In the last three decades, television has affected children's behaviors drastically. Some people believe that television has various drawbacks on children's attitudes; however, there is a substantial body of evidence claims that television could benefit children in many life aspects. From a personal perspective, the former point of view carries more weight given that TV influences children's behaviors, grades and health in a negative way. Below I will strive to explain my supporting points in more details.
The first and foremost point, since television has many violent and terrifying shows, it has a detrimental effect on children. Watching these shows could contribute to many aggressive behaviors, nightmares and fear from being harmed. A study done by The American Academy of Pediatrics found that children who watch television for a long time are more likely to commit an act of violence than those who watch less. Consequently, television has a bad effect on kids' manners.
Next, coupled with bad behaviors, low grades are another drawback of television. A vivid example that could be given to shed light on that developed countries, such as Canada and the Us have media technology that offers more ways to access TV contents through the internet, iPads or cell phones, which increase time spent watching television. Provided that students spend a long time in front of the TV, they could not focus on their studying, which negatively affects their academic performance. Furthermore, television discourages kids from reading, which is crucial to foster their brain function and promote their ability to think. Therefore, TV has a detrimental effect on young people's mental well-being.
Ultimately, children who are accustomed to watching television have low physical fitness. To put it in other words, recently, television has influenced kids' nutritional intake dramatically. Many junk food companies, such as McDonald's and Burger King, target kinds on their advertisements on television. Provided that children are routinely exposed to this kind of food, they could suffer from many diseases, such as juvenile diabetes and high blood pressure. Moreover, this food could add onto young people's weight and eventually lead to obesity. In addition to that, television could increase kids' sedentary lifestyle and take time away from healthy activities, such as soccer and swimming, which need more practice to be skillful. As a result, television has bad effects on children's health.
Taking everything into consideration, without a doubt, televIsion's drawbacks on kids' lives outwEIgh their benefits. Not only because it minimizes young people's academic performance, but also it harms their physical fitness. It suggested that parents control what their kids watch on TV and limit their screen time up to one or two hours daily.
In the last three decades,
television
has
affected
children's
behaviors
drastically
.
Some
people
believe that
television
has various drawbacks on
children's
attitudes;
however
, there is a substantial body of evidence claims that
television
could benefit
children
in
many
life aspects. From a personal perspective, the former point of view carries more weight
given
that TV influences
children's
behaviors
, grades and health in a
negative
way. Below I will strive to
explain
my supporting points in more
details
.
The
first
and foremost point, since
television
has
many
violent and terrifying
shows
, it has a detrimental
effect
on
children
. Watching these
shows
could contribute to
many
aggressive
behaviors
, nightmares and fear from
being harmed
. A study done by The American Academy of Pediatrics found that
children
who
watch
television
for a long
time
are more likely to commit an act of violence than those who
watch
less.
Consequently
,
television
has a
bad
effect
on
kids'
manners.
Next
, coupled with
bad
behaviors
, low grades are another drawback of
television
. A vivid example that could be
given
to shed light on that
developed countries
, such as Canada and
the Us
have media technology that offers more ways to access TV contents through the internet, iPads or cell phones, which increase
time
spent watching
television
. Provided that students spend a long
time
in front of the TV, they could not focus on their studying, which
negatively
affects their academic performance.
Furthermore
,
television
discourages kids from reading, which is crucial to foster their brain function and promote their ability to
think
.
Therefore
, TV has a detrimental
effect
on young
people
's mental well-being.
Ultimately
,
children
who
are accustomed
to watching
television
have low physical fitness. To put it
in other words
, recently,
television
has influenced
kids'
nutritional intake
dramatically
.
Many
junk food
companies
, such as McDonald's and Burger King, target kinds on their advertisements on
television
. Provided that
children
are
routinely
exposed to this kind of food, they could suffer from
many
diseases, such as juvenile diabetes and high blood pressure.
Moreover
, this food could
add
onto young
people
's weight and
eventually
lead to obesity.
In addition
to that,
television
could increase
kids'
sedentary lifestyle and take
time
away from healthy activities, such as soccer and swimming, which need more practice to be skillful.
As a result
,
television
has
bad
effects on
children's
health.
Taking everything into consideration, without a doubt,
televIsion
's drawbacks on
kids'
lives
outwEIgh
their benefits. Not
only
because
it minimizes young
people
's academic performance,
but
also
it harms their physical fitness. It suggested that parents control what their kids
watch
on TV and limit their screen
time
up to one or two hours daily.