Children need a parent's time and love, not the television.
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When children are allowed to view violent programs, they become more aggressive, desensitized to real world violence, and may develop a fear of being victimized. Television also promotes risky behaviors by depicting characters doing them, and reinforces stereotypes. Children are likely to reproduce behavior they see on TV by observational learning, meaning that they need to be closely monitored. If they spend more than 4 hours/day watching TV, they are also more likely to be overweight. Children already watch TV an average of 2-4 hours a day.
Children should only be allowed a couple of hours of television a day, tops. Parents should record shows before allowing their children to watch them so that they can cut out commercials. Children don’t understand that commercials are trying to sell you something; they feel that they need whatever they’re seeing. Not only that, they may not understand the concept of replays. The World Trade Center attack was shown over and over again, and children may have thought it was a new event each time. They should not watch the news. Nevar Evar!
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Children who are allowed to watch violent programs become desensitized to real world violence. Children are likley to imitate behavior they see on tv by observational learning. Children who spend more than 4 hours a day watching tv are proned to being obese. Children can learn risky behaviors such as sex, violence and drugs from TV programs and commercials. Parents should restrict children from viewing violent programs. By providing resources and educating parents, we can ensure children will not likely be exposed to violent and harmful TV programs which can promote risky behaviors.
