get up and watch it for awhile whilst DH and I get a little sleep in.

[LuluHB]

No tv on here. DD1 would be fine, but DD2 is such an airy fairy that if it was on she would never get ready. I swear I need to send out a search party for her after she's left the room to get her shoes or something because she just goes off into her own little world and completely blocks out whatever it was she was doing originally.

[~clover~]

Nope. Mine don't get ready. DS usually gets up on the days he doesn't have school & turns it on, but its too distracting for DD2 mainly.
If DD1 is up early enough to watch for a bit before the rest of us get up, I'll turn it off when its time to get ready.

We don't have digital here, so they don't put up much of a fight No kids shows

[krysalyss]

We don't own a TV but we have other electronic things like computers, DVDs. We don't let DS use these either before or after school, they are only for weekends including Friday afternoons. It probably works ok for other people but we just find that DS becomes really too involved in them to the point where he neglects other things. So this rule works for us and he can then go play on his bike or something if he is already ready for school.

[Jewel]

Yeah, they watch whatever they want until 7:30 then I turn it over to what I want to watch. It doesn't interfere with getting ready because it's not what they want to watch.

[Nai]

They are so slow as it is they don't need another distraction - so no tv in the morning during the week at our place.

[MummyNaomi]

Yep, happy for DS to each his breakfast watching ABC4kids, I can duck in the shower and get us organized that way. If we aren't leaving the house though he's usually too busy playing in his pjs as we tend to get ready a bit later.
The only tv rule as such we have is that we don't just have it on randomly in the background. Happy for him to watch his fav shows though
DD seems to always turn her head towards it when she's on her playmat and we have it on. They get addicted young hahaha

[RhiChiChi]

Mine sit straight in front of it as soon as they get up. DD1 in particular is not a morning person and it is better not to talk to her for a while after she gets up lol. They happily come when I call for breakfast and get dressed when they are told.

This is my DD who is 5 yo. She gets up either plays with her toys or puts the t.v. on. If I am having a lie in, she'll come & get me to make her breakfast.

[Rowellen]

My DS turns into a zombie if the TV is on. Until the show changes and he screams "MUM! MUM! LOOK! LOOK XXX IS ON! MUM!" and so on until I actually look and answer him. Unfortunately for me, there's no chance of a sleep in on the weekend as he just won't sit & watch by himself. But when we need to go somewhere, he won't do a thing if the TV is on . So no TV in the mornings in our house unless we are staying home, AND he is already been to the toilet and dressed. He will eat breakfast very slooooowly if the TV is on. DD seems to be taking lessons from him too lol!

[fionas]

My two aren't in school yet but they go to childcare/kinder a couple of times per week.

It varies a lot. I definitely prefer it not to be on BUT if it means I can go and get dressed without the girls following me into the bedroom and DD2 climbing up on to the bathroom sink and messing around in my lipsticks, then I will happily put it on for a bit. (DP is often sleeping off a late shift so is not always up in the mornings).

If I'm all sorted before they get up, then no, I'll use that time to give them breakfast/get dressed etc.

If the TV is on, there's no way they'll get ready at the same time as watching it.