Television shows are the most popular program that can capture people who are interested in watching them. Nowadays, people especially children are depended on television to spend their time, and they would rather to fill up their schedule by sitting in front of television and watching it. However, watching television brings mostly negative effects such as maintaining traditional family values, children's future, and behavior of children.
Nowadays, television threats to the maintenance of traditional family values. Parents spend less time with their children now, and they are too busy to be with their children. Now television can be the third parent for children, and children are willing to spend the rest of their daily time to watch it instead of being with their parents. Before there were television children and parent had a strong correction. Unfortunately, old values will slowly slip away and new ones that are established by television will take their place.
Watching television provides many disadvantages for our children's future and their health. While watching television, children have less playtime. With less time they have to play the children will develop a sedentary life still and their physical health will be affected make them more prone to be obese. Another issue of watching is the children will be less sociable. The children will not want to go see friends or spend time with family because they want to watch television.
Television has brought many changes in children behavior. Most of television shows contains of many themes such as violence and adult humor that could affect children. Children watching any violent acts have more tendencies to develop violent behavior, and more shows have inappropriate subjects and children will learn inappropriate language, jokes and unsuitable adult behavior. Being present and monitoring what children watch on television is very important to their well being.
Television is now part of most children everyday lives but if parents don’t monitor how much television and what they watch the future of the children are in jeopardy. Television will change family values, a child’s future, and changes a child’s behavior. If parents want to save their family they must shut the television of and start spending more time with each other.