  To think kids watching tv is a bit of a waste of their life?
(317 Posts) Amykins35 Sun 21-Apr-13 13:14:28  My daughter is 5
and her father and I are separated. When she has contact, she
usually watches at least 5 films over the course of a weekend.
On the other hand, here we used to go to the cinema on some of
my weekends before her baby sister was born and that was the
only thing she watched. We didn't even have a TV at home until 4
months ago. In the winter we had a film night on my Fridays
where we baked cakes then snuggled on the sofa with teddies to
watch a film and eat our cakes. But now the weather is finally
brightening up we'll be going to the park/walking the
dog/playing in the garden on those Fridays and so she probably
won't watch anything here til next winter. I read a few weeks
ago that kids in the UK watch an average of 3 hours tv per day
and that makes me sad as I really do think its a waste of their
lives. Also, I don't understand where people find time for their
kids to watch tv - my daug