watching what you watch in front of the kids

[MrsBone]

So, we haven't really put much thought into being careful what we watch in front of our son, because he's just now 14 months old. I know many people would think I should already start to be careful about what we watch in front of him, but I hadn't really thought about it until now. When's a good age to start screening what we watch in front of the kid?

[SaraC]

Usually by age 2 I start watching what I watch in front of my daughters. I tend to like true crime and murder mystery type shows and I do not want my kids to see that stuff. So I/we usually watch anything we think is inappropriate after bedtime or during nap time.

[Grace and Granola]

We watch zero television with our kids. That is, what I like to watch! They watch about an hour of tv per day and it is something that they want to watch. I might watch a show during their nap while I have lunch or after I get them into bed, that's my time.

My boys are 3 and 4, but this has always been the rule. I don't want junk going into their little brains. And after age 2, they pick up everything they hear, and I personally was mortified the first time I hear the word "moron" come out of my child's mouth because he watched a kids movie that I didn't prescreen. I'm just uber-careful about what they hear and see.