Do you let your child watch tv all day when sick?
![[Post New]](/jforum/templates/default/images/icon_minipost_new.gif){kind=icon}
Anonymous
| OP here- thanks everyone for the sanity check! Guilt absolved! Appreciate it! |
Anonymous
|
Yes, and I also let my 2yr old do this when sick. All damn day. The only time they were not watching TV is when they would fall asleep or the 30ish mins I made them take a bath.
You should stop thinking/guilting about this, it will have exactly 0 effect on their life. |
Anonymous
|
All day? No
More than normal? Yes. |
Anonymous
+1 not all day! |
Anonymous
If your kid is really sick than yes all day. |
Anonymous
+1. I let my older ones listen to a podcast or audiobook. The youngest definitely. |
Anonymous
| Nothing wrong with TV. It’s been an important part of our our lives as a species for decades. I don’t really understand the premise of the question |
Anonymous
| Yes also iPad games and Lego kits and or art kits to break up the day when they get bored. We keep a stash of Lego small kits for emergencies. |
Anonymous
| Yes. For my four year old, I try to get him off the tv to take a nap, but other than that, it’s tv time. |
Anonymous
| I never did and my oldest is now 8. My kids wouldn't sit in front of the TV for more than one movie, so like 2 or 3 hours max. When sick they spent time in the bathtub, sometimes 2 baths a day, and if little enough id push them in a stroller for a long walk, or we would sit outside and paint rocks or something mindless. Also they would sleep or read, even before they could actually read. I never had a kid sick enough to need that much tv. |
Anonymous
+2 |
Anonymous
|
No guilt in sick day screen time regardless of age, but I will say that at 4, if my kid was really sick, I found they were more likely to fall asleep if I read to them instead of watching TV. I remember snuggling in her bed with her at 4 and just reading stories from that big Winnie the Pooh collection until she passed out -- maybe 20-30 minutes. Then she'd sleep for hours.
Worth it to me because that's really good rest for a sick kid (better than zoning in front of the TV) plus it would buy me a couple hours of totally uninterrupted time. I might pause to take her temperature but otherwise no worries. Plus she's in her room where I can pull the blackout curtains and close the door. But I also did plenty of TV time with no regrets. We limit it a lot usually so it's not like she was going to get used to it or think it's the new normal. |
Anonymous
|
At that age? Heck ya! Not old enough to read independently enough to spend all day in bed with a book. Need something to keep them from going stir crazy while they lie on a couch. Not physically tiring. TV fits the bill, it's actually a great way to get them to lie still with a blanket. It has nothing to do with you working, it just makes sense for a sick kid.
Hope he feels better soon! |
Anonymous
|
Yep!!
My 4 year old actually looked at me the other day and said- “remember when I was sick and got to watch tv all day? That was the best day ever!!!” And he sighed. I thought it was so funny. We’re not anti screen time but I like to play games or play outside with them a lot. They never get to just mindlessly lay on the couch all day unless sick. |
Anonymous
But clearly you aren’t working. I take off time all the time to spend the day playing with my kids. But when they’re sick I can’t always take off. When they’re sick they don’t really need you either, they need rest. I know my kids are done being sick when they’re bouncing off the walls and begging to go outside to play. |