Did you have a TV in your room when you were a kid?

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I've never NOT had a TV in my room. I've been sleeping with the TV on my whole life, which, I feel like has only had a negative effect on me because I can't sleep without the TV on. 😭

I don't know if I'd want my kids to have a TV in their room. I'm sure when they hit a certain age, I won't care if they have a TV in their room, but I kind of don't want them to have the same "sleeping problem" I have. 😅

Would you allow your kids to have a TV in their room?

NathanDavis · Accepted Answer

my nieces do not care at all... about either of the very very great quality Smart TV's I do have in my place

I actually have not seen any young kid that cares about TV...

they all have their phones and that's the only thing they look at, lol

personally, yes... I used to have the TV on all the time, because I grew up like that, and I didn't feel completely right unless the TV was on or some music was playing... but I just had to finally say goodbye to the TV because any and every TV channel is a never ending, non-stop stream of commercials one after the other... and then, pretty much anything I watch on TV now has commercials presented in them

MasseurDeMojo · Accepted Answer

I did not have a T. V. in my room for many years. The first time I had one was back in the 80's when I started playing video games on my computer.

I would never allow any child to have a T. V. in their room, as it teaches them to associate their room with entertainment all day and night. Your room should only be set up for you to sleep. That should go for adults too. When you have in your bedroom no computer or televisions, you train your body to know that once you enter the bedroom at night, it is time to settle down and sleep. The only thing in the bedroom, besides your bed and clothes, should be what ever alarms you have to wake you up.

Cynicaldreamer · Accepted Answer

I did, but not until I was around 8-9? And it was a little 12 inch, with basic cable up until I got older.
My mom was strict on my TV watching: homework had to be done before I could turn on my TV (I did my homework in the kitchen to ensure this). And on weekends, I could watch cartoons and TV all I wanted!

After I did my chores 🙄
And if I got in trouble, the TV was the first thing that got taken away. And considering I grew up pre-social media and computers? I was left to read or play with other things instead until my punishment was over.

petitedollbabee · Accepted Answer

I didn’t have a TV in my room until I was 16 and could afford my own TV from saving up from my job. My mum had a rule of “no screens in the bedroom” until I was 16, so that meant no TV, no phone and no laptop or computer in the bedroom unsupervised.

abc3643 · Answer

I don't think I did. No room for it really and I wasn't that interested.

Besides, back then, TVs were expensive. I remember when we got a small second TV - maybe it was for me when I went to college - and it was a 13" color TV that was a steal costing only $300. This was at least 40 years ago when $300 could buy a lot. It was also long before widescreen and flat TVs.

It looked sort of like this:

Did you have a TV in your room when you were a kid?

Daniela1982 · Answer

Kids don't need one in their room. It is for sleeping and doing homework, not for playing video games all night long. Plus when you tell a misbehaving kid to go to their room they won't care. In fact, if they want to play games they may misbehave on purpose. 🙄

CupcakeTheDestroyer · Answer

My mom wouldn’t let me have one for the longest time because she was afraid I’d otherwise spend my entire day in my room (she was right) and my dad let me have one after they divorced and it was a nice place to escape from his house when I would stay with him.

DizzyDesii · Answer

Tv has always been important to my fam, extended included. The women love their daytime soaps and reality shows. The men love their news and sports. And the kids lover their cartoons, video games, and learning programs. There has always been a tv in every bedroom of everyones house plus the living room, rec room AND den. Its practically a tradition lol, regardless if anyone actually uses the tv. The closets and garages are usually filled with backup tvs or the ones that got replaced

dolemite58 · Answer

ya i had a crappy small one that was only to hook up video games to when i was little. i was able to buy my own nicer tv to watch shows and movies on when i got into middle school and high school. now i don’t have a tv in my room cuz my room is so close to the living room it’d be overkill to have another tv in here lol

Lynx122 · Answer

Nope my mom didn't even let us watch TV in the living room. She put the TV downstairs in a basement room and locked it and rarely did I get the key.

Nikki1989 · Answer

No, and I didn't watch a TV show till I was 12 years old. I had no interest in TV, and still don't.

GoodGuyBreakingBad · Answer

I've lived in my current apartment since June 2016 and always sleep with a TV on in the room I sleep in 80 % of the time. Just 20% I don't sleep with one on.

zagor · Answer

Never, as a kid or adult. In fact we didn't have a TV in the HOUSE until I was 15. My Dad always said it was because we wouldn't do our homework if we had a TV, but after we got one it turned out HE was the addict.

TadCurious · Answer

Bella I voted that I didn't have a TV in my room as a kid and that I wouldn't want my kids to have one either.  😊🙋‍♂️

FunkyMonkee · Answer

My parents did so, if they were watching something downstairs I didn't wanna see, I'd go up to their room and watch what I wanted.

DryGermanGuy · Answer

Absolutely not. My parents would have never allowed that. We had books and lots of them.

Simslover92 · Answer

I had a TV in my room but it rarely had cable or satellite TV.

BCRanger10 · Answer

I did not. That will also not be a thing with my kids.

Titanic1912 · Answer

When I was a kid, I never had a TV in my room. I do now and I mostly use it to watch my football games and go live on Facebook.

Sparkie460 · Answer

I never had a TV in my room when I was growing up. When I got my own place I had a TV. My kids got tvs when they were 10

LiamJHayden · Answer

Yes, but I also had a curfew when I was younger and could not turn it on after that except in special circumstances.

TallAnon · Answer

TV, PC, phone, books, game console, handheld device; Yeah, I have great parents who try very hard to give me a very nice life.

Iron_Man · Answer

No I wasn’t allowed they wanted lights out for me to get a proper night sleep for school

smahala1991 · Answer

Yes, mounted up on the wall like in the hospital

Still-alive · Answer

Nope. just books lol. sometimes i'd bring the old gameboy in there though

TiaNour · Answer

Yeah, I used to beg for one but when I got it I never used it lol

Fuentes · Answer

Yesh I wound mind my kids having a TV on in there room lol

mandyfire98 · Answer

I did have a tv in my room growing up.

Drumlin2001 · Answer

Not until I could buy my own at about 13

LemiaOfThunder · Answer

I think I was 14 when i got my first tv

Joker_ · Answer

not in my room

Worst · Answer

Voted A

Slim57 · Answer

I've always had a TV in my room from 7 years up

Agape93 · Answer

Nope.

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