How much TV do you watch?

[Tao_Equus]

How much tv do you watch?

[Pathless]

Do DVDs and movies count? Or are we talking about teevee TV?

Anyway, it's either 0 or 1-5 hrs, depending.

[Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine]

I don't own a television (and I mostly don't miss having one.)

There's more to life than television (:kitty:s, for instance...)

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine

[Snoopy]

Small advert: Channel 4 News is essential so that's more than 5 hours a week already....

s.

[lunamoth]

Ha! I don't have time to waste watching TV! I waste all of my time on the internet.

[pattimax]

I went on a T.V. fast a few years ago. Movies and the internet are enough. (and yes,:kitties)

[ardenz]

I have a girlie TV which I sometimes put in a box. My other half would like it kept in the box. I hate soaps and have a soft spot for forensic murder stuff.

[greymare]

couple hours a day. mainly cop shows and the news. oh yeh we are big fans of The Bill

[Miss Amy]

I watch The Hour everyday and then on some nights I watch three and other none. For example I watch three hours on Thursday, Two on Wed and One on Monday. There are no shows that I watch on Sat, Sun or Tues except The Hour. Sometimes on Fridays I watch Intervention but that is mostly during our long winters. I don't really watch it now becuase I am outside enjoying the weather.

Now that all the shows are over for the year and it is nice weather time... my TV will gather dust... except for my husbands addiction to the World Fishing Network.

[wil]

hmmm that is weekly viewing and that can vary....if I do turn it on at night I often fall asleep, does that count?

What is the hour, and the bill?

I don't watch news...oh I used to, morning, evening, and 11 pm, and read the paper addicted to having to know...I quit that but still listen to the radio and catch what I want on the net.

As for TV shows, I could take it or leave it with most of them. Often I am out, so that means zero tv... Use to be a big football fan (american)...but mostly got over that.... but I could get into a day some days of laying around watching ball games or movies....

so overall for the course of a year divided into weeks viewing, I guess I am 5-15...many weeks less than 5, and a few would end up over 15...

Now my kids...1/2 time at my house and I'll say they get less than 5-10 a week at my house, and 15-25 at their mothers....so that is 20-35 a week for them, I don't think the TV is ever off over there...I know it is on at breakfast, after school, dinner, and until they go to bed...

[Miss Amy]

The Canadian Peadiatric Society recommends NO TV before the age of two because that is when their language acquisition is highest and their little brains are forever expanding.

Wh my husband and I are blessed with a child the TV will be gone but I think that it is so hard in this day because even if they don't watch at home it is everywhere else... Like my sisters where they never do ANYTHING except watch...

[wil]

Originally Posted by Miss Amy

The Canadian Peadiatric Society recommends NO TV before the age of two because that is when their language acquisition is highest and their little brains are forever expanding.

I agree completely with that one...and then after two the maximum combination of TV, Video Game, Computer Time should be less than the total amount of time spent reading or being read to, less than the amount of time spent playing board games or card games, less than the amount of time spent playing with friends, and less than the amount of time spent outside. I used that rule for my kids up until the seperation....the limiting factor on sitting in front of any kind of monitor was reading, playing, playing, and outdoors...I think it was extremely valuable. It not only limited, but also made them make decisions as to what they were going to watch....and they'd watch a part of a movie, and pause it and watch another part the next day....so not only the decision...but patience... I'd like to think that some of that discipline was partially responsible for creating the great teens they are...of course I've got some tricky years ahead of me....

[Pathless]

Originally Posted by wil

I agree completely with that one...and then after two the maximum combination of TV, Video Game, Computer Time should be less than the total amount of time spent reading or being read to, less than the amount of time spent playing board games or card games, less than the amount of time spent playing with friends, and less than the amount of time spent outside. I used that rule for my kids up until the seperation....the limiting factor on sitting in front of any kind of monitor was reading, playing, playing, and outdoors...I think it was extremely valuable. It not only limited, but also made them make decisions as to what they were going to watch....and they'd watch a part of a movie, and pause it and watch another part the next day....so not only the decision...but patience... I'd like to think that some of that discipline was partially responsible for creating the great teens they are...of course I've got some tricky years ahead of me....

Quite a formula. A good one.

[17th Angel]

(TV is never off.)

It isn't only used to watch cable but it is also my main computer and also sound system..... So it is pretty much always on....

[Miss Amy]

Actually, I spend very little screen time at home. I do not have a computer at my house, only at work.

I also agree with the TV formula, good job