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I saw this article and found it very interesting, among the other many articles written in the above link. I especially took the limited time a child should spend watching TV. When my older boys were under the age of 2, I did allow them to watch shows that interacted with them, such as Sesame Street and Blues Clues during the week they would watch one show just about everyday – because that was the only time I could take a shower!

Now that they are older, I have noticed with my own boys that they LOVE to watch TV, maybe because it is limited to them. During the summer, I cut down the time to one show every other day and a movie on Friday nights. The youngest, isn’t interested in watching and so I play with him while his older brother’s watch, but we are in the same room with them and when his brothers laugh, then he will look and see what they are laughing at. Winter time is different, when we are hitting cabin fever due to really bad weather outdoors, I allow them to watch a couple of movies on those days.

It is my observation, that the older boys have more attention span to sit still and watch a show, while the youngest who is going to be 2 this December does not. Could it be related to how much time I allow them to watch or is it part of their innate personalities?  Not sure.