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When he started paying attention, maybe around 10 months? I know he doesnt understand, but by that point we just needed to be watching less tv in general, so i just save my tv watching for when he is napping. I will sometimes leave on parenthood or the voice, but i save criminal minds and those type shows for when he isnt around.

When he started to move his head and look at the TV. I realized that even if he's not looking at the screen, he is hearing the language and that is an issue for me.

I am not anti-screentime by any means, BUT I am careful about the content and really changed my habits when my son was around 12 months of age. I just don't need him hearing foul language.

I didn't let him watch TV till 2 , so I don't let him watch my shows. We only put on kid appropriate shows.

We don't watch our shows while LO is awake...we wait until she is in bed for the night or taking a nap on the weekends. DH will watch sports while she's in the room. I probably wouldn't even watch a show like Modern Family with her in the room, though. Not because of the screentime aspect but because we're usually out and about on the weekends or playing in her room. I see her so little during the week that I don't want to watch tv while she plays by herself. She goes to bed early enough (7pm) that there really isn't a need for us to watch our shows while she's awake. I think in your situation definitely by age 2 I'd stop watching anything with lots of inappropriate language in front of him.

We have never watched TV in front of her (well, other than my maternity leave for 3 months). The only thing she sees are kid programs or football.

I hadn't thought about this until recently, when she was in the room with a show on that had some scary content, foul language, etc. She usually doesn't pay much attention to the TV anyway. Most of the shows we watch after she's in bed (Walking Dead, Homeland, etc). But in the mornings I have the news on, and again often in the evenings after she gets home from daycare. Although the news is usually so awful that I should probably stop watching that with her too!

It depends on the show.... things like Castle and Bones, have long been banned. Full House on Netflix, is a family affair!

LO is 16 months old and doesn't look at the TV much even when we watch a show. I have to work hard to get him to sit and watch a few minutes of a disney/pixar movie with me. I do want to start having the tv on less, we are definitely guilty of using it as background noise pretty often. I guess I haven't felt pressed to make a move yet because he doesn't seem interested in the TV at all but I'm sure he's listening.