How do you stop children from TV watching during exams?
My answer to this. I don’t stop. My daughter is 4 years 9 Months. Not having too much schoolwork.
Exams are also very laid back. But habits need to be started early.
In our family luckily TV watching is not often.
Both me and my hubby read and a lot. So TV is not an addiction. What we try to do is make study time concentrated, productive and fun. My daughter responds well to a healthy competitive environment. So I tell her to write something beautiful and I will also be doing reading or writing during the same time. The game is to see who gets their work done well first.
This way 3 things happen :
1)Rai learns just getting work done, is not the way.
Quality is important
2)Making it a healthy competition, makes her want to perform her best. Life is competitive. Nothing ever is given on a platter. The competition is rarely fair. Grooming children to learn what is a healthy competition and what’s not prevents a lot of heartaches.
Learning well and doing well both matters.
Since we are doing two different type of work there’s no comparison between us. Rather it’s an attempt to measure her own abilities.
3)When I study with her, she knows learning occurs throughout one’s life. It’s not something you just get over.
TV watching happens as a scheduled activity and as a reward for getting work done. We all learn best by example.
The best advice, you should teach by setting an example. Our children, emulate us more than we know. Nice advise:)
Thanks Zainab.Glad you found this useful.
That’s so good, Amrita 🙂 It’s a great way to make your child fall in love with words.
Thanks Shalini.I am glad you liked this.
Amrita,my daughter is 8.5 years old and she also loves reading and writing. Guess it comes from genes. Although my son is 4 years old and he needs to be trained.
That’s a very good idea to your as well as her work done. While growing up my tv time and study time was fixed, except on a Sunday 🙂
Yes Amrita..it all depends on parents too. Its upto us to engage them constructively and show them a creative world to explore. If they are engaged in creative things then won’t miss TV that much too. Thanks for writing for #MondayMommyMoments.
Good idea Amrita 🙂