Megan Fox surprises us with her comments!

Actress Megan Fox has spoken about the challenges of having two babies 16 months apart and then goes on to talk about her attitudes to TV for them …

At 28, Megan Fox has Noah, 20 months, and Bodhi, 4 months, and her husband Brian Austin Green has another son, Kassius, 12, from an earlier marriage.

“It’s total chaos, obviously,” she said. “Before you have kids you really do not understand how much work it is and how consuming it is. And then you have one and you’re like, ‘Oh my God, my baby is my whole world. Every moment of the day is dedicated to this one baby and then all of a sudden you have two babies!”

Many parents can relate to that. But maybe not her next statement: “It’s really hard to manage because I also don’t let them watch TV. It’s not like I’m going to sit Noah in front of the television so I can take care of Bodhi.”

What? No TV? For an actress, that sounds a bit … odd.

“I do let them watch movies, I just don’t let them watch TV,” she explained, adding that she doesn’t watch it herself either.

“With movies I feel like there’s a beginning, a middle and an end. It’s linear. There’s a clear story. I think that it’s different than just putting a kid in front of the television, because it’s just nonstop.”

“They’re just being bombarded with all of this sort of live media and it’s very overwhelming and it’s too stimulating I think for anyone.”

The actress has been promoting her new film, a live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles which she filmed while pregnant: “I spent the whole shoot basically … on the verge of vomiting.”

And she knows she can’t control their screen time forever. “One day they’re gonna watch television … My intention is to keep it away as long as possible or to introduce it through Apple TV so they’re not being exposed to the commercials constantly. My goal is no computers, no cell phones until at least 8th grade.”

What’s your screen time policy with your kids? Do you limit it? Do you have an age limit? We’d love to hear!

Image courtesy of Shutterstock: s_bukley / Shutterstock.com

Speaking of screen time (and if you’re still not sure what’s what) … here’s another two articles about screen time you may be interested in:

technology-kids — How much is too much technology for kids?

TV TIME HERO — Turn TV time into learning time

40 Comments

- - jodiev1980 said
  - 18 Feb 2015
    2:56 pm
I like her differentiation between tv and movies. I still let mine watch ABC 2 though.

- - GeoEllie said
  - 31 Jan 2015
    8:59 pm
Hmmm, I quite enjoy her point actually, movies are a bit different. My kids don’t watch tv shows because they pretty much can’t sit still for 5 minutes, but at a movie theatre they’re engrossed!

- - mom93821 said
  - 25 Jan 2015
    10:38 pm
Thanks for sharing this interesting article; interesting approach to media.

- - mom94125 said
  - 02 Jan 2015
    6:48 pm
yeah i think that you find the balance and i don’t think that screen time is bad.
- mom94125 replied
  
  10 Jan 2015 , 11:33 pm
  we will see how she goes with this….surely the kids will want to see dad or mum in movies
- - mom82590 said
  - 04 Nov 2014
    3:07 pm
I try not to let my little one whatch TV. If I am having a really bad day and he is cranky I let him but that’s about it. No movies

- - mom57522 said
  - 01 Sep 2014
    12:00 am
A full length movie?! Is she kidding!

- - kazh said
  - 24 Aug 2014
    12:24 pm
No computers til 8th grade? I think they’ll have them at school before then.

- - ginoula5 said
  - 12 Aug 2014
    6:58 pm
She’s got such a wonderful outlook and attitude, good for her.

- - Kate Sander said
  - 12 Aug 2014
    2:22 pm
I’m really happy she is being a hands on mum and yes it is hard with them both close in age but so rewarding at the same time.

- - fizgig said
  - 03 Aug 2014
    11:25 pm
Love it! It actually sounds like she is hands on and not palming then off to Nannies all the time!

- - Dennis12 said
  - 22 Jul 2014
    9:24 am
I agree on some and disagree on some, parents do what they think is right for their family

- - skbou said
  - 10 Jul 2014
    9:18 pm
I’m happy for my kids to have screen time, they are pretty inquisitive though & want to be up & doing usually before a show’s over. The physio I go to though has 2 kids both in high school & they don’t own a tv! I think this might be a bit limiting because sometimes the kids might need to be up on current affairs for school.

- - mouse said
  - 08 Jul 2014
    1:11 pm
I am happy for my kids to have screen time

- - mouse said
  - 06 Jul 2014
    8:05 am
I let my kids watch tele, especially on cold days when they are better inside and have exhausted their other options

- - memo said
  - 05 Jul 2014
    7:05 pm
If you moniter the shows and screen time, kids can have a lot of fun and benefit from watching the TV. Shows can be educational, funny, musical, happy etc. Incorporate it into their day along with play time etc.

- - BellaB said
  - 04 Jul 2014
    5:54 pm
Actually, I agree. We use DVDs of movies or quality TV (eg Playschool) but no live TV because of the ads.

- - chezza63 said
  - 02 Jul 2014
    8:44 pm
Lets see if she still feels that way in a few years!!! Great story though….

- - mouse said
  - 01 Jul 2014
    10:08 am
I don’t limit my kids, today is all technology and they need to be adept at using it before they go to school

- - mummsie said
  - 30 Jun 2014
    8:41 pm
What a wonderful outlook. well done

- - cherz said
  - 30 Jun 2014
    4:37 pm
Interesting, but don’t like to comment on other folks parenting to much, everyone is different and who are we to judge.