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Since DS was four months old, he's had access to tv.

First, it was with a Baby Einstein DVD in his swing. The puppets and lights and music are wonderful. It helped to calm him and gave me time to take a shower.

Then as he matured, we allowed only "educational" DVD's...no public tv. That lasted about two years.

Since he was four, we let him watch some public tv, but he is still limited to shows that aren't "useless". In other words, 99% of shows he doesn't watch.

DS is six.

Oh, and I have an extensive library of vintage shows on DVD for him. He is probably the only kid in his class who knows who Howdy Doody is.