Tv Violence

Television can get in the way of exploring, learning, spending time interacting and playing with parents and others, which help young children, develop the skills they need to grow cognitively, physically, socially and emotionally. Television can be a good thing: preschoolers can get help learning the alphabet on public television, grade schooler can learn about wildlife on nature shows and parents can keep up with current events on the evening news. No doubt about it, television can be an excellent educator and entertainer. Despite its advantages, too much television can be damaging.
Children’s advocates are divided when it comes to solutions. Although many urge for more hours per week of educational programming, others assert that no TV is the best solution. Some say it is better for parents to control the use of TV and to teach children that it is for occasional entertainment, not for constant leisure activity. This is why it is so important for us to monitor the content of TV programming and set viewing limits to ensure that our child does not spend time watching TV that should be spent on other activities, such as playing with friends, exercising, and reading.
To give a good perspective on just how much violence kids see on TV, the average American child will witness 200,000 violent acts on television by the age of 18. Sometimes TV violence begs for imitation because violence is often demonstrated and promoted as a fun and effective way to get what you want. Many violent acts are perpetrated by the “good guys,” whom children have been taught to try to be like. Even though children are taught by the parents that it is not right to hit, television says it is OK to bite, hit, or kick even if you are the good guy. Even the “bad guys” on TV are not always held responsible or punished for their actions (Dowshen 2).
In my opinion, TV can be a very educational and a valuable tool in learning and understanding the world around us when property monitor. I also... [continues]

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