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[quote=Anonymous]No tv in our house during the school week either, OP.  You should rock on!  By the time they get home from school, have snack and do homework (yes, even the 2nd grader has homework), it is almost dinner time, and then after dinner it is bed and bath.  I find tv is really disruptive in the evening, particularly for our youngest boy -- it makes it really hard for him to settle down at night.  Without TV, the kids are talking and playing with each other, engaging in imaginative play or reading or playing games or running around outside.

On the weekend the kids are allowed to have 1/2 hour each per day of tv (and since they both watch each others' shows, it's more like an hour).  They are vegetables in front of the TV.  They fight about what to watch.  They whine for more even when time is up.  When they are done with TV they are cranky not happy and whine "what can we do...."

Once I caught our oldest sneaking TV similar to your description.  She got in trouble and had other privileges revoked.  When you break a rule, there are consequences.  It was a valuable experience for her, and about so much more than TV.  I trusted her with a privilege and she abused the trust and privilege ... Now that she's older, we've had the same discussion about the cell phone.  I think she knows that I'm not kidding that if she abuses her cell phone privileges, it will be taken away.  So far, no problems with the phone. 
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