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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When my children were younger, I NEVER ever shielded them from the news. My personal philosophy is that children need to learn about the world that we live in. It may not always be pretty, but to not let them see what is going on around them, would be criminal.

My children actually were quite interested in ALL of the news stories and it was a great way to discuss w/them current events. 
My son was up and getting ready for school (he was in 2nd grade) when my neighbor friend came over begging me to turn on the news on the morning of 9/11. What me and my children saw that morning was so disturbing, but I never in a million yrs. would have considered covering my son's eyes and rushing him out the door. In fact, we stayed and watched some coverage before leaving for school. His teacher told him and the class that it was okay to be late that morning....She told the class that something scary, historic + terrible had happened in New York, but she would be open to answering any questions the students had.

Now my children are fully grown adults and I don't see any negative effects any and all news watching has on them. If anything, my kids all have their unique opinions on world affairs and are excellent critical thinkers.[/quote]

This.

I really don't get why people try to "shield" their children from what's happening in the world.

I mean for goodness sake, children aren't fragile little creatures who need to be shielded from every and any little thing that might pose some level of discomfort or fear. It's a part of life and, like everyone else, they'll learn to deal with it.

Luckily for me, my own parents didn't have any "screen time" restrictions whatsoever. I watched/heard hours of news since I was child.... much as I disliked it back then. To be honest, I found the news boring and couldn't wait till my grandmother or mother was finished with the TV so that my siblings and I could watch hours of cartoons or play video games, lol.

At any rate, I watched the entire coverage of 9/11 as a forth grader living in NY, and really didn't think much of it. Not to mention other news regarding deadly fires, serial killers, rapes, murders, highway accidents, political scandals, and the whole plethora of what is generally covered by the news. And, years later, I'm a well adjusted young adult.

Seriously, I never plan on having any screen time restrictions or news restrictions when I have my bundle of kiddies.

I'm equally glad that my employers aren't the type to do this either. They have the TV on the news all morning, regardless of if the LO is awake or asleep.

I can also have the TV on all day with my 8 month old charge if I wanted to. Not that I do. I usually have the TV on a music channel, Pandora, or we watch Bubble Guppies, Jake and the Never Land Pirates, or some other kiddy show while I feed her lunch. Win-win. :P[/quote]

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