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Children and Television - I. Influence on your childBY: Yoshi | Category: Education | Post Date: 2009-02-14
A television looks harmless enough - just a box with brightly coloured images flickering on a screen. It is such a helpful device. Children are mainly exposed to television, television violence and television culture at home. Thus parents play a vital role in helping children to make sense of what they see on the television. These days television influences the lives of young children and it is only going to get worst with each passing year. Most kids plug into the world of television long before they enter school. The first 2 years of life are considered a critical time for brain development. It is very challenging for young children to make choices of what programs they should watch. TV and other electronic media can get in the way of exploring, playing, and interacting with parents and others, which encourages learning and healthy physical and social development. As kids get older, too much screen time can interfere with activities such as being physically active, reading, doing homework, playing with friends, and spending time with family. Because of the lack of experience they need more help from adults. Pulling children away from television programs is a challenge. Television is quite attractive by presenting interesting color pictures and various sounds. It is an integral part of the day routine of the child, long before he starts going to school. On the other hand television may intensify race discrimination and those who watch action scenes with murders and kidnappings are inclined to believe that the world is frightful, hides dangers and it is possible something bad to happen to them. Children between 2 and 7 years of age are afraid of fictional monsters and those between 8 and 10 years of age are terrified by violence, natural disaster and torture of other children. Violence is one of the most powerful factors through which aggression arouses in child mind. This is a result from their wish to imitate a certain good character that often fights, kicks or bites somebody else. Children are directly influenced by the blood scenes, predatory monsters and natural disasters presented in the evening news and movies as well as in the show programs. Such movie frames may shock them and make them feel more vulnerable. Little children are unable to make a difference between fiction and reality and the explanation that the evil monsters do not exist will not change their mind. Television leads to one more problem concerned with the child health condition i.e. obesity. The many hours spent in front of the TV hamper the normal child development and the way of eating. Children often consume chips, fries, biscuits and chocolates without obtaining the necessary nourishing minerals and vitamins. The best thing to do is to restrict the number of hours spent in front of the TV as well as to minimize the indiscriminate watching of TV programs. If the TV set is in the child room, living room, bedroom or other room where the child spends most of the time, remove the TV set from there. It is better if the whole family sits in front of the TV and watches programs with no violence and no obscene words. Such programs educate children in the way you wish your child to be brought up. It is good if you talk to your child when some event rouses your indignation. You have to explain it in a simple way to your child and do not forget to ask him about his opinion. Do not give a bad example of your child by spending hours in front of the TV. Find an alternative of television and spend your time together with your family. Listen to music, share your hobby, play games or cook together. This will be the most precious time spent with your child. Article Source: http://www.saching.com About Author / Additional Info: Additional Articles: * Ruthless Corporate Culture: Employee layoffs and Big CEO Bonuses * Harsha Moily the founder of MokshaYug Access in 2005 * Be Trendy And Wear Lots Of Clothing Accessories * Stock market is in bear phase - Falling Share bazaar * Women Power - Women from Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand). Author: Nalini Pant Does this article violate or infringe on your copyright ? It is a violation of our terms for authors to submit content which they did not write and claim it as their own. If this article infringes on your copyrights, then use our Contact us form with the detailed proof of infringement along with the offending article's title, URL and writer name. If you do not hear back from us then contact us again in another 10 days. Thank you. Comments on this article: (0 comments so far) * Additional comments are now closed for this article *
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