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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

True, my kids were little pre pandemic and I didn't have the option to work from home so when one of them was sick I had to take off and you know, be a parent. Because my sick kids needed me (just like yours do). There were times I thought I might get fired if I took another sick day. And none of them were for me, if I got sick I took Sudafed and showed up for work. Imagine that! There are definitely benefits to covid and the wfh culture. Parenting young kids comes with a lot more flexibility now. But my kids never watched 8 hours of TV at age 4, so there's that too.

So darn judgy. During that 8 hour day, they eat breakfast, lunch, nap for 2+ hours (all my sick kids nap a lot), take a bath. It's not straight tv for 8 hours. But yes, let me sit on the edge of my kids bed and nag them to play with me all day so that I can provide enriching activities and prove that I'm a better parent.

So the we are in agreement that a 4 year old watching TV "all day" is not what you do on a sick day. You parent them the best you can with meals, baths, and naps, just like I did. So both of our answers to OP is "no". Others on this thread feel differently apparently and don't blink an eye at 8 hours of TV. And yes, I do judge that, its not good for the kid and is lazy parenting.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

True, my kids were little pre pandemic and I didn't have the option to work from home so when one of them was sick I had to take off and you know, be a parent. Because my sick kids needed me (just like yours do). There were times I thought I might get fired if I took another sick day. And none of them were for me, if I got sick I took Sudafed and showed up for work. Imagine that! There are definitely benefits to covid and the wfh culture. Parenting young kids comes with a lot more flexibility now. But my kids never watched 8 hours of TV at age 4, so there's that too.

So darn judgy. During that 8 hour day, they eat breakfast, lunch, nap for 2+ hours (all my sick kids nap a lot), take a bath. It's not straight tv for 8 hours. But yes, let me sit on the edge of my kids bed and nag them to play with me all day so that I can provide enriching activities and prove that I'm a better parent.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

True, my kids were little pre pandemic and I didn't have the option to work from home so when one of them was sick I had to take off and you know, be a parent. Because my sick kids needed me (just like yours do). There were times I thought I might get fired if I took another sick day. And none of them were for me, if I got sick I took Sudafed and showed up for work. Imagine that! There are definitely benefits to covid and the wfh culture. Parenting young kids comes with a lot more flexibility now. But my kids never watched 8 hours of TV at age 4, so there's that too.

Anonymous wrote: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.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

True, my kids were little pre pandemic and I didn't have the option to work from home so when one of them was sick I had to take off and you know, be a parent. Because my sick kids needed me (just like yours do). There were times I thought I might get fired if I took another sick day. And none of them were for me, if I got sick I took Sudafed and showed up for work. Imagine that! There are definitely benefits to covid and the wfh culture. Parenting young kids comes with a lot more flexibility now. But my kids never watched 8 hours of TV at age 4, so there's that too.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

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.