TV during the school week for students?

Pizzagirl
Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:32:03 +0000

I just meant - I totally get monitoring TV with younger kids to inculcate good habits. Just like when your kids are young, you may check to see that they’ve done their homework, etc. I just mean that as they grow older, at one point you have to trust them to allocate their time appropriately and be responsible for the consequences. I totally get stepping in if there is a real problem and the kid’s flunking because he’s watching TV all day. By the same token, if a teenager is clearly devoting quality time to schoolwork and doing well, I don’t see a need to have a no-TV-during-the-week just for the sake of having such a rule. Hope that clarifies.