I am not a parent. I have a feeling I am totally wrong here which is why I'm posting. The whole, "am I crazy for this bothering me?" thing.

My SO is currently unemployed (promising interviews actively trying so fingers crossed), and is home all day with his 2-year-old, almost three. The little guy loves to be outside, play with his toys, and TV. I am verrrry against TV for children for more than an hour a day as I think it's imperative they go outside, play with toys, learn to entertain themselves, use their imagination, etc. I don't think this requires a constant babysitter because it's how I was raised and how I was instructed to care for the kids I worked as a nanny for for 2 years. I know nannying is not the same—but I spent a majority of the day with these kids as their parents often worked late. And we only watched TV on saturday mornings.

I get that my SO wants a little peace since he has no adult time right now. And like I said, I'm probably being crazy. But we've gotten in fights because I've been passive aggressive about the TV and I really don't want to model that this is okay behavior right now because it won't be when I have kids. (I work from home one or two days a week and so I am RIGHT THERE pretty often.)

There are other small things we disagree about life/parenting wise and I feel like I don't have a say... but I still feel the need to let him know it's not okay with me? I guess I'm wondering a more empathetic way to approach this so I don't take it out on my kind SO... but so I also don't go crazy googling "good amount of TV for a toddler."