Children & Television
Visual Media & Culture Changes
Exposing children to too much television can cause health concerns, slower development in the brain, and an addiction to television. It slowly kills your brain cells, because you begin to feed into some of the stupidity that is found on the television. The more scientific facts of why it kills your brain cells is because the more you watch television, you begin to lose sight of the real world. You can begin to think that what you see on television is real. Which we all know it is not, but after a long time it happens. With both of my children they did not believe in monsters under their beds or in their closets, but seeing it on television enough has made them begin to believe that they are real. Television can also make you lazy and your normal life just fades out. With children it has more of an effect than it does with adults. For the most part every child loves watching television from the moment that they are introduced to the big box. Since television has become more savvy and technical, children have become more fascinated. They have begun making shows on television that are so addicting because of the amount of drama they have. Everyone wants to know what’s going to happen next, so they feel they must continue to watch just to see what happens. Every child is affected differently by Television, whether it be behavior or health concerns, some are not affected at all. Children’s minds are like sponges, they absorb so much. Our youth learn a lot through physical interaction with others and television. Times have changed and children spend more time in front of a television now, this can affect them in many ways than one. Take a child with ADHD for example, the child’s ability to stay focused on a screen, though not anywhere else, is actually characteristic of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The stimulation that television provides “is really about the pacing, how fast the scene changes per minute,” said
Exposing children to too much television can cause health concerns, slower development in the brain, and an addiction to television. It slowly kills your brain cells, because you begin to feed into some of the stupidity that is found on the television. The more scientific facts of why it kills your brain cells is because the more you watch television, you begin to lose sight of the real world. You can begin to think that what you see on television is real. Which we all know it is not, but after a long time it happens. With both of my children they did not believe in monsters under their beds or in their closets, but seeing it on television enough has made them begin to believe that they are real. Television can also make you lazy and your normal life just fades out. With children it has more of an effect than it does with adults. For the most part every child loves watching television from the moment that they are introduced to the big box. Since television has become more savvy and technical, children have become more fascinated. They have begun making shows on television that are so addicting because of the amount of drama they have. Everyone wants to know what’s going to happen next, so they feel they must continue to watch just to see what happens. Every child is affected differently by Television, whether it be behavior or health concerns, some are not affected at all. Children’s minds are like sponges, they absorb so much. Our youth learn a lot through physical interaction with others and television. Times have changed and children spend more time in front of a television now, this can affect them in many ways than one. Take a child with ADHD for example, the child’s ability to stay focused on a screen, though not anywhere else, is actually characteristic of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The stimulation that television provides “is really about the pacing, how fast the scene changes per minute,” said