The Advantages and Disadvantages of TV for Children
TV
is one of mass media that can give us some information. Everyone use it like
that and everyone have it. Some of people only use TV to watching some programs
that they like. When they are watching TV, they do not think about what can get
from it. They just think that watching TV only an activity to spend their free
time. Watching TV is one of our activities in our free time every day. Many
people do like that especially children. Parents should pay attention what
their children watch. It is important to know the effects of TV program gives
to our children. Some of TV programs give negative effects and also positive
effects. If TV shows the programs that can make negative effects for our
children, it will feel more of our children. On the contrary, if TV shows the
programs that good for our children and educates, it will be better than
negative effects for our children. So, parents should pay attention their
children about the effect of watching TV.
American
Academy of Pediatrics recommendation the children under 2 years old cannot
watching TV at all and the children who 2-6 years old only watch TV 1-2 hours
one day. It is reality. Many parents will follow this recommendation when they
realize that TV can influence their children. Whereas children can do something
else that can useful than watching TV.
Many
negative effects that can our children get from watching TV. It depend on what
the program that our children watch. When our children watching TV, we should
pay attention about what our children saw. We should know what the good program
for our children to watch and contrary. As you know that children easier to get
what they watch and want to do like what they saw before. Children have a
stronger memory to save and do what they see. Many parents forget about that.
They only want their children happy when their children watching what they like
without think effects from what their children watch.
By
watching TV will make our children accustomed to watching TV without think what
should they do like do their homework. It also causes obesity to our children
because they are sitfor a long time. We should pay attention what time our
children should spend their time when they watch and also how long they watch.
It will increase the effect of watching TV. A research finds that children who
watching TV will strength weight. Not only that, many doctors tell that TV is
danger source for children behavior whose have sexual. It will develop sexual
instinct to children. TV also causes our children anarchic act. It will make
them to be juvenile delinquency and to be bad person. A research tells that 70
percent parents forbid anarchic act that causes a story or film that TV show to
children.
In
addition, most of in the TV programs have advertisement. It used to promote
some products like foods, clothes, cigarettes, etc. It also has advertisement
like a sarcastic. People who are show the advertisement that can give bad
effect for children never think about it. They just think how they products can
sell. When the children see it, they want to know and also want to buy what the
advertisement show to them. They do that without think the effects for their
health from what they buy like when they want to buy some food. They do not
know that the food have high calories or has substances that not well for they
health. It is not good for them.
Parents
should not only focus to negative effect from watching TV because in other side
watching TV also has positive effects for our children. So that, parents should not be afraid when their children watch TV.
Many things that can our children get from watching TV. When they see the
programs that they like, they will follow what the program tells to them. For
example, when they watching programs that show how to read, write, and sing a
song that they never know before. They will follow and apply it in their life.
It is a lesson that they get from what they watched
without waiting for their parents to teach them. They also can get information
from watching TV about everything what did happened in the world. It is good
for her to develop their knowledge.
A
research from University of Siena tells that the children can find composure
and also the effect to disappear painful when they watch cartoon film. So, a
little entertain like cartoon will be a source to help the children to
disappear painful and stressful. It can make them to interest and cheat the
character that they like and make them more confidence to develop their talent
when their watch what they like and to do. Macbeth, 1996, also tells that the
children use the TV as a media to study and media entertain.
As
a result, parents should pay attention about what their children do like
watching TV. We should give good programs to educates them and control what
should they watch and what should not they watch. It will not make them to do
negative effect and apply it in their environment. We also control the time to
watch and study. Do not make our children spend their free time to watch TV,
but also make them to study. That is why, family is important to protect and
pay attention our children to be a good child and young generation.
