Today children spend more time watching television than at any point in the past. There are several reasons for such a situation; however, a few productive suggestions can solve the problem to a large extent. The causes and the measures are discussed further. The main reason that a plethora of children today spend an outsized amount of time watching television is that it is widely available on streaming websites. YouTube was the earliest, and now the most popular, streaming website for video content. Children are frequently admissible to watch it on smartphones or iPads. The more recent rise of streaming websites like Netflix and Hulu provide the same experience as television on the internet. Simply put, children spend more time watching owing to the fact that they have the ability to choose whatever show they want, pause it, and binge watch TV shows on a variety of portable devices with limited adult supervision. In order to discourage children from watching television, parents should not give their children smartphones under any circumstances. This is the first step that responsible parents must undertake. Once children are no longer tempted by phones, it is much easier to get them interested in creative outlets. Parents can encourage their children for art or music lessons. They could encourage them to do art at home and instead of putting a TV in their room, fill it with books and art supplies. Children’s natural curiosity and artistic energy will naturally take over from that point and parents then need only supervise, guide and intervene when called upon.
In conclusion, parents can counterbalance the rise of streaming by banning portable devices and stocking up on art supplies. Unfortunately, it will take a concerted effort from the majority of parents to prevent children without devices from being ostracized socially.
Today
children
spend more time watching
television
than at any point in the past. There are several reasons for such a situation;
however
, a few productive suggestions can solve the problem to a large extent. The causes and the measures
are discussed
further
. The main reason that a plethora of
children
today
spend an outsized amount of time watching
television
is that it is
widely
available on
streaming
websites. YouTube was the earliest, and
now
the most popular,
streaming
website for video content.
Children
are
frequently
admissible to
watch
it on smartphones or iPads. The more recent rise of
streaming
websites like Netflix and Hulu provide the same experience as
television
on the internet.
Simply
put,
children
spend more time watching owing to the fact that they have the ability to choose whatever
show
they want, pause it, and binge
watch
TV
shows
on a variety of portable devices with limited adult supervision. In order to discourage
children
from watching
television
,
parents
should not give their
children
smartphones under any circumstances. This is the
first
step that responsible
parents
must
undertake. Once
children
are no longer tempted by phones, it is much easier to
get
them interested in creative outlets.
Parents
can encourage their
children
for
art
or music lessons. They could encourage them to do
art
at home and
instead
of putting a TV in their room, fill it with books and
art
supplies.
Children’s
natural curiosity and artistic energy will
naturally
take over from that point and
parents
then need
only
supervise, guide and intervene when called upon.
In conclusion
,
parents
can counterbalance the rise of
streaming
by banning portable devices and stocking up on
art
supplies. Unfortunately, it will take a concerted effort from the majority of
parents
to
prevent
children
without devices from
being ostracized
socially
.