Yes. That's right. I let my 20 months old watch some TV. I know that experts' advice is to keep toddler aged below 2 to stay away from TV. I do have mommy’s guilt about the limited TV that JX watches. Hence, I always try to watch TV together with JX. I will ask him questions about what's going on and attempt to incorporate a lesson of some sort whenever possible.
I was first introduced to ' Thomas & Friends ' by hubby. Hubby was a fan of ' Postman Pat ' and ' Thomas & Friends ' when he was a kid. I found out that there are not a whole lot of numbers, letters, shapes etc to learn in ' Thomas & Friends ' but there are plenty of emotions & feelings found in this show. Anger, jealousy, pride, excitement, fear, disappointment and confusion all make regular appearances in the show.
So I've been making a concerted effort to talk about these emotions and feelings with JX while we watch ' Thomas and Friends '. E.g. Thomas felt left out {feeling} by friends, so anger and disappointment {emotions} took over him. He decided to isolate himself from his friends. So, what do you think of Thomas’s act? How do you feel after watching this? I will find words to label each emotion that we see in the show.
In a normal day, I will recap incidence that has happened in the past (usually the last 5 minutes) to JX. (E.g. You were sad just now but now you are excited). I hope this will slowly help JX to identify different emotions in him and others.
Anyway, one thing to keep in mind is - Thomas seldom suffers any consequences for his wrongdoings. (I don’t remember seeing him apologize for his bad behaviour). So, it’s the caregiver's responsibility to explain to the kid on the Dos & Don'ts.
2 comments:
Oh, oh, i didn't restrict CY from watching TV since he was a baby...
Until now, he likes to watch commercial, whenever there is a commercial, he will stop everything he's doing and stare at the TV commercial. When he saw the ones he likes, he will laugh and shakes his body. Sometimes i'll even take this "golden" opportunity to feed him because this is the only time he will sit diam-diam. I know, bad mummy....
He likes Barney DVD too, last time when he was small, he's interested in the intro song only, now he can follow the show longer....and gets excited whenever Barney and friends started to sing...
LK and I hardly turn on the tv unless there's a major events like badminton match between Dato Lee vs LinDan ^_^. JX only watches a few selected kids DVDs which I feel comfortable with. Barney is JX's top pick too! ^^
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