Submitted by jamison (not verified) on May 2, 2008 - 7:04pm.
My son is 10 months old.
I always felt very dirty when a friend of ours who had kids (before we did ) refered to the TV as a "baby sitter".
I promised I wouldnt let it come to that.
My wife stays home part time and i stay home the other part. It is HARD entertaining this child without a break, but we do it.
There is too much negative energy on TV.
Now he is 10 months and will glance at the TV if we are watching it, bark if he sees a dog, and move on to playing with his toys.
I assume it just comes down to a child; good or bad.
At the same time, I often wondered what the difference was in a child watching the window of a car as we ride along and watching the TV.
In any case, I will never refer to my TV as a babysitter.
Since we have had him we watch less TV now as it is. There is too much joy in the house. And I dont want to look back at his first year and think of how much TV we/he watched.
Dirty word
My son is 10 months old.
I always felt very dirty when a friend of ours who had kids (before we did ) refered to the TV as a "baby sitter".
I promised I wouldnt let it come to that.
My wife stays home part time and i stay home the other part. It is HARD entertaining this child without a break, but we do it.
There is too much negative energy on TV.
Now he is 10 months and will glance at the TV if we are watching it, bark if he sees a dog, and move on to playing with his toys.
I assume it just comes down to a child; good or bad.
At the same time, I often wondered what the difference was in a child watching the window of a car as we ride along and watching the TV.
In any case, I will never refer to my TV as a babysitter.
Since we have had him we watch less TV now as it is. There is too much joy in the house. And I dont want to look back at his first year and think of how much TV we/he watched.