TV during the school week for students?

binx
Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:18:19 +0000

We cared for foster children when our own were young. Some of those kids came to us addicted to TV; parents had used it as a sitter. It became a real issue.

We ended up with a rule of “no more than 30 minutes per day of screen time.” That included video and computer games, as well as TV. My kids much preferred using their time for games, or “banking it” for weekend movies.

Our schools gave a lot of homework (mostly busy work), and my kids had instruments to practice. There was actually very little free time. Their “decompression” was usually sitting at the kitchen table having a snack and chatting about their day.

That’s just how we did it, and it worked for us. But I don’t consider TV evil or anything - I just needed to offer choices I was comfortable with.