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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TV time ’does not breed badly behaved children’ Spending hours watching TV or playing computer games each day does not harm young children’s social development‚ say experts. The Medical Research Council (MRC) team who studied more than 11‚000 primary school pupils says it is wrong to link bad behaviour to TV viewing. Although researchers found a small correlation between the two‚ they say other influences‚ such as parenting styles‚ most probably explain the link. But they still say "limit screen
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issue for the parents and kids in The Veldt. One instance of this would be the kids louring their parents into a trap and eventually killing them. This obviously shows a lack of respect and mental health on the kids behalf. I don’t think the parents much respected their children either‚ they showed this by threatening to turn off the nursery and even the whole house without even discussing it with the kids. The family doesn’t function as a family but more like a couple. The parents being the man
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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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The debate on whether parents should be held responsible for their children’s misdeeds has been going on for ages and people are divided on the issue. I believe that parents should be held responsible if their children commit any crime. A number of arguments surround my opinion. To begin with‚ if parents know that they will be held responsible for their children’s inappropriate actions‚ they will see to it that their children are well supervised and well cared for. Parents are responsible for
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ones being addicted‚ children have also taken a liking to television. Parents may not always have enough time to sit down and watch over what their kids are watching‚ and in result of that kids are watching whatever they want whenever they want. Children may be able to watch many shows that are out of their age range such as; PG-13‚ R-18‚ or even rated X shows. Watching television is bad for children because‚ violence in television causes aggression‚ may cause trauma‚ and children need to be more active
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CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW CHILDREN AND MARKETING ACTIVITIES All over the world‚ attention is now being drawn to children as constituting a group that has an impact in marketing-related issues both at the family level and even in the society at large. The reasons for this are not farfetched. The extant literatures consistently emphasize three reasons which point to the significance of children in family purchases. These are - they constitute a primary market for goods and services spending their
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LSE Research Online Article (refereed) Sonia Livingstone Does TV advertising make children fat? : what the evidence tells us Originally published in Public policy research‚ 13 (1). pp. 54-61 © 2006 Blackwell Publishing. You may cite this version as: Livingstone‚ Sonia (2006). Does TV advertising make children fat : what the evidence tells us [online]. London: LSE Research Online. Available at: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/1026 Available in LSE Research Online: May 2007 LSE has developed LSE Research
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Project on a Problem Situation Parents should be allowed to monitor their children’s online and mobile communications Class Version I. Introduction This debate has a fairly large scope as it concerns itself with children‚ as defined by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child (UNCRC)‚ that is‚ “any human being under the age of 18” and parents‚ whether biological‚ social‚ or legal. The proposed action is a form of parental control called “monitoring” in all its forms whether manually
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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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