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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 394023" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>Jena, You have fought this sleep issue for so long and have tried everything under the sun. I vote for allowing a tv with some boundaries. My difficult child says that the tv helps him fall asleep - it keeps the scary thoughts away - the fears of being alone with these scary thoughts. (He wouldn't take a shower after a horrid meltdown that reached into the realms of a rage tonight because he felt that he might be getting scary thoughts and didn't want to be in the shower if that did happen)</p><p> </p><p>When he first started using the tv at bed time, we made sure that the channel was set to educational shows (animal planet for example). He loved learning about nature and I felt that his going to sleep listening to educational information was much better than the comedy shows or action packed shows or reality shows. You can also control through DVD's what she watches.</p><p></p><p>My difficult child's tv has a timer that he is suppose to set for 1 or 1 1/2 hours to turn off on its own but I usually end up turning the tv off when I go to bed.</p><p> </p><p>I know that many people are so against using the tv to help get to sleep but if nothing else works (and I do agree that everything should be tried if you firmly do not want to go this route) that it is o.k. to use the tv as a tool if it brings peace to your household evenings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 394023, member: 5096"] Jena, You have fought this sleep issue for so long and have tried everything under the sun. I vote for allowing a tv with some boundaries. My difficult child says that the tv helps him fall asleep - it keeps the scary thoughts away - the fears of being alone with these scary thoughts. (He wouldn't take a shower after a horrid meltdown that reached into the realms of a rage tonight because he felt that he might be getting scary thoughts and didn't want to be in the shower if that did happen) When he first started using the tv at bed time, we made sure that the channel was set to educational shows (animal planet for example). He loved learning about nature and I felt that his going to sleep listening to educational information was much better than the comedy shows or action packed shows or reality shows. You can also control through DVD's what she watches. My difficult child's tv has a timer that he is suppose to set for 1 or 1 1/2 hours to turn off on its own but I usually end up turning the tv off when I go to bed. I know that many people are so against using the tv to help get to sleep but if nothing else works (and I do agree that everything should be tried if you firmly do not want to go this route) that it is o.k. to use the tv as a tool if it brings peace to your household evenings. [/QUOTE]
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