Should TVs be in kids' bedrooms?

If you watched a male wrestler hit a near naked women over the head with a chair 100 times, would you notice or care?
You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out most of us would be desensitized following exposure to repeated acts of violence.
Of course, violence is everywhere on TV, in music and on the Internet. The answer to how it got there is simple: we let it.
Surely, the jury is no longer on this issue.
Why on Earth are we still having this debate?
We know the answer. We can see it in our youth.
There is clear and compelling evidence of the negative impact of violence on our young people.
Yesterday, University of Western Ontario professor Peter Jaffe told a Queen's Park news conference we have to ask ourselves where are the warnings on the many forms of violence.
"Tiny rating stickers just don't cut it," the professor said.
Some are recommending airing violent TV programs later at night when the kids are in bed.
Here's a commonplace example of how life has changed:
When I was a kid, our family didn't have TV.
My kids never had TV in their bedrooms.
My grandchildren have TVs in their bedrooms.
Since I'm a modern-day, fair minded, keep-the-mouth-shut grandmother, I don't tell my kids how to parent their kids. That includes passing on my opinion about where the grandkids watch TV.
I am, however, free to ask you. Should a television be in a child's bedroom?

Comments

[Richard Johnson]

If your kids and grandkids know what is good for them, I trust they read your Blog !

Keep up the good fight Joan ! Someone has to.

[Glenn Hubbers]

Personally Joan, I don't have TV in my house. There's nothing worth watching on the tube (or flatscreen) and those are hours I'd never get back!

[Erica]

When I was a kid, I begged for a television in my room, and my mom laid down the law. The only rooms in the house that had a TV were the family room, and my parents room- and my mom made it clear she didn't like having the TV in her room- which is why 3 months after it was put there, it found a home in the basement.

Now, in my twenties, I like not having a TV in my room and when I eventually have kids, I don't plan on letting them have one in their room.

I think putting a television in a kids room is asking for trouble. A bedroom should be a place of rest and relaxation, a place where your child can study, read, pursue a hobby- not spend hours staring at a screen.

[Sergey]

Not in kids bedroom nor in any other room!
TV is evil. It makes people really silly.
I'm not watching TV for almost 10 years (my kids too) and i'll never buy it coz i love them.