parenting question

[flea]

Allowing your 5 year old to watch 2+ hours of TV after she gets home from all-day activities that involve new people and/or physical extertion: allowing a necessary brain- and body- rest, mindless vegging of the sort that many adults enjoy, or allowing child to get away with murder while justifying my own laziness about not making her do other stuff?

Comments

[forodwaith.livejournal.com]

Um, all of the above? Which is to say, I totally let my kids do it in similar situations, AND feel guilty about my own laziness.

They're both playing so much soccer these days that I'm also letting them watch more TV, whereas in the winter (when we're stuck inside) I tend to be more restrictive with it.