Do let your kids watch a lot of TV?

My kids are both very active. Even if the tv is on the little one doens't pay much attention unless he is tired. My eldest doesn't have much time for tv as he is in high school and has a job. He also walks a lot, at least two miles a day. We had a scare with high blood pressure when he was 15 after gaining 20 lbs in one summer visit with his Dad. I guess they eat out a lot.

I have only a 11 years old son.I try don't let him watch TV many hours.Except TV another problem for the children these days is computer.The more of children or they sit in front of TV or in front or PC screen.I had many troubles with my son until i make him understand that there is limit time for everything.So now i let him watch TV or play at PC only for little time.

I whole heartedly agree. As an ex primary school teacher of 22 years, and the Mother of 3 children, I can see obvious effects of too much TV. It's not just just watching too much TV, it's the inability of these children to not entertain themselves. My daughter, now nearly 14 was always allowed to watch TV, within reason. Suitable programs were chosen, and we occasioonally discussed what was "good" and not so good on various shows. At the same I encouraged and developed her interests in sport, art, craft and music. My step children on the other hand, were put in front of a TV as a way of keeping them out of their Mothers hair. Very little was done to supervise what they watched. No other interests were encouraged. The Result: Both do very poorly at school, and the elder in particular doesn't know what to do with himself unless he is watching TV.

I actually don't have a T.V. And to be honest, I'm all the more better without it. I hate wasting my time in front of a screen and not benefitting with my time. I think tv often times is a waste of time, and it just makes your brain freeze sitting there and not using it to think all day. As for my daughter, she doesn't watch tv because as I've mentioned, we don't have one. I had a psychology teacher tell me that a lot of children and adults nowadays have a low attention span because of the tv, and the reason being is that there are a lot of commercials and that takes away a person's attention from what they're watching. So if a student is in class, they're sitting there waiting for commerical to come. And so their attention span is very low because they can only concentrate on something for so long that they're sitting there trying to focus on the entire lecture but can't because they're used to having a commerical in between. So I don't think I'll let my daughter watch too much tv unless maybe it's an educational film or something with no commericals.