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t1_j780u21 wrote

Anyone else's child show zero interest in the TV until they were a bit older? My son didn't care about the TV at all no matter what was on, until he was about 2.5

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t1_j798idt wrote

Same. Sometimes for my mental health I desperately needed some time to myself, but a tv couldn’t hold my kids’ attention until they were about 4.

It takes a village to raise a kid.

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t1_j7aiaej wrote

I have been called many things, babysitter was unexpected

leave my feed on, it calms the child

I have no clue

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t1_j781sw5 wrote

My child is 4.5 and her tv time is about one episode of Sesame Street on the weekend if she remembers it. This only started like 6 months ago when she got sick and we were trying to make her rest. I think if you start the kid off with books and fun activities, they don’t tend to find tv that interesting. When my daughter was younger, when we went to other people’ houses and they had tv on, she would watch for 5 minutes and lose interest. Real world is a lot more interesting to her.

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t1_j79401m wrote

That makes sense. Little kids are interested in actually doing things, interacting with things. I always suspected that issues from too much screen time may be more common in kids who get a lot of screen time early on.

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t1_j79wa3u wrote

Also, if they see you reading, they are much more likely to read.

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t1_j79y0g2 wrote

And it almost goes without saying, but kids need to have access to different activities if you want them off the screen. Are there books, toys, and crafts in the home? I hate when parents complain about their kids not doing things when they don’t give them the opportunity to do it.

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t1_j79q4bv wrote

One of my 4 month olds will be glued to the TV if it’s on in the background or a phone screen if it’s in front of him. When they were younger I liked to have YouTube videos with music playing on the TV during the day but now we have to keep the TV off whenever they’re facing it. We don’t intend to give them any screen-time until they’re 2+ and it will be in accordance with available guidance.

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t1_j7spvw8 wrote

I have a 4 month old who is the same way. Glued to screens.

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t1_j8h7lxi wrote

My 14mo old does not care about TV at all. His 3yr old brother only watches train videos or trains restoration videos. He doesn’t seem to like animated cartoons. He went through a cars1,2,3 phase but it’s over now. My mom said I’ve been watching TV since 2 month old. I don’t know how because my 14mo can’t sit still more than 5 mins at a time. He’s always up to something.

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