Questions tagged [television]
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Scheduling TV for a Two Year Old
I'll preface this question with the fact that my wife and I followed best practices for the first 18 months or so of our son's life - no screen time. I've heard both 18 and 24 months being the ...
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Amount of screen time appropriate for a baby?
My husband and I are determined to keep our daughter's exposure to electronic devices/screens as little as possible. She is almost ten months old and we only entertain her with physical toys, physical ...
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How to talk to 4 year old children about action scenes in movies?
My 4-year-old twins like to watch TV shows occasionally that have a bit of action in them. My kid's favorite TV show is "The Walking Dead."
My husband is concerned that it's a little too ...
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Is it usual for a child to cry while watching cartoons?
When my niece was young, she would cry while watching sad bits of a cartoon. Maybe the princess was in danger or something, and she would get emotional and empathize deeply enough to shed tears. I ...
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5 year old loved wildlife documentary but was very upset by dead animals
I sat down with my 5 year old son to watch a wildlife documentary. Normaly he is interested in cars and trucks so I thought I'd try something different.
I picked the latest BBC David Attenborough ...
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How to get preschoolers to interact with me over the TV?
I'm a godfather/honorary uncle to a number of preschoolers. They get excited about my visits and mostly prefer to play with me. However, during my longer (8 hours to few days long) visits they will ...
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Is it too late to stop my 8 month infant to stop watching TV
It all started when she was only a few month old: my in-laws always put her in front of the TV and sometimes for a long period of time.
Today I read how bad it is for the child's brain and for the ...
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What age to show my children the film, Threads [closed]
Back in the UK schools screened to teenage children the film Threads to teach them about the futility and horror of nuclear war. I think all today's children should have the same trauma imposed on ...
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Is there a way to "immunize" or "desensitivize" children against TV and YouTube?
My wife, my two daughters (2 yo and 7 yo), and I live with my parents and my grandmother.
I don't really watch TV myself, but my parents and my grandmother are used to having the TV on when having ...
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What is a better approach than "mum with the carrot, dad with the stick"?
It seems to me that "mum with the carrot, dad with the stick" is a very bad approach, at least for me (dad) as the kids (the 3.5-year-old mainly) are behaving very badly especially with me! What is ...
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Should I encourage/persuade my 3 year old to watch kids TV shows that she finds scary or upsetting?
My 3 year old daughter is quite sensitive and empathetic, and subsequently finds some of the kids TV shows aimed at her age group too scary, worrying or upsetting to watch. Even televised productions ...
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My 7 month old son is intensely attracted to screens
My 7-month-old son has an intense attraction to TV screens and likes to put the TV remote in his mouth more than the toys we have bought him.
He shows huge enthusiasm to sit in front of my MacBook ...
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Can a 3-month-old baby get addicted to TV?
I know that watching TV is bad for kids and babies, but sometimes I would carry my baby in my arm and then sit down to watch some TV programmes (typically for an hour everyday). I believe that TV is ...
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Is there any scientific evidence for TV being intrinsically harmful to children, or is it the loss of what TV replaces that is harmful?
It’s commonly accepted that responsible parents should regulate children’s amount of TV time closely.
Is this because there is something particularly problematic about the actual act of watching ...
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How to explain the "brutal" ways of wildlife and nature to a kid and when?
I would like to expose my kid to a lot of different animals quite early on (starting from 2-3 years), mostly through telling them about it and showing photos/pictures. Even though screen would be ...
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My 4yo son is addicted to cartoons. Do I need to forcefully control his watching habits or should I let him watch?
My son is almost 4yo, too much addicted to cartoons, in fact he started repeating the accent and copying attitudes as well.
Is it common behaviour in pre school kids?
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What order should my child watch Baby Einstein?
I just got the 26 DVD Baby Einstein collection for my little one and I'm a little surprised that there is no recommended viewing order.
I can't imagine that learning numbers, colors, sounds, etc. are ...
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How can I stop my toddler from playing with electronic appliances?
My kid is always trying to play with the home-theater which is under the TV. How can I stop him and how to protect the equipment (is there any cover available to keep children away for touching the ...
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Raising polyglot children through television - a reliable method?
Doing some research on strategies for raising polyglot children, I stepped on this paper (not peer-reviewed) on academia.edu. Also available here.
It suggests that through television it is possible ...
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Should a 18 month old be allowed to watch any videos online?
My wife and I know the dangers of too much exposure to television and videos for young children, that is why we restrict the amount of time our kids spend watching them. But these days my wife is ...
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Why do kids pick up on violence in cartoons/movies?
Why is it that children seem to pick up and mimic even the tiniest examples violence on TV?
It's like a golden beacon of what not to do and they seem to be just magnetized towards it.
Let me try to ...
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How important is the quality of the content of 3D animations made for toddlers?
I am a mother with a children at 2 years old and I am looking for nursery rhymes animations to share with my little one. In this question, my problem is expressed regarding the quality of the ...
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Impact on kids NOT having TV?
My question is, could it be bad, in some way, for a child to not have cable/satellite television?
My husband and I are thinking about children soon. We haven't had cable hooked up in 6 or 7 years and ...
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9 month old watching Telly
My 9 month old daughter seems to have got a great liking for ABC Videos and nursery rhymes from youtube.
Lately she has been watching these ABC Videos and rhymes continuously for couple of hrs! She ...
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Why does 2 hours in front of the TV make my kids grumpy?
I've got two kids, boy 3YO and a girl 5YO.
We find that on a weekend, when they play around the house for two hours (with parental involvement) they end up reasonably good natured (although somewhat ...
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How do you raise an intelligent and happy daughter in a sexist world?
I don't have enough space to explain my reasoning. I just don't want my daughter to be influenced by the media or the general opinions of "society". My daughter is a baby in my womb.
I've decided no ...
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TV shows for toddlers that don't teach bad gender and race dynamics
My daughter is almost 1 and for various reasons outside the scope of this question, I like putting on TV shows that she'll watch on and off while she's playing. My current options are things available ...
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Best age for watching "Once Upon a Time..."-like series
I have 3-4 full series of "Once Upon a Time...", for example "Once Upon a Time... Life". I played it to my 5 years old daughter and she didn't find it interesting. That isn't much surprising for me, ...
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Is it too dangerous for my 2-year-old son to watch YouTube on the iPad for hours?
There are a few questions about the iPad, but I am interested in knowing if such a habit has bad impacts on my son. He watches YouTube for hours and hours. I can't deny that he has learned some good ...
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How does one deal with excessive timidity in 8 year olds? Is it even excessive
My son has reached the point that if something scares him once then he doesn't want to deal with it anymore on any level.
I can understand this for something like "Star Wars." But this has extended ...
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Why does TV/video aimed at young kids contain so much songs and music?
Why does TV/video aimed at young kids, say between 0-5 years, contain so much songs and music?
Both the intro och the credits almost always contains a song and more often then not the characters sing ...
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What are the merits of TV vs DVD?
We allow our 3-year-old daughter to watch a certain amount of TV, and she has a few favorite shows: Peppa Pig, Ben & Holly, etc.
We have a lot of satellite channels, so the TV is usually showing ...
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How do I get my pre-teen to stop asking to watch a TV show/movie?
Our 11-year-old daughter has become obsessed with a TV series that we won't let her watch. We have explained the reasoning as calmly as we could (without giving her all the details of course), and are ...
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What exactly is the problem with the Television?
I know it is recommended that kids not watch TV till they are at least two years old, and even then that TV viewing be pretty minimal.
However, I wonder what are the actual detriments to kids older ...
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What's the long-term effect on a child being accustomed to sleeping with the TV on?
The TV is outside my 12-year-old daughter's bedroom. She likes me to sit up until she falls asleep (which is not difficult). I pull the door to and we agree on a maximum volume that makes her feel ...
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Reducing TV time for toddler?
There are similar Questions around Like this and this
But they dont entirely help me.. I'm pursuing Post graduation and my exams are around. My little one is a three year old restless girl who shows ...
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Cartoons in a language that neither parent speaks?
I have a nephew who is taught both English and Kartuli in school, and speaks both well. He also speaks pretty good Russian, but has no formal education and does not speak much to his family in the ...
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What are the best tv shows for a 3 year old [closed]
I know, I'm a terrible dad but sometimes I have to plop the kid in front of the TV. Are some shows better than others in terms of positive role models for girls, lack of violence, and learning? She ...
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How do you gauge if a show, movie or story may be too frightening for your child?
My 2-and-a-half year old seems to be fond of shows that I would have expected to be too scary for someone his age. He loves to watch R.L. Stine's Goosebumps (he was introduced to it at daycare by ...
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Strategies to reduce computer game interest
We have a moderately strict rule about electronics time at the house -- as long as their homework, chores, or other responsibilities are finished, each kid gets to play a computer or video game for an ...
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My toddler wants to watch the same shows over and over
My son (2 and a half) watches about 3-6 hours of television a week at home (usually closer to 3 than 6). However, most of that time is spent watching the same shows or movies time and time again.
We ...
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Do babies who watch TV start speaking late?
Our baby girl just less than two years old but she can't speak like other babies of the same age.
We are not worried about this, but we have a question. My baby girl understand everything, but when ...
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Is it reasonable/common for a daycare to show TV shows during the day?
My son is 18-months-old and he is in a daycare room with kids 16-months to 2.5 years. Most days when I pick him up they are watching TV. The shows range from somewhat educational (Dora, Sesame St.) ...
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Resources for helping children understand that TV/Films aren't necessarily "real"
Last week we went as a family to see a film.
Quite apart from the fact that it was awful (in my opinion), both daughters (4 1/2 & 7 1/2) were troubled at various times by the silly slapstick ...
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Toddler always get close to the TV, might it point on bad eye sight?
My 2 years old daughter love to watch TV so we let her do that sometimes. We always ask her to sit on the couch which is ~2 meters away from the TV and she do that, however after few minutes she will ...
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Should I expose them to cartoons of the past?
I grew up with Tom & Jerry classics (e.g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCpdjaT46DY) which I find really healthy and full of simple and pure emotions.
I personally feel that cartoons of today are ...
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How can I keep a 14 month old busy at some activity for longer than 3 minutes
Our boy loses interest in any activity - playing with toys /playing with us/mock singing/you-name-it very soon
The only exception is watching TV (which can go on for 30 minutes uninterrupted) and he ...
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Does/can it have a negative effect, if newborns/infants are exposed to background noise (TV, ...) while awake or sleeping?
A midwife once said that babies might sleep camly in the loudest environment (radio or tv sound, party, etc.), but later they are "reprocessing" all this input and will be unsettled or even won't ...
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Online resources of quality cartoons for toddler
while watching TV may not be the ideal activity for our children sometimes it is acceptable trade off.
Please help me find some legal online resources of quality cartoons for toddler.
In my case: ...
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Is TV harmful to my infant's development?
My wife and I use our TV to watch shows and streaming movies. Our 2 month old daughter is sometimes drawn to the TV and will turn her head towards it and will 'focus' on it. I know that their eye ...
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