Lol lol some truth in those posts. You’re a filthy animal Dave but I love you. I can’t wait for the birth of your half Chinese/Eastern European/Nigerian, illegitimate child.

Homegrove Thanks Hannu! Lol @ you not bothering opening the thread given the title.

    2 years later

    Bit of a debate with parent friends at the moment… how much TV time did you give your kids when they 2+ years old? We’re doing about 30 mins per night before she sleeps while she has her snacks and milk. Some think this is excessive.

      rhouses

      The advantage is that it does give you some quiet time. Too much of it sends them loopy and causes fights. For example getting them away from it becomes difficult and they obsess about it all the time. It also means they store up a lot of energy which causes problems when they don’t know what to do with themselves, or are too wired to sleep.

          whatever It also means they store up a lot of energy which causes problems when they don’t know what to do with themselves, or are too wired to sleep.

          This is what the fights are for!

            rhouses depends what she is watching, if it’s human centipede I would recommend dropping to 15 mins a night, if it’s highlights of the 2019 cricket World Cup, then let her watch at least an hour

              Isn’t it all just academic. Surely it’s ultimately up to the Nanny to decide on matters like that so you can focus on hand relief from the maid?

                Dan could read her some of Hugo’s posts on this board

                • Dan replied to this.

                    Its a daily debate in our house healthy screen time limits, not sure what the answer is but we definitely limit it more than others we know

                    RichM Probably have a good night’s kip after paragraph 12.5.

                      Old-Dutch I have to endure those Sidemen wankers.

                      Hammer Time!

                        whatever Nanny shames us whenever the TV is on. Definite traits of obsession, but somehow she’s responding positively to our “that doesn’t work with us” when she throws a tantrum about barbie girl not being repeated. We’re starting to feel the ‘stored up energy’ once in a while, becomes like a crackhead roaming the house, taking things out of cupboards and randomly placing them somewhere else, mumbling to herself, for at least an hour before sleeping. Don’t think that’s the TV, more if she hasn’t got enough exercise in the park.

                        Dan I’ll start that with her when she’s a bit older and not constantly insisting for mama mama mama. After the tv snack time with me, missus steps in and knocks her out with some story time in bed (on good nights).

                        Big fan of the Ms Rachel videos, she learns a lot. But the consistency of ‘every’ night has me a bit worried.

                              rhouses becomes like a crackhead roaming the house, taking things out of cupboards and randomly placing them somewhere else, mumbling

                              Well done for allowing Grant to live with you, but that sounds a bit much to put up with.

                              Don’t really have a good answer on how much to limit it by, but having boundaries is definitely essential. It also robs of them of their interest in playing with toys. The oldest plays on Minecraft and things like that and have had to use the parent controls as we realised we didn’t have a clue what was going on and who he was interacting with.

                              Might be an idea to frame it as a reward for good behaviour rather than an entitlement. Btw, I’m saying this as a parent who has let it get out of control, so I’m probably not qualified to give advice!