TV has always been the evil babysitter, since the early days of the medium. Now we can add the internet and video games to that list. More and more parents are leaving their children to the mercy of these screens so they can take care of other things.
Parents may seriously regret this behavior, though, when later in life the pied piper come to collect. All that TV time can cause bug trouble.
Shortened attention spans, obesity and behavior problems are all potential costs associated with too much TV consumption early in life. Kids need a greater variety of input, otherwise this will be the outcome.
Experts agree that kids who spend too much time watching TV become lethargic and incapable of even the minimal amount of critical thinking skills. That's because they are kids. They haven't learned all this stuff grownups reputedly already know. They need to be taught, and TV will do it if the parents do not.
The evidence is overwhelming. Studies repeatedly show that the amount of television consumed by a child is inversely proportional to their ability to function in a school setting. Too much TV basically means lower grades and lower chance of success later on in life.
Kids are also often left alone in front of television screens. As such they are left to their own devices when it comes to determining the difference between the real world and that which is being told to them from the TV.
Whether you approve of the behaviors exhibited on TV or not, kids are expert imitators and will copy just about anything they see on television. That is, unless a parent is available to help them decipher between fact and fiction. This applies to the extremes as well as the mundane. They will copy behaviors as soon as they will copy the more dangerous actions they experience through the television.
So, the question is the same: Should you limit your kids' TV intake? The answer is obvious: Yes. It will save you as a parent a whole lot of problems later on.
Parents may seriously regret this behavior, though, when later in life the pied piper come to collect. All that TV time can cause bug trouble.
Shortened attention spans, obesity and behavior problems are all potential costs associated with too much TV consumption early in life. Kids need a greater variety of input, otherwise this will be the outcome.
Experts agree that kids who spend too much time watching TV become lethargic and incapable of even the minimal amount of critical thinking skills. That's because they are kids. They haven't learned all this stuff grownups reputedly already know. They need to be taught, and TV will do it if the parents do not.
The evidence is overwhelming. Studies repeatedly show that the amount of television consumed by a child is inversely proportional to their ability to function in a school setting. Too much TV basically means lower grades and lower chance of success later on in life.
Kids are also often left alone in front of television screens. As such they are left to their own devices when it comes to determining the difference between the real world and that which is being told to them from the TV.
Whether you approve of the behaviors exhibited on TV or not, kids are expert imitators and will copy just about anything they see on television. That is, unless a parent is available to help them decipher between fact and fiction. This applies to the extremes as well as the mundane. They will copy behaviors as soon as they will copy the more dangerous actions they experience through the television.
So, the question is the same: Should you limit your kids' TV intake? The answer is obvious: Yes. It will save you as a parent a whole lot of problems later on.
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