I'm sure that everyone has heard the old "don't let tv raise your kids". But i have found, just like everything, that TV in small doses benefits both me and my daughter.

For example, in the morning, I let her watch an hour or two of the kids programs that are on. While she is doing this, I am busy cleaning up, making beds, showering, getting dressed etc, while not yelling at her to stop following me around whinging, which she tends to do in the mornings because she is tired.

And also, just for those couple of hours a day she learns alot from TV. She can name the colours of the Wiggles (she's only two) and picks up heaps from Play School.

So TV is not such a bad thing. If you use it for the right reasons.