Doable! You soon forget about it and involve yourself in many other activities.

Ata don't want other activities. Just using time when the whole family iko nyumbani we kukaa and bond - or activities leading to family bonds.

Can I presume your kids are in their preteens? When they reach teen age, they will always be in the tv room. They will prefer to be in the tv room, and it will be fights to get them to join the rest of the family.
But it doesn't necessary have to be the case, just saying it could be a byproduct of this particular cause of action. If the tv is in the main room you can always order it to be off during certain hours, and you are there to enforce it.
One of the reasons I am against this is because it puts the tv on a pedestal, something that is unusual and to be indulged rarely,.squared off in another area..it will achieve the notoriety of stealing the car, or sneaking off to go dancing in the night. I think it should remain accessible, in a common place, but controlled and with rules, just like any other distractions in life...

To deviate a little bit ...one of the things I tell myself is I will teach boys about alcohol. That's right, at age 18, after high school, it will be down to the pub, buying his very first (hopefully) beer. And with the beer will come a lesson (or lessons) on how a man should handle beer. My personal opinion is that it is vital to do this, and kids should learn from their parents, and not the internet or media. They will make better decisions if you have laid some foundation

You should not impose your choices on other family members. If you do not want to watch tv that's your problem, not a family problem. Don't blame the TV for your failure to work on family relationships.

Commendable. Perhaps you should start with a test phase:
Life without mobile phone in the bedroom

sioni shida na tv. the problem is when it becomes the epicenter of life for kids and parents. if you as an adult feel you have this irresistible urge to watch the 9pm news everyday, iko sida. tv can take away not just bonding but also productivity and positive energy. this is not just true for tv. spending too much time on facebook, wazua, twitter, instagram na kadhalika is unhealthy.

kwanza news siku hizi is almost zero value and no new information. from 9pm to midnight, it is just jubilee said this, nasa said that.

This is not imposing things. Those who want to watch can do it in the tv room, but we have the main living and dinning rooms for bonding.

Visitors wakija no tv (cant access the tv room).

In this digital age? Haiiii


Coz i would love my parent to teach me lifeskills...and the evils there in.


By the way...when you go visiting...do you/they watch?

I have no Tv in the sitting room. Actually we call it the family room because we get to talk, catch up etc.

I have a separate media/gaming room where kids TV & Video games is on a limited basis.

I have another TV in the bedroom where I catch up with news just before retiring to bed.

My intro was after the big initiation. I got manners, was taught not to abuse anything when tipsy except the darn olcohol.

Have been faithful all along especially regarding the latter.