Television And It’s Effects on Children Have you ever wondered how television effects your children? The average child watches television 2 hours per week and most of this viewing is of violence or sexual acts. During this time there is a violent act shown every 6 minutes and on Saturday mornings there is 20 to 25 violent acts shown every hour on prime time t. v. especially in cartoons or animated programs. So no matter what your child is watching it is damaging their sense of imagination and creativity.
Now there is no need for children to use their imagination and creativity anymore, television has even taken that away from them. In today’s generation television has a great influence on children. Unfortunately most of the programs watched by children have a negative impact and give the wrong impression of what really happens in everyday life. It also influences their development and their behaviour’s.
‘In fact childhood development experts say infants as young as 14 months old imitate behaviour they see on t. v and children up to the age of 5 lack the cognitive ability to distinguish fact from fantasy’ (Internet; Children and television violence) Therefore what they see on t. v is what they are most likely to imitate. Cartoons are even showing numerous acts of violence and most of this violence is done by the ‘good guys’. For example, Power Rangers; how do they get rid of the bad guys? by fighting. During the whole episode you see the ‘Rangers’ kicking, punching and attacking the bad guys.
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Television Made Me Do It! They lay quietly in the moist grass waiting for their plan to unfold. Their camouflage clothing helped them to blend into the scenery. No one would be able to see them until it was too late. The plan was quite simple but well thought out. They knew that it would work because they had seen similar ones work before. They both heard the warning signal at the same time.Now it ...
Other shows like X-men, Sailor Moon, Looney Tones, and even Care Bears show violence towards others. It’s no wonder children think it’s okay to act this way when even their ‘Super Heroes’ who are supposed to be the good guys are hurting others. They see the good guys doing these things and think it’s appropriate. I’ve notice even with my own cousin that when he has finished watching an episode of Power Rangers he tends to get aggressive and hyper-active. He copies the exact same moves that the Power Rangers use.
It’s almost like he believes he is one of them. He believes that when he punches people or kicks them that it doesn’t hurt because that’s what he sees on t. v. It’s not like you see the characters ever show any pain. Even when he plays with his friends they pretend that they are Power Rangers vs. the bad guys and fight each other.
Shows like this even have the use of guns, which I don’t believe in. In schools, teachers have noticed the difference between children who watch television excessively and those who don’t. ‘The watchers fidget in their chairs, eye contact is less stable and their attention to stories is significantly shortened’. (George Hottecker; The Big Picture pg 1) Children who watch t. v find it harder to stay focused on one activity more then a child who doesn’t. This can make them have problems with group activities and act out negative behaviour towards others.
Although all this sounds bad you can fix the problem by simply eliminating the watching of so much television and getting the to do more creative things like. Some examples are painting, reading books, acting out stories with puppets, dancing, and just getting them to interact with other children their own age in a safe and positive way. George Hotteckermentions these examples as positive ways of changing their behaviour’s and that ” television just numbs the brain!’ (The Big Picture; Internet; George Hottecker) So what you once thought was a good idea by letting your children watch television has turned out to be a bad one. You thought that letting them watch television would make them smarter, but it only made them more violent and have less creativity and imagination. Breaking the cycle of violence begins with children learning to interact with each other in positive ways and with little or no violence. If we can accomplish this then our children are more likely to send the same message to their children and spend quality time with them.
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As a normal routine the first thing a child does when he / she arrives home is to cut on the television. I have a 4-year-old child, and he does this on an everyday basis. If he acts disobedient, I would tell him that he cannot watch television for that day and he will begin to apologize for his disobedience. Everything that I see on television for my children is a reflection of somebody's vision. ...
Inthe future don’t let the television be the babysitter.
