Guest guest Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 << watches lots of TV and I'm just wondering if you all let your kids watch a lot.>> Guilty here of allowing too much TV. Altho I've heard many moms with Autistic kids complain because their kids won't watch TV. has actually never been interested in real TV....videos are her thing. We've got tons of educational videos (or DVDs these days), like signing videos, teach your baby to read, preschool power,....there are so many new ones now that are really great for learning...First Impressions has a great set, Baby Einstein etc. and I agree totally with Margaret....use that closed captioning. If nothing else it will allow you to feel less guilty about letting her watch TV:-) Sherry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 Danial will only watch, Sesame Street, he loves Elmo and Grover because Grover falls down all the time. He also likes Barney because of the music. Danial loves loves loves music. He will sit in his room and listen to CD's while chewing on a toy or laying on top of a toy. He also likes the telley tubbies. Why I don't know. I never really got that show. Those are the only things he will watch. Well MTV if there are Hip Hop Videos on. We watch the same Elmo's World video all the time. I am sorry to say, We will play that thing 3 time if we are doing something. Jessi Mom to Dominick 9 and Danial 3 (DS) > > > << watches lots of TV and I'm just wondering if you all let your > kids watch a lot.>> > > Guilty here of allowing too much TV. Altho I've heard many moms with Autistic kids complain because their kids won't watch TV. has actually never been interested in real TV....videos are her thing. We've got tons of educational videos (or DVDs these days), like signing videos, teach your baby to read, preschool power,....there are so many new ones now that are really great for learning...First Impressions has a great set, Baby Einstein etc. and I agree totally with Margaret....use that closed captioning. If nothing else it will allow you to feel less guilty about letting her watch TV:-) > Sherry > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 , Mic has the tv on the entire time hes home sometimes he has all 4 tvs on and he runs back and forth. He doesnt consyantly watch it he comes and interacts with us and goes back to his tv.He just wants them on, we are in the middle of a move and he will no longer have control of every tv in the house. He also will be sleeping in his own room because I can gate off the house so he either comes in our oom or his thats it.He still sleeps in our room hes 6 he gets up and tears the house apart if we dont keep an eye on him.When Mic was younger he watched tv constantly now he does other thiings like go outside and run, chase the pets, looks out the window alot and plays with some toys.He dangles everything and has since autism set in.I can sit down and read a book to him and we sit in the bed and sing and do finger play and some signing.Hes changed alot this year 6 is a good age hes growing up and more involved. Laurie How much tv? HI all watches lots of TV and I'm just wondering if you all let your kids watch a lot. There's just not a lot of other things she likes to do, and with 4 kids its hard to find time and energy to provide a lot of away from the house time. When we're at home, she watches pretty much all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 > > That's how used to be. She had control over all the tv's and the rest of us would have to move to another one if she came in. She now has one in her room with all her videos and DVDs that she can have complete control over. Also, when she was younger the only way we could get her to sit with us at the eating bar was to have a small tv on the counter. Now that she's older, we don't have that anymore and she willingly comes to dinner with no TV. In fact, if the one in the living room is on with something she doesn't like (news) she'll say " it's dinner, turn off the tv. " , Mic has the tv on the entire time hes home sometimes he has all 4 tvs on and he runs back and forth. He doesnt consyantly watch it he comes and interacts with us and goes back to his tv.He just wants them on, we are in the middle of a move and he will no longer have control of every tv in the house. He also will be sleeping in his own room because I can gate off the house so he either comes in our oom or his thats it.He still sleeps in our room hes 6 he gets up and tears the house apart if we dont keep an eye on him.When Mic was younger he watched tv constantly now he does other thiings like go outside and run, chase the pets, looks out the window alot and plays with some toys.He dangles everything and has since autism set in.I can sit down and read a book to him and we sit in the bed and sing and do finger play and some signing.Hes changed alot this year 6 is a good age hes growing up and more involved. Laurie > > > How much tv? > > HI all > > watches lots of TV and I'm just wondering if you all let your > kids watch a lot. There's just not a lot of other things she likes to > do, and with 4 kids its hard to find time and energy to provide a lot > of away from the house time. When we're at home, she watches pretty > much all the time. > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 Dear Group, my son Neil loves t.v....always has......he loves watching video the same movie over and over and over again...sometimes he watches the same video like five times and I will hide for a few days...but he always finds it.....he love home alone, wayne's world etc..... (mom of Neil ds/autism 24 years old) Jessi wrote: Danial will only watch, Sesame Street, he loves Elmo and Grover because Grover falls down all the time. He also likes Barney because of the music. Danial loves loves loves music. He will sit in his room and listen to CD's while chewing on a toy or laying on top of a toy. He also likes the telley tubbies. Why I don't know. I never really got that show. Those are the only things he will watch. Well MTV if there are Hip Hop Videos on. We watch the same Elmo's World video all the time. I am sorry to say, We will play that thing 3 time if we are doing something. Jessi Mom to Dominick 9 and Danial 3 (DS) > > > << watches lots of TV and I'm just wondering if you all let your > kids watch a lot.>> > > Guilty here of allowing too much TV. Altho I've heard many moms with Autistic kids complain because their kids won't watch TV. has actually never been interested in real TV....videos are her thing. We've got tons of educational videos (or DVDs these days), like signing videos, teach your baby to read, preschool power,....there are so many new ones now that are really great for learning...First Impressions has a great set, Baby Einstein etc. and I agree totally with Margaret....use that closed captioning. If nothing else it will allow you to feel less guilty about letting her watch TV:-) > Sherry > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 Elie watches NO tv. However, he watches video tapes of shows and programs that he likes (Sesame street, Opera, Raffi, PRice is Right, 4 Tenors., Musical Movies from the '50's , '60's, 70's like Grease, sweet Charity, PEte's Dragon, Sound of Music. There is too much violence and unacceptable language on regular TV. Now, that is not because we are prudes, BUT - he repeats foul words in school if he hears them and he tries to kill people if he watches, for example - A- team or . But TV is a good isolator which is why I think he likes the tube - no matter what is on. Sara - Choose to make lemonade, not complain about the lemons. > >Reply-To: >To: >Subject: How much tv? >Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:07:49 -0000 > >HI all > > watches lots of TV and I'm just wondering if you all let your >kids watch a lot. There's just not a lot of other things she likes to >do, and with 4 kids its hard to find time and energy to provide a lot >of away from the house time. When we're at home, she watches pretty >much all the time. > > > > > > >-------------------------------------------------- >Checkout our homepage for information, bookmarks, and photos of >our kids. Share favorite bookmarks, ideas, and other information by >including them. Don't forget, messages are a permanent record of the >archives for our list. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ >-------------------------------------------- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 Story of my life! If we are home, wants TV, movies, DVD, VCR, every TV in the house going with what he wants to watch. He'll ask for a movie then move to another room and put a movie on the tv in that room! Heaven help you if you turn the first movies off! Recently our power was out during the day and he was lost! So upset because the tv wouldn't work. He kept bringing us different movies in hopes that the next movie would work! I know what you mean about how it's hard to get him to do anything else while we're home. IF we aren't home, he's fine. But if we're home, it's tv time in his mind! I cringed at the recent news blurb about TV being an influence in triggering autism! Great - more guilt! I'm curious to see how this thread pans out! Take care, Jayne Who completely understands what you're going through! Mom to 3 including , 7 1/2 Ds/ASD kristen3kids wrote: HI all watches lots of TV and I'm just wondering if you all let your kids watch a lot. There's just not a lot of other things she likes to do, and with 4 kids its hard to find time and energy to provide a lot of away from the house time. When we're at home, she watches pretty much all the time. --------------------------------- Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 I was doing the closed caption thing before and as of lately, gets quite upset if the closed caption is on! He'll call, " MOM! " until I come turn it off! Such a stinker! LOL! Jayne gldcst wrote: << watches lots of TV and I'm just wondering if you all let your kids watch a lot.>> Guilty here of allowing too much TV. Altho I've heard many moms with Autistic kids complain because their kids won't watch TV. has actually never been interested in real TV....videos are her thing. We've got tons of educational videos (or DVDs these days), like signing videos, teach your baby to read, preschool power,....there are so many new ones now that are really great for learning...First Impressions has a great set, Baby Einstein etc. and I agree totally with Margaret....use that closed captioning. If nothing else it will allow you to feel less guilty about letting her watch TV:-) Sherry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 Hi , I'm the guilty one. Zeb loves Disney and all his movies and it doesn't bother me a bit. If he is happy I am happy. I need my down time as much as he does. I remember putting the captions on a few years back and he blew a fit, never did that again. Charlyne Mom to Zeb 13 DS/OCD/ASD? kristen3kids wrote: HI all watches lots of TV and I'm just wondering if you all let your kids watch a lot. There's just not a lot of other things she likes to do, and with 4 kids its hard to find time and energy to provide a lot of away from the house time. When we're at home, she watches pretty much all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2006 Report Share Posted November 1, 2006 Tori is a big TV watcher too. However, I must say that she has learned so much from doing so. She has picked up some Spanish words from Dora, she is interacting with it when the characters ask questions. She is very particular as to what she watches. Sesame Street (ELMO), Dora, The Wiggles, The Doodlebops, The Big Music Show, Oobi and her very favorites are America's Funniest Home Videos and anything to do with Police or Hospitals. I have also gotten her into watching the 3 Stooges with mom on the weekends. Liz Re: How much tv? Story of my life! If we are home, wants TV, movies, DVD, VCR, every TV in the house going with what he wants to watch. He'll ask for a movie then move to another room and put a movie on the tv in that room! Heaven help you if you turn the first movies off! Recently our power was out during the day and he was lost! So upset because the tv wouldn't work. He kept bringing us different movies in hopes that the next movie would work! I know what you mean about how it's hard to get him to do anything else while we're home. IF we aren't home, he's fine. But if we're home, it's tv time in his mind! I cringed at the recent news blurb about TV being an influence in triggering autism! Great - more guilt! I'm curious to see how this thread pans out! Take care, Jayne Who completely understands what you're going through! Mom to 3 including , 7 1/2 Ds/ASD kristen3kids wrote: HI all watches lots of TV and I'm just wondering if you all let your kids watch a lot. There's just not a lot of other things she likes to do, and with 4 kids its hard to find time and energy to provide a lot of away from the house time. When we're at home, she watches pretty much all the time. --------------------------------- Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2006 Report Share Posted November 1, 2006 I don't know how popular NACD ( nacd.org ) is around here but we took there for her evals and to have her home program written up for years. I once asked Bob Doman about how much was too much TV watching and he said at her age (3 at the time) as much as possible was good. I've gotta agree with alot of others who mention how much their kids learn from TV. I hadn't even begun to teach numbers or letters and I was amazed at how much she already knew from videos. Also all the nursery rhymes and kids songs etc. She's an only child and I've got alot to do with her diet and other stuff so it always helped me not to feel " too " guilty about leaving her engaged with the boob tube. Sherry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2006 Report Share Posted November 1, 2006 Hi! Janie loves her tv too. She does learn a lot, good and not so good! Sometimes it is the only thing that will calm her down. If she wants to watch it and can't, she gets increasingly aggressive and destructive. We have not found the solution to her aggressive behaviors, but she made it through her sleep study (totaled 3 hours of sleep) so maybe the results will give us an answer. My question is since tv watching seems to be good for Janie, how do I restrict our 10-year-old from watching too much? She would also totally zone into the tv or hand held video games and shut out the world if allowed, but uses it as an escape from doing homework or her chore. My guilty feelings revolve around trying to be fair and do what is best for both girls. How do you balance it when tv is productive for one and detrimental to the other??? Any suggestions? P. Mom of Janie of multiple challenges and Katelyn of changing hormones! > HI all > > watches lots of TV and I'm just wondering if you all let your > kids watch a lot. There's just not a lot of other things she likes to > do, and with 4 kids its hard to find time and energy to provide a lot > of away from the house time. When we're at home, she watches pretty > much all the time. > > > > --------------------------------- > Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 2, 2006 Report Share Posted November 2, 2006 how do I restrict our > 10-year-old from watching too much? My other kids have always know that things were different for . I still try to be as fair as I can, but if they complain about getting special treatment and " that's not fair " I tell them that life certainly isn't fair for and if she gets to watch a little more tv because of it, then so be it. The others have to turn their's off and do homework! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 2, 2006 Report Share Posted November 2, 2006 Hello all-- The T.V. issue. DJ loves T.V., too. But we too have a little bit older sister who wouldn't understand if brother got TV as much as he wants. We utilize music CD's and a CD player a whole lot more than TV. Or I put the TV on the satellite radio stations and leave it going. He seems okay with the substitution... Also, he prefers certain shows over others so I keep a supply of taped (TIVO'd or DVR'd) shows of his favorites on hand. Since these stop at the end of his show I can easily see that his show is over and I encourage him to move on to another activity for awhile. I'm sure he is probably more passive in this area than some of the other children in this group. He is easily distracted. I try to stick to a rule of no more than 1 hour of TV total, mostly given in 1/2 hour increments after school. On the weekends it is a little harder to stick to that rule. Sister on the other hand has a firm and fast rule of " no TV, computer, video, etc. unless homework is done. " If she wants to watch or do something for 1/2 hour then she may, before completing her chores. Because she is 13, I talk to her about choosing what you want to do with your free time, not just filling it with mindless TV watching and encourage reading books with a reward of renting or going to see films made from the books she reads. ( She read Pride and Prejudice and I TIVO'd the film from TV -- I think she's watched it 6 times now, on weekends when homework and chores are done. She loves the movie, but what the heck, she read the book and it's better TV than cartoons!LOL) It's not a perfect system, but it seems to work for us. DJ doesn't seem to mind seeing the same things over and over; he can quote " Robots! " But it sounds like most everyone tries to keep programs available to their little " couch potatoes " that incorporate good teaching. Has anyone seen the new Mickey Mouse Clubhouse? It's very cute, has teachings on shapes, colors, numbers, etc. I sometimes watch it with DJ with the remote in hand and stop the action so I can get DJ to point to the answer or to say the answer to the questions being asked, " Which wrench should MIckey use to fix the bike, the square one, the triangle one or the circle one? " At least this way we are interacting and communicating. I like that idea about turning on the close captioning, I never though of it before. We'll have to try it! Hugs- Donnell (mom to DJ-age 11) mzdaisee47 wrote: Hi! Janie loves her tv too. She does learn a lot, good and not so good! Sometimes it is the only thing that will calm her down. If she wants to watch it and can't, she gets increasingly aggressive and destructive. We have not found the solution to her aggressive behaviors, but she made it through her sleep study (totaled 3 hours of sleep) so maybe the results will give us an answer. My question is since tv watching seems to be good for Janie, how do I restrict our 10-year-old from watching too much? She would also totally zone into the tv or hand held video games and shut out the world if allowed, but uses it as an escape from doing homework or her chore. My guilty feelings revolve around trying to be fair and do what is best for both girls. How do you balance it when tv is productive for one and detrimental to the other??? Any suggestions? P. Mom of Janie of multiple challenges and Katelyn of changing hormones! > HI all > > watches lots of TV and I'm just wondering if you all let your > kids watch a lot. There's just not a lot of other things she likes to > do, and with 4 kids its hard to find time and energy to provide a lot > of away from the house time. When we're at home, she watches pretty > much all the time. > > > > --------------------------------- > Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 That is so reassuring to know! Matt sees home as the 'TV Place'. It's all he wants to do, ever. And I get so fed up with Wiggles and Barney! He'd happily watch all day if we let him! At nursery school, however, it's a different story (apparently) and he will try other things. It's the school holidays that are hard, especially when it's cold or wet, because finding things to stop him from continually watching his TV is not easy. But then I've heard that kids with DS and autism do learn from watching TV, so it's not all bad. Helen Mom to (3) 14/06/03 Re: How much tv? Story of my life! If we are home, wants TV, movies, DVD, VCR, every TV in the house going with what he wants to watch. He'll ask for a movie then move to another room and put a movie on the tv in that room! Heaven help you if you turn the first movies off! Recently our power was out during the day and he was lost! So upset because the tv wouldn't work. He kept bringing us different movies in hopes that the next movie would work! I know what you mean about how it's hard to get him to do anything else while we're home. IF we aren't home, he's fine. But if we're home, it's tv time in his mind! I cringed at the recent news blurb about TV being an influence in triggering autism! Great - more guilt! I'm curious to see how this thread pans out! Take care, Jayne Who completely understands what you're going through! Mom to 3 including , 7 1/2 Ds/ASD kristen3kids wrote: HI all watches lots of TV and I'm just wondering if you all let your kids watch a lot. There's just not a lot of other things she likes to do, and with 4 kids its hard to find time and energy to provide a lot of away from the house time. When we're at home, she watches pretty much all the time. --------------------------------- Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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