https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 21:21:25 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ban-your-child-from-watching-any-shows#post-259650 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:11:38 +0000 chopsuey 259650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We let LO watch this Korean cartoon on youtube. It's called Pororo the penguin. It airs in english too! She loves it. That's the only thing we have her watch. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ban-your-child-from-watching-any-shows#post-259639 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:07:35 +0000 T.H.O.U. 259639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: Yo Gabba Gabba seems to be a really popular one. We haven't turned it on yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ban-your-child-from-watching-any-shows#post-259440 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:48:57 +0000 Mrs. Pen 259440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read her post and totally understand why she banned it!!</p> <p>I feel that same way about Max &amp; Ruby. Max, the little brother, talks in one-word sentences. One boy I nannyed was 4 and obsessed with this show. He was a great speaker, full sentences, large vocab etc. After watching this show he started talking just like Max, one word sentences. It was soo annoying! I had to tell him to use all his big boy words. It took a long time for him to go back to normal</p> <p>there are some shows I totally hate too. Like Yo Gabba Gabba. wow... stupidity at it's finest! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ban-your-child-from-watching-any-shows#post-259438 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:48:35 +0000 immabeetoo 259438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We'll try to avoid TV as much as possible - that is how we both grew up. I find a lot of the Disney shows troubling, especially for tweens. The kids are all OMGSODRAMATIC in their mannerisms and actions, it makes my skin crawl. I find the princess "culture" troubling as well.</p> <p>We'll try to stick to animal based stuff and educational shows (not necessarily geared towards kids) once TV starts being integrated. </p> <p>I will also say, TIVO or streaming is the best ever for kids. I nanny for different families and you can always tell which kids watch commercials - they're always asking for specific toys or talking about where they want to go eat or play (McDonalds, local jump houses). Not harmful necessarily, but certainly more annoying for parents to be saying No all the time :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ban-your-child-from-watching-any-shows#post-259409 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:35:17 +0000 Honeybee 259409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love OMG Mom. :) I loved her as Mrs. Dumpling on WB, and I've been following her mommy blog since she started it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ban-your-child-from-watching-any-shows#post-259406 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:34:34 +0000 photojane 259406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsdaredevil: @Mrs. Jacks: funny thing is i watched a lot of tv and videos growing up. i remember my favorite childhood shows vividly. but, we played outside all the time and went on lots of adventures. i always loved to read and still do. i don't think it has to be one or the other. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ban-your-child-from-watching-any-shows#post-259402 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:32:42 +0000 T.H.O.U. 259402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsdaredevil: You really need to read a bit to understand her writing style and humor. Did you read about how she got drunk while pregnant (<a href="http://theomgmom.com/the-one-where-i-get-drunk-at-9-months-pregnant/" rel="nofollow">http://theomgmom.com/the-one-where-i-get-drunk-at-9-months-pregnant/</a>) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ban-your-child-from-watching-any-shows#post-259395 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:26:40 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 259395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Thehistoryofus: I just have to tell you, I have tried really hard to stay away from her blog ever since she FREAKED ME OUT before I had my baby. She made this post on post-partum care for yourself, and I almost died. She made it sound so horrible. I was terrified. I haven't returned to the blog since, LOL! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ban-your-child-from-watching-any-shows#post-259394 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:25:16 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 259394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsdaredevil: You don't meet many people who were raised that way. I just think there are so many small and insidious influences to grow kids up too fast in TV shows. I mean I see things like iCarly on in patients' rooms and I wonder if these kids (or parents) are picking up on the references. It gives me the heebie jeebies.</p> <p>We have so much more family time for not having a TV. But I will admit that the computers are a horrible time suck too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ban-your-child-from-watching-any-shows#post-259389 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:23:22 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 259389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane: Caillou is super cute! </p> <p>There is a kids show on TV now called Willa's Wild Life. I might have to show it to her occasionally since her name is Willa.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ban-your-child-from-watching-any-shows#post-259387 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:22:32 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 259387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: I hope to do something like this, if DH will get on board. I never had TV growing up and I feel like we benefited so much from spending so much active time outside, doing lots of crafts, reading at a young age, etc. I didn't get TV until I was 17! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ban-your-child-from-watching-any-shows#post-259383 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:22:06 +0000 photojane 259383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i actually just read that blog post! i love her. she's so funny.</p> <p>we're a tv loving family, so i'm sure our children will watch plenty of tv. i don't feel guilty about it at all. i'm okay with most of the kids' tv shows on now. i actually think caillou is really cute! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ban-your-child-from-watching-any-shows#post-259372 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:17:08 +0000 Honeybee 259372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just cancelled cable again; we kinda go back and forth every few years, but we were waiting to cancel it again until the Olympics were over. :)</p> <p>There's a lot of "children's programming" out there that I do not like. Particularly, I don't like the shows on Nick Jr., Cartoon Network, the Disney channel, or regular Nickolodeon. Maybe when DD gets older I'll change my mind, but it seems to me there are a lot of mindless tv shows out there for kids that do not have any real worth. And some of the tv shows we've tried (the Backyardigans and Wild Kratts, for example) seem really innapropriate for a two year, to me.</p> <p>Right now, DD can watch up to 15 minutes a day of YouTube clips, and on Fridays we have "Pizza and movie" night where she gets to watch one full episode of a tv show (approximately 22 minutes). The shows we allow her to watch are Sesame Street, Blues Clues, and Clifford the Big Red Dog. And she watches YouTube clips of Disney movie songs (she really loves the Lion King songs!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ban-your-child-from-watching-any-shows#post-259198 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:15:47 +0000 plaidpants 259198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm with @Mrs. Jacks. We cancelled cable about two years ago and only watch Netflix streaming after our LO has gone to bed, if at all. It was a tough transition, since I was used to just putting the television on for background noise while cooking or puttering around the house, but now I don't even think about it! I haven't seen any kid shows that I would want her to watch at this point. Maybe Sesame Street when she's a couple years old? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ban-your-child-from-watching-any-shows#post-259193 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:12:12 +0000 purrpletulips 259193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is just now starting to pay attention to the TV; DH has let her watch a few kid friendly shows on Netflix but she is more interested in dancing along with the Backyardigans theme song and then loses interest once the show actually begins. Since we don't have cable or satellite and just stream what we do watch we have a lot of control over it and rarely have the TV on except for the few times above and if it is on then we are either watching news or baseball.</p> <p>I have banned DH from watching a few shows while I'm awake though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ban-your-child-from-watching-any-shows#post-259183 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:04:48 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 259183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've banned all tv. Lala watches a video now and again. Usually only sesame street clips and no more than 15 minutes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ban-your-child-from-watching-any-shows#post-259182 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:02:46 +0000 regberadaisy 259182@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I will ban sooo many. I could not stand Hannah Montana. SpongeBob is definitely too mature for kids!! ANy of the superfluous Disney Channel shows! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ban-your-child-from-watching-any-shows#post-259162 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:45:31 +0000 Crisark 259162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't allow my LO's to watch Bratz or have Bratz paraphernalia of any sort.<br /> My girls are 5 and 9. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ban-your-child-from-watching-any-shows#post-259143 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:24:00 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 259143@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: disturbing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ban-your-child-from-watching-any-shows#post-259109 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:50:17 +0000 heffalump 259109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.B: I have a friend who posted on facebook that they thought it was funny that their 2 year old knew the theme song to family guy. Funny or disturbing? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ban-your-child-from-watching-any-shows#post-259106 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:49:12 +0000 heffalump 259106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO isn't really into tv yet so I don't have that issue, but I will have no problem saying no to shows for my LO. I remember watching shows that I probably shouldn't have when I was younger because I had older siblings or because my dad wanted to. I don't want that to happen for my kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ban-your-child-from-watching-any-shows#post-259064 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:18:22 +0000 Mrs.B 259064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I ban alot of shows. The most current issue we are having is our 13 year old DS wants to watch Family Guy and my answer to that is NO! It's so horribly innapropriate! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ban-your-child-from-watching-any-shows#post-259058 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:15:54 +0000 T.H.O.U. 259058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just read this blog post (from WB blogger Mrs. Dumpling) and it made me think about what shows we will let LO watch when she starts watching TV. </p> <p><a href="http://theomgmom.com/why-i-had-to-ban-caillou/" rel="nofollow">http://theomgmom.com/why-i-had-to-ban-caillou/</a> </p> <p>We have started putting the TV on more kid friendly channels when she is around (when we are getting ready in the morning and after dinner at night). She doesn't sit down and watch anything yet, but she will pause from playing on the floor to look at what is on TV. </p> <p>I can see how some shows could influence bad behaviors or just be annoying for parents. I know we will discourage a lot of the Cartoon Network shows like sponge bob. </p>