rivka

I really don't worry about quantity of TV at all, and never have. My experience is that our kids use it in very similar ways to the way I use books - it doesn't take long before they see something that stimulates a conversation or a game. If they're slumped in front of it for long periods with no interest in doing anything else, it's usually because they're too ill or tired to be doing anything else anyway, and I don't think that's inappropriate.