For Providers Providing Care In Their Homes, How Much TV Do You Allow During The Day?

[nanglgrl]

We save the occasional kid movie for 'off' days. Sometimes it's the children who are off, sometimes it's me. We never watch traditional TV. I have an antenna hooked up, but only for the Olympics.

Usually a couple of times a week, I put the tv on youtube and go to the channel KidsTV123. I love his music. We dance along to Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes, practice the motions to The Itsy Bitsy Spider (although it's the Incy Wincy Spider, because he's British, ).

Curious.. I think it was BlackCat who mentioned background TV being detrimental. Does anyone know if this applies to background music? I usually have Pandora on in the background.

I was surprised to find out that yes, background music is detrimental. I don't know why I just know that points are taken off if you have music on all of the time using FCCERS.
We rarely watch television but used to have music on all of the time, now I limit it.

[Play Care]

Curious.. I think it was BlackCat who mentioned background TV being detrimental. Does anyone know if this applies to background music? I usually have Pandora on in the background.

I was also surprised to find it applies to music as well. Like another poster mentioned it can get points taken off if you are playing it all the time. I never have anything (radio, Pandora, etc.) on all the time, but we used to do a lot more music.

[MsLaura529]

That's weird about the music ... I always thought it was supposed to be more beneficial to have music on in the background. Is there a certain time amount that is acceptable?

[melilley]

WAY TOO MUCH!

I would love to have the tv off all day.

My dh cannot live without the tv on. He turns it on the second he comes downstairs. If he leaves and I turn the tv off, he will turn it on the second he walks through the door. The tv is about the only thing we ever fight about and it's a daily occurrence.

Mostly, he will have it on the Disney channel or CN.

One of my main issues with the tv is he has it loud. The kids get loud, he turns the tv up louder, the kids get louder, and on it goes all day.

I should add, that just because the tv is on, it doesn't mean the kids are watching it. They spend most of their time in the other rooms playing.

My husband does the same exact thing! It drives me nuts!!!

[fatherof3]

Background TV

One thing you may want to take into consideration when talking to providers who provide care in their homes is how much kids are exposed to "background TV."

May be kids are not watching it, but a new study shows background TV hurts children. Here is how, shows the study of University of Iowa researchers.

http://www.emaxhealth.com/11402/background-tv-can-hurt-kids

Background television should be turned off when a child is in the room
It was observed that there is a complex pattern of associations between cumulative risk, parenting, and media exposure with executive functioning during the period of early childhood. The research findings have supported the recommendation of the American Academy of Pediatrics that background television should be turned off when a child is in the room. It has also been suggested that it may be beneficial to have exposure of kids to high-quality content across multiple media platforms.

[sahm1225]

That's weird about the music ... I always thought it was supposed to be more beneficial to have music on in the background. Is there a certain time amount that is acceptable?

I'm missing something here - why is music in the background bad? We have it on almost the whole day (kids lullabies during naps, dancing music for exercise, etc)