I will never allow a TV in my kids’ rooms. They can use tablets, which have time limits, app restrictions, and automatic lock times 2 hours before bed. It’s still a bit of a struggle to keep limits but I think it provides a good balance.

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I just realised, that at 19 and gone to Uni and 16, just gone to 6-form, neither of my kids have TVs. They both had computers from secondary school for schoolwork, the eldest (basically Lisa Simpson) self regulated to minimal YouTube and Netflix type viewing, at reasonable times and the younger one who had to have proper boundaries handed down to stop late night gaming and streaming marathons. Microsoft parental controls on PC are absolutely worthless by the way. Apple time limits work perfectly on iOS and macOS.

Never. There’s also no TV in any other bedroom, or the kitchen.

I know I can’t stop a tablet or whatever at some point in the future.

Secondary school? When she starts wanting more privacy essentially but it’s not a hard rule. Only just thinking about it. My daughter is 4. We read a couple of books together in the bedtime routine.

Not a dad but:

I was 10-11 when I first got a TV in my room, and that was restricted to 4 channels that really didn’t have much to engage an 11 year old at 8pm.

I’ve never had a telly in my bedroom. Granted we didn’t get one until I was 6 or 7 (and was instantly hooked) but my folks weren’t anti-TV (when my brother moved to the attic he got one) I just entertained myself in the bedroom by reading and playing with my toys, so why stop now? I have the plumbing to install one in my bedroom now I’m a proper grown-up but I don’t see the need. I quite like having a place for sleeping and getting dressed, not some confusing multifunctional space. I go.to.bed, read and fall asleep, then I wake up, get out of bed, get dressed and start the day. I wonder if there’s a Pavlov thing at work - as I don’t lie in bed watching telly, my body knows it’s time to sleep when I get in there. My main problem is staying awake long enough to get some reading in.

My brother had a fight with his kids and screens. I think they have in on tablets when they were 6-9ish just to give them something to do in the car and now my nephew is going to secondary school he has a mobile phone. He has at least three games systems in his room but I don’t think either he or his younger sister have a TV in their rooms. There’s one and it’s in the living room.

My kids have waaaay too much screen time, but even then I dread the idea of them having a telly in their rooms, even if they do occasionally get left being babysat by the telly.

That being said, the eldest has one of those kids’ alexas that is signed into my accounts. Nobody his age should have been so excited to hear Ol’ Dirty Bastard being played in the ninja turtles movie, but that’s the way the algorithms crumble.

Edit: since you mentioned bedtime, the boys get a timer type video on YouTube for teeth brushing, and they can both pick a CBeebies bedtime story. Beyond that it’s books or (gentle) music. And I get final say on anything.

Giving a 5 year old a tablet is an absolutely horrible idea

I’d say 16/18 when they are basically young adults.