Is TV bad for your children? Is TV actually bad for your child to watch? Americans watch TV up to seven hours a day that can affect our “social lives‚ ways of learning and entertaining ourselves‚ family relations‚ and lifestyles.” Kids spend more time watching TV then going out and doing anything productive or active. Do our children learn from TV or is it better to read a book? What kinds of violence are we letting our kids watch? What if they get influenced by it? These are all questions we
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Nowadays most of families have at least one television in house. The main purposes of using TV are relaxation‚ reducing loneliness and educating children. We‚ however‚ have to consider both sides of watching television. Recent research studies point out/ indicate a few negative effects of television on children like overweight‚ sleep problems and sexuality information. First‚ spending a lot of hours on TV leads to be overweight‚ according to the American Medical association. There are three main
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TV’S EFFECTS ON CHILDREN Television is the cheapest and most popular form of entertainment nowadays. There is almost a TV set in every household. People of all ages can use it to entertain themselves at any time they like. It is clear that television is very useful in our life because it helps us not only to relax our minds but also to get knowledge of all areas of human life. However‚ nobody could deny its negative effects on its viewers especially children. Watching TV constantly might lead
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The Effects of TV on Children Nowadays‚ people watch more TV compared to before‚ so they can get all information from all around the world. TV has proved to be a boon for many children‚ but for others it has cursed them to get addicted. Every coin has two sides and same concept apply on TV as well‚ TV has several advantages and disadvantages such as get all knowledgeable information from all over the world‚ to pass their spare time and as negative it can be addictive to children. Firstly‚ students
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Effects Of TV on Children "By the age of 18 a child will have watched 200‚000 acts of violence on TV‚ including 40‚000 murders" (Clark). What does this mean? Well‚ this means the television industry is showing an absurd amount of violence on TV. Television has been around for many years. In 1952‚ the first violent TV show aired on television and it was a hug success ("To much TV is harmful to kids"). Since then‚ the number of violent shows on television is increasing over the years. What makes
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English 101 November 26‚ 2012 When researching on the effects of television towards Americans‚ I found quite a few published studies‚ articles and books that were helpful in educating me on this epidemic. The average child will spend 1‚500 hours a year watching television and in those 1‚500 hours they will view an average of 200‚000 acts of violence by the time they graduated high school (Norman Herr‚ Ph.D.). By the time a person turns 18 years old they will have watched 3 years worth of
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“Children‚ Please Tune Out” Technological advances in the electronic industry have made watching television a prominent source of entertainment. With present day technology being far more advanced than it used to be‚ advances like HD televisions and DVR’s have turned watching television into a luxury. Television has become an affordable and easily accessible luxury that many parents and their children turn to for entertainment‚ which unfortunately can have major consequences. In children‚ watching
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Effects of TV on Children Joe is sitting in school watching the clock. The teacher is talking to the class but Joe just can’t wait to get home. When the bell finally rings‚ he runs out of the classroom all the way home. After getting home‚ he runs to turn on the TV. Having nothing more exciting to do‚ Joe will sit in front of the television keeping him from doing his homework until his mom calls him for dinner. This is an all to familiar in many American homes today. What many people don’t
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blasting in the house‚ she runs to turn on the TV. Having nothing more exciting to do‚ Jane will sit in front of the television until her mom pulls her away for dinner. This is an all to familiar scenario in many American homes today. What many people don’t realize are the problems that can develop from young children watching too much TV. Many emerging dilemmas are resulting from this concern. When a young child with a maturing brain sits in front of the TV for several hours every day‚ it can instigate
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marvelous age. Nowadays‚ TV as a product of technology has turned to an integral part of our lives. This issue that “TV has bad effects on children “is a controversial one and can be approached from different angles due to its complexity; but in my opinion‚ a closer examination reveals that new generation is growing up addicted to the TV as it has never been truer than it is today . Especially‚ it has very bad effects on children. We can consider negative effects of TV on children in many aspects. First
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