Before I was married, it was just me and my dd. We were tv free... meaning, we had a tv with no cable or channels. I would watch a movie once or twice a month. She saw absolutly no tv until she was around 4, and then it was very limited. We just did other things.
Before we were married, my dh told me he was fine living tv free. I thought we were on the same page with this, but it is obvious we are not. We still do not have cable or anything like that, but much of dh's time off is geared towards movies, or streaming shows off the internet, or playing video games.
I really don't care what he wants to do, but it is important to me that my kids are not raised with this being the "norm" in our home. It is important to me that they keep their imaginations, and learn other ways to cope and take care of themselves.
My 19 mo ds is quite enthrolled with the whole thing. If there is any sort of action on the tv or computer screen, then he is glued. I hate it!!
When ever we get a bigger home, then we are going to have an "entertainment room" (just a spare bedroom type thing), where all that stuff is not in the center of our life if we are in the "living room". We have a pretty small place, so there is nowhere really to go to just be, other than the living room.
Anyways, how do you do it if your dh/dp is not supportive of a tv free lifestyle? We can find things to go and do, but I don't like having to leave just because there is another show on, and often it is in the evening when it's dinnertime and into the kids bedtime.
So, how do you work it out in your home?
Before we were married, my dh told me he was fine living tv free. I thought we were on the same page with this, but it is obvious we are not. We still do not have cable or anything like that, but much of dh's time off is geared towards movies, or streaming shows off the internet, or playing video games.
I really don't care what he wants to do, but it is important to me that my kids are not raised with this being the "norm" in our home. It is important to me that they keep their imaginations, and learn other ways to cope and take care of themselves.
My 19 mo ds is quite enthrolled with the whole thing. If there is any sort of action on the tv or computer screen, then he is glued. I hate it!!
When ever we get a bigger home, then we are going to have an "entertainment room" (just a spare bedroom type thing), where all that stuff is not in the center of our life if we are in the "living room". We have a pretty small place, so there is nowhere really to go to just be, other than the living room.
Anyways, how do you do it if your dh/dp is not supportive of a tv free lifestyle? We can find things to go and do, but I don't like having to leave just because there is another show on, and often it is in the evening when it's dinnertime and into the kids bedtime.
So, how do you work it out in your home?
all the time. The x-box is his default activity. He has ADD, and his job is watching multiple screens and TV shows all night long, so I'm pretty sure his brain is actually chemically addicted to screen.
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