<![CDATA[Anyone does not have a TV set in the living room?]]>Just wanna ask if anyone does not have a TV set in the living room?---hubby n i are thinking of NOT having a TV set in the living room when we move into our new house next yr---coz we felt tt our 2 kids (5 & 3) are watching too much TV.


One pet peeve (picked up from being baby sat by Grandma when i was still working full time) was that they insist on having the tV on (Disney Junior or DVDs) when its meal time. They will eat and watch TV and its very frustrating to keep prodding them to eat.

Do you think it is too drastic. Hubby was thinking of having the TV set in the master bed room and let the kids use DVD player --controlled timing/frequency.

Do u think this is a workable idea... ๐Ÿคท

If you r currently with this NO TV IN LIVING RM arrangement, do u have anything in plce of the 'TV console' or feature wall ?

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prettymum12\" post_id=\"2119586\" time=\"1695719246\" user_id=\"202853:

Me!! Haha my niece throw his car toy to the tv when they visited us. Been 5 mos alr but we still didnt replace it coz we usually use phone/laptop to watch ๐Ÿ˜„
Ouch. Must be painful :moneyflies:

Maybe you can try to keep the TV another 20 years and then ask her to buy you a new TV when she visits again :rotflmao:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2119595https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2119595Tue, 26 Sep 2023 13:03:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone does not have a TV set in the living room? on Tue, 26 Sep 2023 09:07:26 GMT]]>Me!! Haha my niece throw his car toy to the tv when they visited us. Been 5 mos alr but we still didnt replace it coz we usually use phone/laptop to watch ๐Ÿ˜„

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2119586https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2119586Tue, 26 Sep 2023 09:07:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone does not have a TV set in the living room? on Mon, 26 Jun 2023 12:59:24 GMT]]>

ChiefKiasu\" post_id=\"2111598\" time=\"1687771298\" user_id=\"3:

Special effects :yikes: ?!

Wah... you must have a 3D TV. But I thought they don't sell them anymore?
No, ours is a basic TV, but it's bigger than a computer screen.

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slmkhoo\" post_id=\"2111590\" time=\"1687766757\" user_id=\"28674:

My kids use our TV set sometimes, especially when they want to watch a movie that has special effects. But scheduled programming is mostly for oldies - the young ones use streaming services!
Special effects :yikes: ?!

Wah... you must have a 3D TV. But I thought they don't sell them anymore?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2111598https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2111598Mon, 26 Jun 2023 09:21:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone does not have a TV set in the living room? on Mon, 26 Jun 2023 08:05:57 GMT]]>

pirate\" post_id=\"2111570\" time=\"1687758041\" user_id=\"66252:

TV set? How quaint. TV sets are for old folks like us. ๐Ÿ˜‰
My kids use our TV set sometimes, especially when they want to watch a movie that has special effects. But scheduled programming is mostly for oldies - the young ones use streaming services!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2111590https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2111590Mon, 26 Jun 2023 08:05:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone does not have a TV set in the living room? on Mon, 26 Jun 2023 05:40:41 GMT]]>TV set? How quaint. TV sets are for old folks like us. ๐Ÿ˜‰

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2111570https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2111570Mon, 26 Jun 2023 05:40:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone does not have a TV set in the living room? on Thu, 12 Aug 2021 11:17:31 GMT]]>My parentsโ€™ house now and when I was growing up didnโ€™t have a TV in the living room. There was a TV in their bedroom, and in the "family room" (it was roomy house). So I never got used to having the TV on all the time, or eating in front of the TV. Meals were strictly only eaten at the dining table.


With kids and in an HDB flat, itโ€™s a bit harder to not have the TV in the living room as we donโ€™t want the kids on our bed. But weโ€™ve always been very strict about TV watching, and donโ€™t have the TV on during meals (except during the NDP most years and the recent Olympics!). The TV is only switched on for specific programmes, and switched off after. We average 1-2 hours of TV a day (including 1 hr of news at night).

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2034165https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2034165Thu, 12 Aug 2021 11:17:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone does not have a TV set in the living room? on Thu, 12 Aug 2021 08:44:34 GMT]]>Lol. Yes our interior designer thought it was so odd that we didnโ€™t have (and didnโ€™t want) a TV in the living room.


When they came to take photos of the finished renovation to feature on their website, they even did a Photoshop digital touch-up to superimpose a TV onto that blank white wall ๐Ÿ˜†

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2034115https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2034115Thu, 12 Aug 2021 08:44:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone does not have a TV set in the living room? on Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:41:24 GMT]]>

3Boys:
Absolutely when I next renovate the house, the TV set is going upstairs and the living and dining areas will have NO TV. It is such a conversation killer, apart from encouraging poor TV habits in the kids.

Kekekekeke!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/680683https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/680683Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:41:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone does not have a TV set in the living room? on Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:32:09 GMT]]>Absolutely when I next renovate the house, the TV set is going upstairs and the living and dining areas will have NO TV. It is such a conversation killer, apart from encouraging poor TV habits in the kids.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/680674https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/680674Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:32:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone does not have a TV set in the living room? on Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:08:39 GMT]]>

UncleLim:
clioclio:

Just wanna ask if anyone does not have a TV set in the living room?---hubby n i are thinking of NOT having a TV set in the living room when we move into our new house next yr---coz we felt tt our 2 kids (5 & 3) are watching too much TV.


One pet peeve (picked up from being baby sat by Grandma when i was still working full time) was that they insist on having the tV on (Disney Junior or DVDs) when its meal time. They will eat and watch TV and its very frustrating to keep prodding them to eat.

Do you think it is too drastic. Hubby was thinking of having the TV set in the master bed room and let the kids use DVD player --controlled timing/frequency.

Do u think this is a workable idea... ๐Ÿคท

If you r currently with this NO TV IN LIVING RM arrangement, do u have anything in plce of the 'TV console' or feature wall ?

It is absolutely workable! How do I know? Because it has been like that for years since we have kids. No TV in living room. The living room is for interaction, reading, talking, computers, playing (plus scolding, quarrelling etc etc).

Only one TV and it is in the master bedroom where everyone gathers for a spot of watching news, American idol, cooking shows and movies at night.

P/S. We have to live with suggestions from relatives and friends that we are insane.

๐Ÿ˜„ ๐Ÿ˜‰

Same here.

This said, we didn't own a TV till DS reached P4. By that time, both kids had learnt to fill their time with plenty of other things that we had a bit of trouble figuring out how to make the TV work after we moved it to the new house.

But at least the TV is now there to show guests that we're normal people... who own a TV.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/678692https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/678692Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:08:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone does not have a TV set in the living room? on Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:40:05 GMT]]>

clioclio:
Just wanna ask if anyone does not have a TV set in the living room?---hubby n i are thinking of NOT having a TV set in the living room when we move into our new house next yr---coz we felt tt our 2 kids (5 & 3) are watching too much TV.


One pet peeve (picked up from being baby sat by Grandma when i was still working full time) was that they insist on having the tV on (Disney Junior or DVDs) when its meal time. They will eat and watch TV and its very frustrating to keep prodding them to eat.

Do you think it is too drastic. Hubby was thinking of having the TV set in the master bed room and let the kids use DVD player --controlled timing/frequency.

Do u think this is a workable idea... ๐Ÿคท

If you r currently with this NO TV IN LIVING RM arrangement, do u have anything in plce of the 'TV console' or feature wall ?
It is absolutely workable! How do I know? Because it has been like that for years since we have kids. No TV in living room. The living room is for interaction, reading, talking, computers, playing (plus scolding, quarrelling etc etc).

Only one TV and it is in the master bedroom where everyone gathers for a spot of watching news, American idol, cooking shows and movies at night.

P/S. We have to live with suggestions from relatives and friends that we are insane.

๐Ÿ˜„ ๐Ÿ˜‰

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/677921https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/677921Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:40:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone does not have a TV set in the living room? on Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:49:03 GMT]]>

clioclio:
Ichigokun:

Anyway, can I give a proposal? ๐Ÿ˜„


You know the Singtel miotv box? There's this system whereby you can use a code to lock the miotv.

IF your children want to watch some TV ocassionally or they have been extremely good, you can unlock it for them, when time is up, lock it up.

Don't be so strict la. I mean like, come on. ๐Ÿ˜“

At least give them like 3 hours a week?

๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐Ÿ˜‚ :lol:
so funny! Tdy hubby and I went down to ID company to discuss the interior decor for our new plce...the ID guy literally 'jaw drop' when we said maybe don't want TV console...don't want TV. He said all teh projects he do don't have 'no tv' concept.

I want to try out the advice--eat until 7 and then can watch tv till 7.30 or something.
I cannot stand it when my kids wke up in the morning, auto walk to living room and turnon the TV themselves. they can even navigate between Cable TV and DVD mode.

Starhub box also got lock up? Can i just take away that card should disable the box liao right

Yes, starhub has a lock. Just go to menu and click parental control. Input your own code and only that code can unlock the channels you choose to lock. If unsure look up the starhub guide on how to do it. All the best!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/676218https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/676218Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:49:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone does not have a TV set in the living room? on Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:04:33 GMT]]>Haha.....i really wonder how this is going to last in not having TV in the living room? 12 years? 16 years? 18 years? ๐Ÿ˜†


I encourage my children to watch TV but only selected channels/ programmes and on my rules with slated schedule and timing. Not all TV programmes are bad. They can be educational such as national geographics, chinese programmes etc. Personally it is the parents/ grandparents/ caregivers that need to be controlled and not children.

Why bother to disable the mio? Just keep the mio remote control or simply plug out the cables to the TV. :evil:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/676211https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/676211Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:04:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone does not have a TV set in the living room? on Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:09:10 GMT]]>

clioclio:
Ichigokun:

Anyway, can I give a proposal? ๐Ÿ˜„


You know the Singtel miotv box? There's this system whereby you can use a code to lock the miotv.

IF your children want to watch some TV ocassionally or they have been extremely good, you can unlock it for them, when time is up, lock it up.

Don't be so strict la. I mean like, come on. ๐Ÿ˜“

At least give them like 3 hours a week?

๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐Ÿ˜‚ :lol:
so funny! Tdy hubby and I went down to ID company to discuss the interior decor for our new plce...the ID guy literally 'jaw drop' when we said maybe don't want TV console...don't want TV. He said all teh projects he do don't have 'no tv' concept.

I want to try out the advice--eat until 7 and then can watch tv till 7.30 or something.
I cannot stand it when my kids wke up in the morning, auto walk to living room and turnon the TV themselves. they can even navigate between Cable TV and DVD mode.

Starhub box also got lock up? Can i just take away that card should disable the box liao right

I don't know ba, my family has been using only miotv over the years.
Ask someone who has star hub ๐Ÿ˜“

Anyway I suggest you don't just pull out the card like that. Might spoil the entire star hub box. Perhaps you can ask the Starhub service centre on more details like how to disable the box temporarily?

I don't dare anyhow suggest how to disable the Starhub box for u. Later spoil u come my house find me Hahah :lol:

I only know how to disable Singtel miotv. Starhub I have no clue :imsorry:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/676146https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/676146Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:09:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone does not have a TV set in the living room? on Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:01:10 GMT]]>

Ichigokun:
Anyway, can I give a proposal? ๐Ÿ˜„


You know the Singtel miotv box? There's this system whereby you can use a code to lock the miotv.

IF your children want to watch some TV ocassionally or they have been extremely good, you can unlock it for them, when time is up, lock it up.

Don't be so strict la. I mean like, come on. ๐Ÿ˜“

At least give them like 3 hours a week?
๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐Ÿ˜‚ :lol:
so funny! Tdy hubby and I went down to ID company to discuss the interior decor for our new plce...the ID guy literally 'jaw drop' when we said maybe don't want TV console...don't want TV. He said all teh projects he do don't have 'no tv' concept.

I want to try out the advice--eat until 7 and then can watch tv till 7.30 or something.
I cannot stand it when my kids wke up in the morning, auto walk to living room and turnon the TV themselves. they can even navigate between Cable TV and DVD mode.

Starhub box also got lock up? Can i just take away that card should disable the box liao right

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/676130https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/676130Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:01:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone does not have a TV set in the living room? on Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:35:19 GMT]]>Anyway, can I give a proposal? ๐Ÿ˜„


You know the Singtel miotv box? There's this system whereby you can use a code to lock the miotv.

IF your children want to watch some TV ocassionally or they have been extremely good, you can unlock it for them, when time is up, lock it up.

Don't be so strict la. I mean like, come on. ๐Ÿ˜“

At least give them like 3 hours a week?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/676070https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/676070Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:35:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone does not have a TV set in the living room? on Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:32:03 GMT]]>

clioclio:
Just wanna ask if anyone does not have a TV set in the living room?---hubby n i are thinking of NOT having a TV set in the living room when we move into our new house next yr---coz we felt tt our 2 kids (5 & 3) are watching too much TV.


One pet peeve (picked up from being baby sat by Grandma when i was still working full time) was that they insist on having the tV on (Disney Junior or DVDs) when its meal time. They will eat and watch TV and its very frustrating to keep prodding them to eat.

Do you think it is too drastic. Hubby was thinking of having the TV set in the master bed room and let the kids use DVD player --controlled timing/frequency.

Do u think this is a workable idea... ๐Ÿคท

If you r currently with this NO TV IN LIVING RM arrangement, do u have anything in plce of the 'TV console' or feature wall ?
I am personally a student. I think that a house without a TV is kind of cold and boring :frustrated:

I would freak out if I had no TV

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/676064https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/676064Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:32:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone does not have a TV set in the living room? on Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:25:12 GMT]]>

deminc:
It is how you use it that matters. The kids are only 3 and 5, the adults should call the shots. You need to have clear guidelines on tv usage. One thing you can consider is to cancel the cartoon channels and use DVDs instead. These can be rented or borrowed from the library. Some shows are better than others, and for a 3 year old, an adult should watch and explain to the child and limit tv time to 30min maximum.


The television, used correctly and within limits can be very educational and a family bonding activity. It's when we use it all the time for babysitting that it becomes a problem. Having said that, I must say that if you take away tv, a child has A LOT of time to do other things.

Ps. Of course adults must also set example and not watch all the time.
Spot on, totally agreed. It's not the TV set that matters, but the user discipline

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/675959https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/675959Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:25:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone does not have a TV set in the living room? on Thu, 29 Dec 2011 06:09:55 GMT]]>I am a hardcore TV addict mum :faint: :faint:


I also think should not have TV is good for growing children
until 18 ..... :hi5:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/675521https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/675521Thu, 29 Dec 2011 06:09:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone does not have a TV set in the living room? on Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:47:20 GMT]]>It is how you use it that matters. The kids are only 3 and 5, the adults should call the shots. You need to have clear guidelines on tv usage. One thing you can consider is to cancel the cartoon channels and use DVDs instead. These can be rented or borrowed from the library. Some shows are better than others, and for a 3 year old, an adult should watch and explain to the child and limit tv time to 30min maximum.


The television, used correctly and within limits can be very educational and a family bonding activity. Itโ€™s when we use it all the time for babysitting that it becomes a problem. Having said that, I must say that if you take away tv, a child has A LOT of time to do other things.

Ps. Of course adults must also set example and not watch all the time.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/675502https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/675502Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:47:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone does not have a TV set in the living room? on Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:55:01 GMT]]>Yes, I know a mummy who doesn't have a TV. ๐Ÿ˜„

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/675453https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/675453Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:55:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone does not have a TV set in the living room? on Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:45:25 GMT]]>I have the same thoughts when we move to new place but that will be 2 years later.


Currently we do have TV set in the living room, but kids hardly watch it. We also cut down on a lot of TV time ourselves after having kids (mainly after they sleepโ€ฆ)

They are still young now, and still taking afternoon napsโ€ฆso easier to fill up their waking hours with activitiesโ€ฆbut when they get older and time to drop their naps, maybe not so possible to keep the TV controller out of their reach by thenโ€ฆ

Parents whose kids are not much exposed to TV since young, at what age will they start to compare with their friends in school who is watching what and they will also request to watch the same? How do you handle the issue?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/675396https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/675396Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:45:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anyone does not have a TV set in the living room? on Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:28:04 GMT]]>

Mvm:
We have a tv in living room, and dining room BUT we do not turn it on.


You may want to tell your kids that they can watch for x minutes after they finish their dinner, only if they finish their dinner by a certain time. Eg dinner time is 6.15pm. If they finish by 7 pm, they get to watch until 7.30.

Most impt is to enforce and not bend the rules so hey low you mean business and will tow the line.

Your idea of having it in the bedroom is a good idea.
i am doing that too

they know that watching tv is not a entitlement

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/675327https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/675327Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:28:04 GMT