Up until about 3-4 months ago, Charla wasn't allowed to watch much TV. Maybe 1-2 hours per week, if that. I've relaxed a bit though and now she usually watches about 45min to 1hr in the morning and maybe another 30min in the afternoon, but not always. She probably averages about 7-8 hours per week. She asks to watch more. There's a princess barbie movie that she loves, she loves Dora, The Wonder Pets, Go Diego Go but I just say the TV needs to stay off and so far she's been fine with that. She's a kid that could sit and watch for a couple hours in a row. In fact, I think DH and I are going to take her to Toy Story 3 in the theater when it comes out! I just don't see the point of her needing to be sitting there for so long. I'm not much of a TV watcher so I would rather take her outside, downstairs, shopping or whatever else than have the TV on.
Once she's older I will relax a bit more and she can more or less decide when she watches TV. I just hope by that time I've taught her that there is much more to do in life than sit in front of shows. TV was never restricted when I was growing up. My brother was more of a watcher than I was but certainly not over the top. Ironically, he has ADD. However, I read awhile back that in order for a child to have ADD one of the parents must have it. There's a strong genetic connection, no?
Lan, why would she care how much cake your kid ate? If she didn't want her kid to have a second piece then fine, but to take offense that your child wanted another, that's just odd! You would think she'd want the other kids to finish the cake off so it was out of her house!