In “TV’s Negative Influence on Kids Reaffirmed” by Jeffery M. McCall, he claims that too much television is unhealthy for children. McCall states that children are more likely to be sexually active, violent, and socially impaired. The author claims that television not only negatively affects children, it also prevents children form doing productive activities such as doing homework, participating in sports, and reading. Even though all TV manufactures include v-chips in all televisions, McCall says that most families do not understand the system ratings that come with the v-chip. The author goes on to say that networks rate their own television programs and are not accurately labeling or rating their shows. McCall also argues that parents should…
As one of the issues that affect children because they watch too much television is health wise. The biggest issue that has been targeted the most is children becoming overweight. “The number of children and adolescents who are overweight or obese has doubled in the past 20 years in the U.S. according to the APP. (LimiTV, n.d.) Obesity has become a big factor and one of the reason why is due to children not having physical activity part of their daily routine. Parents sometimes relay in the television to be some sort of a babysitter in case they are trying to finish any tasks they have. Making this caused a neglect of interaction with…
I believe that television can influence children in good and bad ways. Depending of what types of shows and channels the kids are watching it could actually be a good thing. If a child is only allowed to watch kids shows, and kids’ channels they won’t learn anything bad. If children are just watching shows like Dora the Explorer and Jake’s Neverland Island, they aren’t going to learn anything bad; they may actually learn things that are beneficial. With Dora the Explorer they learn problem solving and also get introduced to some Mexican culture and Spanish. If you were to let a child watch adult shows though, it may not turn out very well. For instance, if you let a little girl grow up watching shows like Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant, they grow up thinking that the way these girls act is ok, because hey, if they’re on TV, they must be doing something right.…
The University of Michigan Health System expansive website shows that the negative effects of television do not stop at education. The website reports that children who watch TV are liable to have elevated cholesterol, problems sleeping, weight issues, and are more likely to…
The amount of time America’s youth spends watching television can be correlated to a decrease in the quality of the lives of children across this nation. As a…
Dr. John Grohol wrote an article called “Debilitating Effects of TV on Children” which explains that children who watch too much TV affects their academic performance, cause health problems, and possibly lose their innocence.…
It has been shown that children who watch TV more than 10 hours a week suffer negative academic effect…
Television plays big roll on children and adolescents lives. Children daily, routine activities involve playing games, watching TV, listening to music, and reading books. Whichever background child or adolescent comes from, majority of parents have forgotten amount of time their children spend behind television. A survey of 11 European countries and Israel found that 98% to 100% of children watch television and, on average, watch for approximately 2 hours daily. Similarly, children in Australia view television about 2 hours per day. Children in the UK, Israel, and the USA spend the most time (almost 3 hours daily) watching television. (Byrd-Bredbenner, Grenci, & Quick, Sep2010) Study moves on to show children and adolescent watch thousand of commercials each year many of them aimed to advertisement that are not educational. Television has diverse effects on physical and psychological effects on children and adolescent. Effects of television include learning, behavior, and health issues.…
“All children in industrialized parts of the world are exposed to television from birth onward, and they begin paying attention to it quite early. When they are between 2 and 5 years old, they form some basic conceptions about the representational nature of the television medium and begin to understand how the content shown on television is related to events in the real world.” (Wright, Huston, Reitz, & Piemyat 1994) “On average, children watch at least four hours of television a day. By the time they graduate from High School they will have spent more time in front of the television than they have in a classroom. If television is used right it can have an educational value, but too much television portraying improper values can harm children.” (American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2001)…
I was really curious about how TV affects children, so I typed it into Google. The Department of Education states that children in the United States watch an average of three to five hours of television everyday. There are a lot of negative effects from spending time in front of TV. Children who watch TV more than 4 hours per day are more likely to be overweight. The obesity problem has gotten more serious worldwide. In addition, television viewing burns only a few more calories than sleeping. Children who watch too much television don’t get as much physical activity and don’t explore new activities, according to the Family Education Network. Watching too much television is a major cause of obesity. Do we want to boost this habit at young ages? Also, today, there are a lot of kids who watch violent shows, and they might pick up bad attitudes and bad language from the shows. In addition, they might act out the same behaviors as their favorite character in the show. When I was reading this research, I felt like this…
According to Nielson Media Research, in 1950, only 10% of American homes had a television and by 1960 the percentage had grown to 90%. Today 99% of homes have a television. In fact, more families own a television than a phone. Would you believe that 54% of U.S. children have a television set in their bedrooms? They do. I suppose that when you look at those statistics it would be no surprise at all to learn that fifty-five percent of children questioned usually watch television alone or with a friend, but not with their families. Children spend more time learning about life through media than in any other manner. The average child spends approximately 28 hours a week watching television, which is twice as much time as they…
Television viewing is a major activity and thus influences children and adolescents. While television can entertain, inform, and keep our children company, it may also influence them in undesirable ways. . Studies have shown that television, and media in general, can also have a very negative influence. Some studies indicate it can shorten attention span, create fear, and increase aggressive and anti-social behaviour if exposure is unmonitored and unlimited. Time spent watching television takes away from important activities such as reading, school work, playing, exercise, family interaction, and social development. Children also learn information from television that may be inappropriate or incorrect. They are influenced by the thousands of commercials seen each year, many of which are for alcohol, junk food, fast foods, and toys. Those who watch too much of television tends to have lower grades in school, read fewer books , exercise less and thus Be overweight..…
Kids spend more time watching television every day than on any other single activity, aside from sleeping. Since the first television sets appeared in homes, in mid-twentieth century, television has grown into a phenomenon found in almost every household. In the beginning, there were only three principal broadcast networks; today, there are hundreds of channels available. There is no doubt that television has an impact on all of us, especially on children, so that it came to be accompanied with criticisms and concerns. Children love watching cartoons and movies, but too much of it during developmental years can have a significant negative impact on them. To minimize the potential negative effects of television, parents should be control TV watching and substitute it with healthy activities.…
Over viewing of television for a child especially those in preschool, for about four or more than four hours daily can hinder their learning, stimulate violent behavior, and negative effect on their health.…
Although television might influence the children negatively, I believe that the TV houses are not responsible for this effect. I would appeal to the responsibility of parents, who monitor and restrict their children's viewings, as R. Molony said in his article 'Private viewings'. Too many parents give the children freedom in choice of what they watch, not considering the child's innate curiosity.…