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i think its fine long as its restricted like i say mine only watch it on a morning but to be honest they usually end up in my room as soon as baby satan wakes up he wants cbeebies on to watch while i get ready so normally sit in my room while i bathe n get dressed

I can see your point Tina but my daughter falls asleep watching a dvd. She's only allowed to watch a dvd at night though if she is in bed earlier than lights off time.

my grandson who lives with me , has got one in his room , i have no problems with it . i find he goes upstairs and watches his dvd and also knows when i switch it off , its time for sleep .
i have no bother whats so ever ................
......................rose..............x

they never had one in their rooms,,,,,,,,they got their own when working,,,,,,,,,,,,,they never felt they missed out,,,,,,,,,,although they had their music players in their own rooms,,,

My son bought my daughters TVs when they were 17 and 15 for Christmas, I didn't know what he was getting them.

Had to control their use when they were revising but all my lot are like me...enjoy noise whatever I am doing and I don't get distracted.

Sue x

Both mine have tv/dvd combi's in their rooms. They both have rules as to what time they are allowed to watch it until and have had no problems.

I find it easier as there are somethings that I would watch before the watershed that I wouldnt really want them to watch and they are both happy to watch dvd's plus it gives them a bit of chill time too.

I think things are different now from when I was a child. I didn't have a TV in my room until I was about 15 and then it was when we got a new one downstairs so I had this full size one. I think there's so much choice now that it can make sense to have more TVs. Although I do agree with restriction and my kids know they're only allowed so much TV.

Hi Julie Cat
I suppose if they are just watching dvd's then its slightly different but I would not like my children to have the TV itself on watching goodness knows what without me knowing. videos and DVDs would be slighltly different - suppose like having the radio on.

Its very difficult and easy for us all to make comment but each family is different. lol

Mine have always had a tv in room .
and i can assure you i don't see any less of them lol
and i can still never watch what i wanna watch on the tv in the living room.
Rosex

Older ones when they were in teens cos they shared a room. Youngest who is 8 has one cos everyone else does. She hardly watches it cos she falls asleep.

Mine was 3 years old as i won a Tv/video combo and i don't see the big deal in it, he watches it and falls asleep to it, if i didn't have it up there i would have trouble getting him to bed and its only kids dvds he watches.